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Budapest, Hungary
... is located on a very high hill overlooking the bank. You can walk up to it, but it's much quicker and easier to take the funicular up to the top. (I just learned what a funicular was this trip so don't worry if you have no idea what I'm talking about. ...
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Big Storm
... we could see St Stephen's Day celebrations and watch the Red Bull Air Race being contested on the Danube River. We took the Funicular Railway up to the Royal Castle (all of 30 seconds and something we wouldn't recommend wasting your 14 Euros on) but ...
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How to see a whole city in one day
... further were in opposite directions. In the end we chose the castle labyrinth and walked back across the bridge and caught the funicular up the hill. The castle labyrinth in a unique oddity. I had previously read all about it and it was interesting ...
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Budapest the Beautiful
... stained glass windows.After a drink and writing a couple of postcards we went to the castle. We first stopped at the Funicular railway station. There is a tall column topped by an eagle here. Again the views are spectacular. We then decided to have ...
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Budapest's Charms and Oddities
... the beginning and end. We walk the length of the bridge and back. On Castle Hill ahead, we see a funicular railway climbing the hillside and, naturally, we’ve got to ride. Built in 1870, this was only the second railway ...
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A little bit of "home cooking"
... which is supposed to be lively and more modern. We started out our day by getting to the top of the hill via the funicular. Kind of “touristy” but still fun and definitely a leg saver, as there was NOTHING that would have made me ...
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(Cold) Kings and Queens of Castle Hill
... ; Oh, brother. I may just explode before then…] After getting to the other side of the Danube, we took the funicular (called the “Siklo”, and built in 1870!) up the hillside to explore both sides of Castle Hill, a 1-km long ...
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Hungary Hungary Hungary!
... our day though. Wednesday ventured out of Pest to the Buda side of the Danube River. Across the Chain Bridge and up a funicular rail to climb the massive steep Castle Hill that features amazing views over the river and rest of the city. Walked the ...
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Budapest is Big
... 's cough was getting pretty bad so we had to stop for coffee along the way. We finally reached the Chain Bridge, and took the funicular up to the top of the hill (...ahhhhhh, so glad) where we enjoyed the view and inspected the buildings. I would have ...
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The End is Nigh (again)
... a start as we reattached our backpacks and wandered back towards the train station to catch the train to my final country, Hungary, and to the capital Budapest. The only thing that stood in our way was the small issue of a little train journey - ...
Funicular (Siklo) Map
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