Budapest Hungary

Budapest, or as many people call it the „Paris of Eastern Europe”, is a fascinating city and in the same time the capital of Hungary. The history, architecture as well as the flair in the city is unique. A visit in Budapest is a must for everybody as it is fun, cultural education and excitement in one trip. Starting from Europe Budapest is not a big trip anymore since many low cost airlines discovered Budapest as a popular destination and offer fairly cheap flights from nearly any European country. The flight takes about 2 hours and when you leave the plane you will see a different world. Budapest hotels or other accommodations like hostels or apartments are fairly cheap as well and in the same time you find European standard quality and good service.
What should your weekend or complete week in Budapest contain? A must is a sightseeing tour either with an eyewitness travel guide who provides customized tours for small groups or with one of the sightseeing tour companies which carry you around in a bus to all major sights in the city.
Another thing to do is to visit one of the Budapest baths which the city is famous for. More than 100 natural, thermal sources are counted in and around Budapest which provide the famous baths like Szechenyi, Gellert or Rudas with water.
For couples Budapest will turn into a romantic trip when the lights among the Danube turn on. Take yourself time for a riverside restaurant during one evening or choose a sightseeing cruise on the Danube at night as an evening program to enjoy the lights of the city. I promise you will be amazed.
If you plan a longer trip to Budapest or Hungary you should also take into consideration to make a trip to Lake Balaton or for a wine tasting to Villanyi which are popular one or two day trips even among Hungarians. In Villanyi you will find a high density of wine cellars with excellent wines. The Lake Balaton is the pride of Hungary since there is no seaside and nearly all Budapest citizens go there for the weekend to relax. Back in Budapest there are many bars, cafés and restaurants waiting. The coffee house culture came to Hungary during the Hungarian-Austrian time and still lasts. Cafés like Café New York, Café Central or Café Gerbeaud are definitely worth a visit. Since a couple of years many bars pop up out of the ground in some backyards of old houses. These bars use unused houses as a location which gives an amazing flair to the bars. The restaurant scenery developed amazingly in the last decade so that you find high quality restaurants with tasty food all over the city. Compared to other European capitals you pay much less for a dining out.
At nights when the lights turn on and the glance of the city comes up the first clubs start to open their gates and the nightlife starts. Usually big place like Liszt Ference tér are used to warm up, have a couple of drinks and after move one of the numerous clubs around the city. No matter if it is an open air place during the summer time or a club in an apartment hous’ cellar the party will be long, intensive and pure fun. Budapest is and stays one of the most romantic and interesting cities in Europe as it combines modern European standards with old fashioned (sometimes still communist) elements. So you see there are a lot of things to discover in Budapest and if you plan to come it is recommended to choose the late summer to go for that trip because the weather is still nice but the majority of tourists are already gone.
In this spirit: “Sziasztok”.

Keyfacts about a country and it’s capital!

• Country name: Republic Hungary (Magyar Köztársaság)
• Population: around 10.000.000
• Capital: Budapest (around 2.000.000 inhabitants)
• Language: Hungarian
• Size: 93.033 qkm
• Time: GMT +1
• Currency: Forint
• International area code: 0036 or +36
• Climate: Continental

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• Borders: Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Croatia, Slovenia, Austria
• Electricity: 230 V
• Religion: ~6.5 million Catholics, ~4 million Refomists, ~430.000 Lutherans, ~273.000 Greek orthodox and ~20.000 Jews
• Budapest Size: 525 qkm (2/3 on the Pest side, 1/3 on the Buda side)
• Highest point of Budapest: János-hill (527 m).
• Member of international organizations: NATO, OSZE, WTO, IWF, OECD, member of the EU

Further interesting facts about Budapest and Hungary you find on Reuters.