Sometimes heralded as the Budapest equivalent of the Parisian Champs Elysees, the Avenue was inaugurated in 1867 and named after a staunch supporter of the project and new Prime Minister of the time Gyula Andrássy. The idea of the street was to connect up the city centre with the city park with a nice tree lined avenue. Several Palaces were built by the leading architects of the era including Miklós Ybl and these buildings have stood the test of time and are still a sight to see to this day. It is easy to see why this whole area, with its Neo-Renaissance architecture, was nominated and received the World Heritage status in 1987.

Today the street is home to many of the largest retail outlets in the city and there is a vast array of other notable places of interest such as the House of Terror, the Post Office Museum, the Hungarian State Opera House and the famous Heroes Square.