Margaret Island is an incredibly beautiful nature reserve, which has a wonderful arboretum park, which is considered a real oasis filled with silence, tranquility and tranquility. Also there is incredibly clean and fresh air, the presence of a special microclimate, and all this is located practically in the middle of the capital of Hungary - Budapest.
Where is
The incredible Margaret Island is located in a European country - Hungary, namely on the Danube River, in the middle of two parts of the city - Buda and Pest. These parts are connected by two bridges - the first was built here in the early 19th century, and the other in the mid-50s of the 19th century.
In general, Margaret is an artificially created territory, which was previously three small rows of standing islands. After 1950, work was carried out in order to regulate the river bed near the city itself, and this beautiful island turned out. Its total area is 95.5 hectares.
Infrastructure
There are several on the island:
- hotels
- sports facilities (sports grounds, tennis courts, swimming pools)
- clubs
- restaurants
- green park areas with bike paths
- green lawns where you can have a picnic with family or friends, or just relax in the fresh air
On Margita, vehicles such as buses, taxis and pedicabs are allowed to move, as well as, as an exception, visitors' cars in the parking lot near the hotel. All other types of transport are prohibited here.
The island is also a real home for a huge variety of plants, in addition to this, animals also live here - squirrels, woodpeckers, blackbirds and others. There is also a themed garden, a garden with many roses, a garden with a Japanese theme and structures, and a small lake where turtles and fish live.
Name history
The island was named after the daughter of the King of Hungary Bela the fourth - Margit. Once Stana was captured by the Tatar-Mongols under the leadership of Khan Batu, and then, King Bela promised - if the country is freed from the enemy's heap, he will give his first child to serve God. The king prayed for a very long time, and in the end he was able to get his hands on the khan. So, all his soldiers were forced to leave Hungary alone, and the king had to keep his word and give his daughter Margit to the service. A monastery was built on the island, where a 9-year-old girl was sent.
Later, she grew up and became just a beauty. The king of Bohemia fell in love with her and decided to release her from imprisonment in a monastery. For a long time he begged and begged for her release, and when he received permission, the girl refused to leave this island. She lived only 28 years, after which she was canonized and the island was named in her honor.
Sights
There is just a huge number of different interesting places on the island - these are parks, gardens, a rose garden, the so-called paddling pool, in which there are water slides for children. This includes the presence of a summer theater, which hosts many festivals every year, and restaurants with bars, as well as incendiary dance floors.
Many visitors to the island consider the most important attractions to be a well with musical accompaniment, a water tower, a rock garden, and, of course, the ruins of a monastery where Margit herself used to live. Some come to the island to spend time actively playing sports, others want to lie on the velvet lawn. Some people want to take a dip in the Palatinus, the largest pool on the island. Be that as it may, here everyone can find a lot of interesting things to do for every taste!
Treatment
Margit is famous for the fact that there are thermal springs on it - there are 3 of them, and all of them have mineral water saturated with oxygen. Here you can cure diseases of the musculoskeletal system, nervous system, respiratory tract, restore disturbed metabolism, improve health in the field of gynecology, as well as get rid of stomach problems.
Here you can use the following procedures:
- massages
- electrotherapy
- water treatments, including underwater massages, carbon dioxide bath, galvanic
- four-section bath
- mud treatment
- acupuncture
- interference, infrared and ultraviolet radiation
It is contraindicated to be in the source for people with:
- open forms of tuberculosis
- oncological diseases
- heart problems
- anemia, leukemia, poor blood clotting, as well as vascular problems
- bronchial asthma, epilepsy, thyroid hyperthyroidism, and other infectious diseases
- pregnant women
How to get there
You can fly to Hungary by plane, or get there by rail. As an exception, there are tourist tours and itineraries. Then you need to take bus 26, which runs all over the island, or trams numbered 4 and 6 - they stop at the Margaret Bridge in front of the park entrance.
