Budapest is the city of thermal baths, the capital of Hungary also offers a charming atmosphere in its lively streets, lovely pubs and restaurants. As a result, a rejuvenating destination for both body and soul where time disappears. And for us, the destination for Christmas Markets and New Year’s celebrations. Our 5 days here included many photographic tours along the Danube banks while expanding our historical knowledge.
Introducing Budapest:
Highlights of the visit to Budapest
- Buda Castle and Ciutadella
- Castle District in Buda
- Mattias Church
- Magyar tribes ancestry
- The history behind Budapest’s Bridges
- 200 Museums, 2000 years of Hungarian History: from Celtic settlement, Roman town, Mongols, Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian co-capital up to 1918. Today a global economic city, UNESCO protected and important tourism destination
- Parliament building in Pest
- St. Stephen´s Cathedral century-old Dom
- Hungarian State Opera House
- Andrassi Avenue: neo-renaissance style boulevard with fine facades
- Jewish Quarter
- Heroes Park and City Park
- Food and Christmas Markets
- Currency: 1EUR = 358.404 HUF (Hungarian Forint)
- Thermal Bath Szeceni is the most famous and visited spa of the city, which in total possesses 125 thermal springs
- Delicious Hungarian cuisine: Chicken Paprikash, Fisherman’s soup, Goulash, Lecsó (vegetable stew), Sólet (kidney beans stew), Langós (friend bread with toppings)
- Drinks: pálinka shots (digestive fruit brandy), fróccs (wine with soda) and Tokaji, the world-famous blend of dessert wines.
- Desserts: palacsinta (crepes), kürtoskalacs (chimney cakes are also popular in Czechia) and sponge cake (somloi galuska).
Activities in Budapest
No matter how you decide to spend your time in Budapest, I promise that you will not get bored. Walking around the city, dining and trying some local life is already amazing thanks to how friendly people here are, spectacular food and impressive architecture quickly turning this city into one of your favourites as it happened to me.
Plus, there is a wide offer of activities you can choose from to enhance your stay like spas, walking tours, museums, Danube cruises, Hungarian dance performance, wine tasting, nightlife,
Pest: Christmas atmosphere and views
Danube River and views to Buda
Crossing to Buda
Buda and views to Pest
Where to stay
ibis Budapest Centrum hotel is located in the centre of the financial, cultural and commercial district of Budapest. Friendly and economic hotel.
Goodbye wonderful Budapest!
“If you spent time thinking about the future, you wouldn’t be a true adventurer. An adventure is something that happens from one moment to the next; in which there is no yesterday and no tomorrow. Everything else is just petty bourgeois.”
― Antal Szerb (1901, Budapest — January 27, 1945) Book: The Queen’s Necklace
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