Hungary, Budapest
Margaret Island is a 2.5 km (1.6 mi) long island, 500 m (550 yd) wide, in the middle of the Danube in central Budapest, Hungary. The island is mostly covered by landscape parks, and is a popular recreational area. Its medieval ruins are reminders of its importance in the Middle Ages as a religious centre. The island spans the area between the Margaret Bridge (south) and the Árpád Bridge (north). Before the 14th century the island was called Insula leporum. Administratively Margaret Island used to belong to the 13th district, but now is directly under the control of the city.
What Margaret Island asks of visitors. Rules come from the park authority.
Marked routes inside the park. Colours are the waymarks you follow on the ground.
Monspart Sarolta Running Track
5.4 km · Easy
Wildlife and plants recorded in the park. Watch from a distance; leave no trace.
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos major · Rare
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchos · Common
Red squirrel
Sciurus vulgaris · Common
Ginkgo
Ginkgo biloba · Common
Chinese Dawn Redwood
Metasequoia glyptostroboides · Common
Eastern Hedgehog
Erinaceus roumanicus · Common
Nearest city: Budapest