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Budapest 3 days sightseeing (Budapest)
Parliament stands head and shoulders above its neighbours on the Pest side of the river. Whether we are talking of its external neo-Gothic appearance or its interior, there is but one word to describe it: stunning. Today it guards the Hungarian Holy Crown, Orb and Sceptre, while the 1004-year-old mantle, another part of the coronation regalia richly embroidered with gold thread, is preserved in the Hungarian National Museum. Not far from Parliament is St. Stephen’s Basilica, the largest ecclesiastical building in Budapest...
Hope that Budapest will captivate you, and you have the chance of staying in our capital for at least three days. But if you’ve already seen the Castle district, Danube embankment and Andrássy Avenue, don’t despair: there are plenty of other things to see and do!
Parliament stands head and shoulders above its neighbours on the Pest side of the river. Whether we are talking of its external neo-Gothic appearance or its interior, there is but one word to describe it: stunning. Today it guards the Hungarian Holy Crown, Orb and Sceptre, while the 1004-year-old mantle, another part of the coronation regalia richly embroidered with gold thread, is preserved in the Hungarian National Museum. Not far from Parliament is St. Stephen’s Basilica, the largest ecclesiastical building in Budapest and repository for the relic the Holy Right Hand of St. Stephen, Hungary’s first king. The Basilica’s dome affords a superb all-round view of the city.
One of the finest historical monuments in the capital, the Opera House, stands on Andrássy Avenue. It is well worth visiting not only for its brilliant performances but also for the magnificent grand stair and lavish interior design. Buy tickets for an evening of entertainment there. You’ll be able to enjoy the classics or contemporary music in the form of opera or ballet performed nearly every day of the week. It will be a memory you’ll always treasure. However, should the history of transport, rare vehicles and the like, be more to your taste, then we can recommend the Transport Museum. The collection, set up in a museum in City Park, displays a whole variety of items from veteran cars to a space module. The museum’s model collection – incredibly detailed scale models of locomotives, carriages and ships – is spoken of around the world. Life-size, working locomotives, the real thing, are on display in the Hungarian Railway History Park (indeed, you can even try your hand at driving one). The Park boasts around 100 fully functioning locomotives from the early days of steam up to more modern times. Each year the legendary Orient Express also makes several stops here.Aquincum is packed with memories of the Roman period. The town was the seat of the province, and its excavated ruins allow one to conjure up in the mind an image of the once thriving centre complete with baths, amphitheatres and military encampment. An extensive furniture exhibition in the Nagytétény Mansion Museum covers periods which came long after the Romans had left: superb Renaissance, Baroque, Biedermeier and neo-Classical furniture. Budafok, famed for its wine-making, lies not far from Nagytétény. Millions of litres of the very finest sparkling wines and select reds and whites lie maturing in the cavernous cellar system hereabouts. A tour of the cellars combined with wine tasting takes at least half a day.
A trip out to the Statue Park will prove an unforgettable experience. Gigantic statues and memorials erected during Communist times and collected from all parts of the country (although largely from around the squares and streets of the capital) after the change of regime have been brought together to make a stunning collection probably unique in the world.Budapest is a spa city. Travellers were writing about its remarkable medicinal waters in the 1500s. One of the Turkish baths built around that time is the Rudas, and it still employs some of the original fittings today. Gellért Spa is the most elegant in town, offering a bubble bath, open-air wave pool, thermal pools and medical services to very high standards.
Of course one’s tour, trip to a museum or spa wouldn’t be complete without enjoying a fine meal in one of the many excellent restaurants of the capital, or coffee and cakes in an equally outstanding confectionery. Budapest is proud of the Százéves (100-year-old) Restaurant, which actually is well past the magical century. In fact the Alabárdos, Aranyszarvas (Golden Hind) and Kárpátia are also getting on in age. Their furnishings and style are delightful, and each serves traditional Hungarian cuisine made to order, just as is the case in the famed Matthias Cellar (Mátyás pince).
Among the confectioneries, the once renowned Hauer has reopened on Rákóczi Road, and Mozart on Erzsébet Boulevard serves the creme de la creme in cakes and desserts. Gerbeaud on Vörösmarty Square and the Zsolnay confectionery in the Béke Hotel are elegant and old world, with delicacies served on fine Hungarian porcelain.
Hope that in the course of getting to know Budapest you’ll discover for yourself: you just can’t help falling in love with this city.
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