Margaret island is situated in the centre of Budapest on the Danube between the two parts of the Hungarian capital, Buda and Pest, with whom he since 1901 is connected by the Margaret bridge in the southern part and from 1950 the Arpad bridge in the North. The island was artificially created from three lying next to each other small Islands in the 1950's in the work process related to the regulation of the Danube in the city. The length of the Margaret island is situated 2, 5 km, the maximum width is 500 m, the area is 95, 6 ha.

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

In addition to taxis, buses and the city on the island prohibited the movement of any vehicle. The only exception is Parking for hotel guests, who can leave their cars near Arpad bridge.

The island is home to many species of plants and some animals. Here you can find squirrels, woodpeckers, thrushes and many others. On the island there are themed gardens, a rose garden, a Japanese garden with a small pond in which to swim, fish and turtles.

The island had different names, one of them Hare, thanks to the local hunting grounds for the Royal hunt. And his last name – Margit island received from the Emperor Joseph, who only legalized rooted among the Hungarians name. The history of this name sad: during the Tatar-Mongol invasion, the Hungarian king Bela IV promised to give his daughter Marguerite in the Dominican monastery on the Hare island in the case of deliverance from the invasion. He fulfilled his promise – a 9 year old daughter became a nun and all proposals of marriage from notable fans were refused. 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 demolished. In 1908, when the island broke the Park, he began his new story.