Margaret Island is situated in the center of Budapest on the Danube between the two parts of the Hungarian capital - Buda and Pest, with whom he since 1901 is connected to a bridge in the southern part of Margarita and 1950 Árpád bridge in northern. The island was artificially created three lying next to each other small islands in 1950 during the works related to the regulation of the Danube channel in the city. Length Margaret Island - 2, 5 km, the greatest width - 500 m, the area is 95, 6 hectares.

  On the island there are hotels, sports facilities (sports fields, tennis courts, swimming pools), clubs, restaurants, green park with bike paths. Its spacious lawns ideal for picnics and outdoor recreation.

  In addition to taxis, buses and pedicab on the island banned the movement of all vehicles. The only exception - parking for hotel guests, who can leave their cars at the Arpad Bridge.

  The island is home to many species of plants and some animals. Here you can meet squirrels, woodpeckers, thrushes and many others. The island has themed gardens, a rose garden, a Japanese garden with a small pond, where fish and turtles swim.

  The island had different names, one of them - Rabbit, thanks to the local hunting grounds for the royal hunt. But his last name - Marget Island received from the Emperor Joseph, who only legalized rooted among Hungarians name. The history of the name sadly during the Mongol invasion of the Hungarian King Bela IV promised to give his daughter Marguerite in the Dominican monastery on Hare Island in the event of disposal of the invasion. He fulfilled his promise - 9 year old daughter became a nun and all marriage proposals from fans noble refuses. She died at the age of 28, and the island got its name.

  During the war with the Ottoman Empire all the monks left the island, the island was deserted, all the buildings on it were destroyed. In 1908, when the island broke Park, began its new history.