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    Insight Guides Pocket Budapest (Travel Guide eBook)
    Insight Guides Pocket Budapest (Travel Guide eBook)
    Insight Guides Pocket Budapest (Travel Guide eBook)
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    Insight Guides Pocket Budapest (Travel Guide eBook)

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    Insight Pocket Guides: ideal itineraries and top travel tips in a pocket-sized package. Now with free eBook, and a pull-out map.

    Compact, concise and packed with essential information about Where to Go and What Do, this is an ideal on-the-move companion when you're exploring Budapest
    Covers Top Ten Attractions, including Parliament, the Royal Palace and the Sz chenyi Baths, and Perfect Day itinerary suggestions
    Offers an insightful overview of landscape, history and culture
    Contains an invaluable pull-out map, and essential practical information on everything from Eating Out to Getting Around
    Includes an innovative extra that's unique in the market - all Insight Pocket Guides come with a free eBook
    Inspirational colour photography throughout
    Sharp design and colour-coded sections make for an engaging reading experience



    About Insight Guides: Insight Guides has over 40 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps as well as picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture together create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherInsight Guides
    Release dateFeb 1, 2018
    ISBN9781786718631
    Insight Guides Pocket Budapest (Travel Guide eBook)
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      Insight Guides Pocket Budapest (Travel Guide eBook) - Insight Guides

      How To Use This E-Book

      Getting Around the e-Book

      This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Budapest, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.

      The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Budapest, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.

      In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.

      Maps

      All key attractions and sights in Budapest are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.

      Images

      You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Budapest. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.

      About Insight Guides

      Insight Guides have more than 40 years’ experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.

      Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.

      © 2018 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd

      Table of Contents

      Budapest’s Top 10 Attractions

      Top Attraction #1

      Top Attraction #2

      Top Attraction #3

      Top Attraction #4

      Top Attraction #5

      Top Attraction #6

      Top Attraction #7

      Top Attraction #8

      Top Attraction #9

      Top Attraction #10

      A Perfect Day In Budapest

      Introduction

      Geography

      Contemporary Budapest and its people

      Eminent Hungarians

      City attractions

      A Brief History

      Enter the Romans

      Magyar migration

      Trade and culture

      The Habsburgs

      Rapid growth

      The early 20th century

      World War II

      Soviet rule

      Into the EU

      Historical landmarks

      Where To Go

      Buda’s Castle Hill and Old Town

      The Royal Palace

      Hungarian National Gallery

      Mátyás Church

      Fishermen’s Bastion

      Touring the Old Town

      Buda riverside

      Viziváros (Watertown)

      Gellért Hill

      Óbuda

      Buda Hills

      Crossing the Danube

      Pest

      The Inner City (Belváros)

      Churches and university buildings

      The Little Boulevard

      Jewish Budapest

      Leopold Town

      Basilica of St Stephen

      Houses of Parliament and Ethnographic Museum

      Andrássy út

      Heroes’ Square

      City Park

      The Great Boulevard

      Holocaust Memorial Centre

      An historic café and a panoramic view

      Margaret Island

      City outskirts

      Statue and Rail Heritage Parks

      Excursions

      Szentendre

      Skansen

      Visegrád

      Esztergom

      Lake Balaton

      What To Do

      Spas and baths

      Sports

      Spectator sports

      Shopping

      What to buy

      Entertainment

      Opera, classical music and ballet

      Theatre

      Pop, rock and jazz

      Traditional music and dance

      Clubs and bars

      Children’s Budapest

      Calendar of events

      Eating Out

      Reading the Menu

      To help you order

      menu reader

      Restaurants

      Buda and Óbuda

      Pest

      A–Z Travel Tips

      A

      Accommodation

      Airport

      B

      Budapest Card

      Budgeting for your trip

      C

      Car hire

      Climate

      Clothing

      Crime and safety

      Customs and entry requirements

      D

      Driving

      E

      Electricity

      Embassies and consulates

      Emergencies

      G

      Gay and lesbian travellers

      Getting there

      Guides and tours

      H

      Health and medical care

      HOLIDAYS (hivatalos ünnep)

