Things to See and Do in Budapest

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Recommended Attractions in Budapest

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  • Apr 15, 2008: ... in the late afternoon and decided to go to the Turkish Rudas baths, originally built in the 16th century. I have never been ...
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  • Feb 29, 2008: ... suggested to him that the number of English speaking people in Budapest was most impressive he replied "No, no, this is not ...
  • Oct 25, 2007: ... going on!!!! A very friendly community, the friendliest people in Budapest to my experience, super nice people...and they're ...
  • Jul 15, 2005: ... no-one goes! Day 3 We seen so much more of Budapest this visit. We'd come across parks we never knew existed. We ...
  • Jan 14, 2004: ... hike up. I think the previous inhabitants liked walking Budapest too. The Romans are believed to have introduced thermal ...
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  • Jul 15, 2005: ... along the Danube on the Buda side and arrived at Chain Bridge. Now Chain Bridge is famous for the 4 lion statues. 2 at ...
  • Apr 13, 2008: ... , two separate cities: Buda and Pest. It wasn't until the chain bridge was built that the two cities began to interact and ...
  • Aug 20, 2007: ... decided it wasn't playing, and proceeded to die.  Argh. The chain bridge across the Danube was roped off, so we took a ...
  • Sep 2, 2007: ... the river.  We walked along the Danube and crossed over the Chain bridge to the Buda side of the river where we took in ...
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  • Aug 25, 2008: ... buildings, of course).  We decided to go to Central Market Hall for lunch.  What a great idea, seriously.  It ...
  • Jul 10, 2006: ... today.Totally lost.In my travels I stumbled across the central Market Hall, with food and vegies/fruit and meats on the ...
  • Mar 21, 2009: ... , another tram and another bus to Koezponti Vasarcsarnok (Central Market Hall).  And yes, taking a tram (especially the same ...
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  • Jan 14, 2004: ... commercialism are still new to some people here. The Hungarian State Opera House was featuring the ballet “Hommage A ...
  • Dec 3, 2007: ... út is Magyar Állami Operaház or the building of the Hungarian State Opera House. Of course, Su Yeon and I stopped to take a few ...
  • Oct 27, 2008: ...  We saw a few of the sights in Pest, including the Opera House, St. Stephen's Basilica, and the Parliament.  We also looked ...
  • Mar 4, 2009: ... to explore the city.  First off we went to the opera house to buy tickets for Tsiolkovsky's Onegin which we got for ...
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  • Jul 15, 2005: ... Stephen's so we climbed the tower instead. We walked over to Parliament House and found that you could do a tour. Good plan ...
  • Apr 13, 2008: ... river and admired the beauty of the city. We walked to the Parliament building and up the main street on the Pest side of ...
  • Aug 10, 2006: ... of the Pest side, with numerous bridges and the enormous Parliament building. The area was one of those places where there ...
  • Aug 20, 2007: ... little planes doing their own tricks, then took in the parliament building, which apparently was built in the image of the ...
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  • Jul 27, 2004: ... and are thinking of going back to Bratislava on a future trip. BUDAPEST, HUNGARY We arrived in Budapest at dinner time ...
  • Nov 5, 2008: ...  centuries are mostly now about 50 years old.  Budapest was absolutely decimated during WWII and the town  ...
  • Nov 27, 2000: ... Em's plans going astray. We also took a day trip from Budapest to a place called Szentendre on a very wet dreary day. ...
  • Sep 28, 2009: ... (Vaci Utca). On the way I passed the oldest church in Budapest, the Inner Parish Church. The foundation dates from the 11th ...
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  • Jan 23, 2008: ... one, and beyond it rose the great dome of St Stephen's Basilica; further along the river bank stood the Houses of Parliament ...
  • Apr 18, 2009: ... we ventured back into the Christian world and went into St. Stephen's Basilica, the major church in Pest. There was a wedding ...
  • Apr 9, 2009: ... ;went on over to the stunning and amazingly gold St. Stephen's Basilica. Sadly, the tower was closed for ...
  • Jun 14, 2007: ... the day. On the 16th we visited St. Stephen's Basilica. The largest church in Budapest, it's 96-metre high dome offers a ...
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  • Nov 5, 2008: ...  From there we headed over to the House of Terror.  It is housed in the former headquarters  ...
  • Jun 2, 2006: ... Today, we've been walking around all day. First, the House of Terror in the morning, which is a museum all about the ...
  • Jun 21, 2007: ... to oppose Communism. Along Andressy Avenue is a museum, the House of Terror which is adorned by haunting photos of people who ...
  • Oct 15, 2006: ... , and the impact to the Hungarian people. Touring the "House of Terror," the headquarters for both the Hungarian version of ...
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  • Sep 2, 2007: ... the rest of the park, through Heroes Square and then down the famous Andrassy Street...Budapest's version of the Champs de ...
  • Nov 5, 2008: ...  The street ends at the huge Heroes Square-full of statues and monuments  ...
  • Jun 21, 2007: ... had to update you all on my short but sweet visit to Budapest, Hungary. And, as especially requested by dear Bob, I will try ...
  • Jan 23, 2008: ... Park beyond it where lay waiting the thermal spa.   Heroes Square, with its arched monument and grand museums, was ...
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  • Jan 22, 2009: ... Parliament to take some photos of that and the Museum of Ethnography opposite, which used to be the Justice building. That ...
  • Mar 6, 2003: ... Day #3 The group went to the Neprajzi Muzeum (Museum of Ethnography) and saw the permanent hungarian culture exhibit. It was ...
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  • Aug 24, 2008: ... my third- and probably the last- overnight train to Budapest, Hungary.  I have been looking forward to Budapest for two ...
  • Oct 14, 2005: ... underground in the labyrinth. Caves and tunnels that are under Castle hill go on for ages. They let you wander around a ...
  • Aug 20, 2007: ... their figures either. We tried to get up to the Palace on Castle Hill, but there was some folk festival on with a rather ...
  • Jul 27, 2004: ... and are thinking of going back to Bratislava on a future trip. BUDAPEST, HUNGARY We arrived in Budapest at dinner time ...
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  • Jul 22, 2006: ... ; We spent the early part of the day at the Hungarian National Museum (which was free, yay!) and learned about history of the ...
  • Oct 9, 2009: ... the day. The next day Andre went to the Hungarian National Museum while I wandered around. Then we walked over the famous ...
  • Sep 14, 2007: ... Back to the present - we visited the Hungarian National Museum which was absolutely amazing. Unfortunately they didn't ...
  • Apr 24, 2007: ... a fun experience. We'd planned on going to the Hungarian National Museum but it was closed for a rally and entertainment on ...
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  • Aug 11, 2006: ... and worked our way back up to Fishermans Bastian and Matthias Church. The church had the prettiest roof that i have seen so ...
  • Apr 18, 2009: ... palace in a beautiful courtyard. After we made our way to the Matthias Church at the other side of old town. I had visited ...
  • Jul 24, 2001: ... to pass an hour or so. Up the road to the Matthias Church, a quick poke around before over to the Military Museum which ...
  • Oct 24, 2005: ... Budapest. Basically we toured the whole hill, passing the old Matthias Church and its Trinity Square, the old Royal Palace ( ...