Here are the first visuals of the Gellért Hill Funicular of Budapest – PHOTOS

The effects of the investment on the world heritage site of Budapest are being investigated based on UNESCO guidelines.

After a tough last year and a considerable loss in tourism, the country is getting back on its feet. Hungary pays special attention to local tourism and its citizens, but the newest development carried out on Gellért Hill on the Buda side will certainly attract foreign tourists a well.

Domestic tourism takes off in Hungary 

The construction works of the new funicular, which will be very different from the one under the Buda Castle, will begin within months. The company created to carry out the investment is running a complex heritage investigation so that the final project would comply with all world heritage guidelines, writes turizmus.com.

The 151-year-old Funicular of Budapest

Member states of the World Heritage Convention, created in 1972, agree to protect and safeguard the locations and sites of the world heritage list.

Hungary currently has 8 locations on the list. One of them is

Budapest, with one of the most beautiful panoramas in the world, involving the Castle District in Buda, the two shores of the River Danube, and the Andrássy Avenue.

Experts of culture, history, archaeology, landscape, and environmental protection are scanning the Gellért Hill area and giving further suggestions to better respect the guidelines.

As part of the land survey, the team made visuals depicting the view we will see from the most important tourist spots – among others Margaret Bridge, the Parliament, Vigadó Square, and Erzsébet Bridge. The aim is to have a picture of how the funicular will look from these places and how it will transform the panorama, said Imre Walton, the general manager of Gellérthegy SIKLÓ Kft.