      I

      Internet

      L

      Language

      Left luggage

      M

      Maps

      Media

      Money

      O

      Opening hours

      P

      Police

      Post offices

      Public transport

      R

      Religion

      T

      Telephones

      Time zones

      Tipping

      Toilets

      Tourist information

      Travellers with disabilities

      W

      Websites

      Y

      Youth hostels

      Recommended Hotels

      Buda

      Margaret Island

      Pest

      Budapest’s Top 10 Attractions

      Top Attraction #1

      Ming Tang-Evans/Apa Publications

      Parliament

      Neo-gothic home of democracy and the crown jewels. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #2

      Getty Images

      Liszt Museum

      Visit the home of Hungary’s greatest composer. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #3

      Ming Tang-Evans/Apa Publications

      New York Café

      Take high tea in grand style. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #4

      Ming Tang-Evans/Apa Publications

      Opera House

      Book seats for a night to remember. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #5

      Getty Images

      Royal Palace

      Visit the palace’s fine museums. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #6

      Ming Tang-Evans/Apa Publications

      Great Synagogue

      Explore the city’s Jewish Quarter. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #7

      Neil Schlecht/Apa Publications

      The Castle District

      Cobbled streets and quaint houses lend a fairy-tale feel. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #8

      Ming Tang-Evans/Apa Publications

      Széchenyi Baths

      Relax in the palatial surroundings. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #9

      Ming Tang-Evans/Apa Publications

      House of Terror

      Learn about the totalitarian regimes of the past. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #10

      Ming Tang-Evans/Apa Publications

      City Park

      Visit the park’s zoo, circus and castle. For more information, click here.

      A Perfect Day In Budapest

      9.00am

      Breakfast

      Have breakfast in the old-fashioned ambience of the Centrál Kávéház at Károlyi Mihály utca 9 in Pest’s Belváros or ‘Inner City’.

      10.00am

      Hungarian National Museum

      Walk a couple of blocks east to Múzeum körút to find the Hungarian National Museum. Take a quick tour of the nation’s history, viewing exhibits of the Avars’ gold jewellery, St Stephen’s coronation mantle and communist propaganda posters.

      11.00am

      Food Market

      Follow the Belváros ringroad south to the vast Central Market Hall, built by Eiffel. Only the best produce is on sale here.

      11.30am

      Shopping on Váci utca

      Cross the road and stroll up the city’s premier shopping street. On the way, look out for handicrafts emporium, Folkart Centrum, and the magical window displays of florist Philanthia. Emerging in Vörösmarty tér at the end, you will find a stylish shopping mall on your left.

      1.00pm

      Gerbeaud

      Take a light lunch at this café institution on the far side of Vörösmarty tér. Sit in the grand interior with its chandeliers and fine plasterwork, or lounge on the terrace watching people go about their business. Be sure to save room for Gerbeaud’s cakes, as these are the café’s speciality.

      2.15pm

      Great square

      Take the metro direct from Vörösmarty tér to Heroes’ Square, at the head of Andrássy út and at the gates of City Park. In the centre of the square is the Millennium Monument, with the Archangel Gabriel at the top. Flanking the square are the Museum of Fine Arts and the Palace of Art.

      2.30pm

      A zoo, a circus or a funfair

      Entering City Park, you have a wide choice of amusements. Visit the zoo, extravagantly designed in Art-Nouveau style, and see the huge Palm House or enjoy a show with clowns, acrobats and jugglers at the Grand Circus at 3pm on Wed–Sun (also at 11am and 7pm on Sat and 11am on Sun).

      5.00pm

      Széchenyi Baths

      Also within City Park is the palatial neo-Baroque complex of the Széchenyi Baths. Relax in the pools, indoor and outdoor, play a game of chess or have a massage. Afterwards, drink a glass of the health-giving waters at the little pavilion just outside.

      7.00pm

      Gundel

      When you’ve rested at the Baths, take an easy stroll to Gundel, Hungary’s most famous restaurant on the eastern edge of the park, where you can dine in style. Alternatively, take the metro a few stops back to the Opera House and take in a performance.

      Introduction

      ‘Budapest seems a wonderful place…the impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East. The most western of splendid bridges over the Danube, which is here of noble width and depth, took us among the traditions of Turkish rule.’

      The opening lines of Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897) convey author Jonathan Harker’s sense of entering truly unknown territory when he reached Budapest on his journey to Transylvania. In his day, Budapest was considered the limits of the civilised world – exotic, but rather frightening. Many things have changed since then, and Hungary is now very much part of Europe. Its capital, Budapest, is a busy, increasingly cosmopolitan city with a growing tourist trade. New routes opened up by budget airlines ensure that Budapest is

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