Fairy Rock, Protected cliff in Buda Hills, Hungary

Fairy Rock is a tower-like dolomite outcrop on the eastern-northeastern slope of Tündér Hill in Zugliget, Budapest's 12th district, near the lower station of the Libegő chairlift. The rock is steep on the valley side and gentler toward the hill; the Late Triassic dolomite crumbles in places.

Fairy Rock is a late Triassic dolomite formation, not a quarry site. It was declared a protected area in 1977 for its flora and fauna, and since 1978 it has stood under the protection of the Buda Landscape Protection Area, created that year.

The name comes from Döbrentei Gábor's 1847 renaming of local place names; before that it was called Himmel in German. It was also known as Remete-szikla after a hermit house built below it, and as Antal-szikla after a statue of Saint Anthony that stood there.

The rock stands close to the Zugliget terminus of the Libegő chairlift, in the Zugliget district of Budapest's 12th district, and a marked hiking trail leads to it. The slope is gentle from the Tündér-hegy side but very steep from the valley side, so approach from above. The dolomite crumbles in places, so watch your footing.

The rock was called Himmel (Sky or Heaven) in German before Gábor Döbrentei's 1847 street-naming campaign gave it the Hungarian name Tündér-szikla. It also bore the names Remete-szikla, after a hermit's house built beneath it, and Antal-szikla, after a statue of Saint Anthony that stood there.