Travel Tips
There are endless wasy to discover Budapest.
Budapest Travel Tips
Some of us were born in Budapest. Some of us adopted Budapest as a temporary home. All of us became Budapesters.
One way or another, we all keep making little or not so little discoveries about this ever changing city every day because, like any city, it is in constant motion, just like our own lives.
Budapest - City of Music
Budapest - City of Music
Budapest has, through time immemorial, been an organic habitat for musical talent. Internationally noted composers such as Ferenc Liszt, Zoltán Kodály, Béla Bartók, Ernő Dohnányi and Imre Kálmán as well as the opera composer Ferenc Erkel all hail from Hungary.
Budapest - City of Spas
Budapest - City of Spas
Budapest’s healing waters were already acknowledged by Roman legionaries more than 2000 years ago; 14 baths were in the city at that time. Budapest is a unique capital in the world, where 123 natural hot springs and drilled wells deliver daily 70 million litres of 21-78°C thermal waters.
Budapest - City of Cafés
Budapest - City of Cafés
Coffee, originally referred to as black soup, was brought to Hungary by the Turks, but as a wine-drinking nation, we obviously found it disgusting, so we successfully resisted its temptation for decades.
7 alternative ways to discover Budapest
7 alternative ways to discover Budapest
Extraordinarily Fun Means of Transport - Give your feet, but not your senses, a rest when you go sightseeing in the city, and explore rarely seen vistas and nooks on these fantastically fun forms of transport.
Bridges of Budapest
Bridges of Budapest
12 road and two railway bridges connect the different districts of Budapest over the river Danube. All of them are different and all revealing a fascinating face of the city and its diverse history.
Islands in Budapest
Islands in Budapest
The Danube doesn’t just split the capital into Buda and Pest; it is also home to quaint islands within the city, adding more fun and variety to Budapest's green patches.
Budapest's Secret Gardens
Budapest's Secret Gardens
These places provide you with spirit-enlivening moments of relaxation and quietness. Moreover, they also furnish engaging stories of most striking events, remarkable figures and rare species of trees and plants.
Budapest Street Art
Budapest Street Art
The Hungarian capital is abundant in urban art. Old firewalls serve as huge canvasses, adorned by local and international artists’ contemporary graffiti, transforming the streets into a public gallery
Budapest on the movie screen
Budapest on the movie screen
Budapest has been one of the favourite destinations for Hollywood productions for quite some time. Thanks to the capital's excellent features, it can be transformed into countless other cities – with some modifications.
Wines in Hungary
Wines in Hungary
Vineyards had long existed before the Magyar tribes conquered the area in the ninth century. Some pages of an old Kempinski wine list from the 1930s provides evidence that the Kempinski family was selling Hungarian Tokaj wine at that time in Berlin