The Citadella fortress crowns Gellért Hill at 235 metres, giving the best panoramic views in Budapest. From the ramparts you can see the full sweep of the Danube, both the Chain Bridge and Elizabeth Bridge, the Parliament on the Pest bank, and the Castle District spread below you. The Liberty Statue — a woman holding a palm frond aloft — stands at the southern end of the fortress and has become the most recognisable element of the Budapest skyline.
The hilltop is a 30-40 minute walk from the Gellért baths at the bottom, or can be reached by taxi. The fortress itself has been under intermittent renovation for years; the exhibition inside is less important than the views. Go at dusk if you can. The Liberation Monument commemorates Soviet soldiers who died taking Budapest in 1945; the inscriptions were updated after 1989 but the monument remains.