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This is a beautiful city with plenty to see and do; we really enjoyed our stay here. The first two days were really quiet, everything was shut, we guessed it must have been a public holiday but we never found out for sure. On the third day everything came to life, the city became a busy metropolis and the visitor attractions were open to the public.
As with any major city there are plenty of places of interest to visit and anyone who is reasonably fit could reach most of them on foot. We bought a 72 hour Budapest Card from the hotel reception which cost HUF 6,500, this gave us unlimited travel on public transport and free or discounted entrance into many attractions, although to be honest, most of them were museums which were free anyway. Getting around the city was very easy with the card, the buses and trams are very frequent wherever you are aiming to go.
Budapest is not in the same league as Prague when it comes to nightlife, but it does have a good variety of restaurants and bars. I always like to try the local dishes when I am visiting a foriegn country and I am happy to say I thoroughly enjoyed every meal I had here. Every restaurant we went into concentrated mainly on traditional Hungarian dishes which we were more than happy with. There are a lot of boats moored along the river that have been turned into bars and restaurants, we had a very nice meal in one of them, unfortunately I cannot remember which one it was.
- Pros:Lots
- Cons:Can't think of any
- In a nutshell:Really enjoyed our visit, happy to go back!
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I'm on my way to Budapest tomorrow. I can't wait to see the sights. Thanks for some great photos, they have only increased my interest. ~M
That`s what I call a night pic! I`ve also tried to photograph from this place the Chain bridge and the Royal palace, but your one is much better>;-)