Off the Peaten Bath.....in Budapest and other Budapest, Hungary Off The Beaten Path Tips

Dob Utca...view out of my window in

November

by budapest8 , 1 more photos

Looking through the other tips I see a lot of places
which are really touristy and the path is well beaten
as a tourist location where you will just run into other tourists!
When I hit a place for the first time and the weather is good,
I love to find those places hidden away or unknown by the
tourist guides! It`s so simple just to buy a good map of the city
and then just dissapear of the tourist radar. I have a student coming
in 10 mins so will write more when time allows.
Budapest has 22 Districts and tourists will penetrate less than
1% in area of the city, so just use your imagination and jump
on a bus, tram or local train and travel for 15 minutes and see where you end up!
Get a MAV train timetable or look on the net at where the local transport will take you,
then check out districts and places in GOOGLE. But then again some travelers
are into buildings and not local people and customs. Me I like to go DARK, off the radar
and penetrate into the woodwork of a place.
For example about 8 years ago when I was married and
living in Budapest downtown just off Kalvin Ter, I loved to choose locations
a little further of and then find out how to get there, I went to the Obuda Sziget (island)
instead of the Margit Island for relaxing sunny afternoons.
Sometimes trips to Vac or Nagymaros for the day,
crossing on the ferry over to Visegrad..
Take the Nostalgia train (Steam train from Nyugyati Station
Summer weekends) Take the Local Train HEV out to Cspel Island
and see the factories and the working mans drinking bars, go to the
Chinese Market (take the No.9 bus ) to Josef Varos Kina Piac.
Go to the shopping Mall Mamuth 1 stop by tram 4 or 6 from Moskva Ter
and see the world of well to do Hungarians. Walk round some of the run
down areas behind the SOTE hospital at Klinikat on the the blue line metro.

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Off The Beaten Path: Walkabout in Budapest finding hidden gems

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Written by budapest8

on Sep 13, 2007

Jegbufe - Ferenciak Tere -Cakes and

ice cream shop

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Budapest is the kind of place that if you just
take a detour away from the regular touristy
places and walkabout some of the streets in
the central districts of Budapest round the area
where I live and close, you will discover unusual
shops, small cafes, 'Cukrazda' (ice cream and cake shops),
working class 'Kocmas' (bars), restaurants, beautiful old
buildings, wonderful small details and statues on buildings,
parks, markets and a whole host of places that make up
the life and soul of the city of Budapest.

Picture of the famous Jegbufe where one can get
cakes made to order in 1 day or ready made a variety
of cakes, in sizes 8 slices,12 and 16.
First you have to ask what they have,
ask for what you want and how much,
then go to the cashier and pay, then
return to the cake counter and give the
reciept. This is the system widely used
in lots of shops under communism.
I know after living 5 years in Russia,
2 of those under communism.

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Off The Beaten Path: Walkabout in Budapest finding hidden gems

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Written by budapest8

on Oct 26, 2007

Kossut Lajos Utca doorway

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Walking down Kossut Lajos Utca towards the
Erzebet Hid (Elizabeth Bridge) on the right hand side
of the road you can find many interesting facades and
statues on the outsides of various buildings.
When you get to Ferenciak Tere you have the
Parizs Udvar (Paris Courtyard).

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Off The Beaten Path: Great any other time than Sziget Festival

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Written by budapest8

on Sep 18, 2007

Also known as Hajógyári Sziget (shipyard Island).
This oasis in the middle of the River Danube is a great
alternative to Margit Island as long as you avoid the
"Budapest Woodstock" in the beginning of August
called Sziget Festival.

HOW TO GET THERE

The southern extent of Óbuda Island,
the northern-most of the two islands in the
River Danube in central Budapest.
The bridge to the island is the extension to Mozaik St,
while via public transport,
take the suburban train (HÉV) five stops north from
Batthyány tér to Filatorigát station and walk over the bridge.

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Off The Beaten Path: Walkabout in Budapest finding hidden gems

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on Oct 26, 2007

Kossut Lajos Utca doorway

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