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

    Travel made easy. Ask local experts.
    Focused travel guide featuring the very best routes and itineraries.

    Part of our UEFA Euro 2020 guidebook series. If you're planning to visit Puskás Aréna in Budapest to watch Euro 2020 matches, then this pocket guidebook provides all the information you need to make the most of your trip, from ready-made itineraries to help you explore the city when you're not at the game, to essential advice about getting around.    

    Discover the best of Budapest with this unique travel guide, packed full of insider information and stunning images. From making sure you don't miss out on must-see, top attractions like the Royal Palace, Margaret Island and the Grand Synagogue, to discovering cultural gems, including a stroll down Andrássy Avenue, drinking in one of Budapest's vibrant ruin bars or taking a dip in Széchenyi Baths, the easy-to-follow, ready-made walking routes will save you time, and help you plan and enhance your visit to Budapest.

    Features of this travel guide to Budapest:
    - 10 walks and tours: detailed itineraries feature all the best places to visit, including where to eat and drink along the way
    - Local highlights: discover the area's top attractions and unique sights, and be inspired by stunning imagery
    - Historical and cultural insights: immerse yourself in Budapest's rich history and culture, and learn all about its people, art and traditions
    - Insider recommendations: discover the best hotels, restaurants and nightlife using our comprehensive listings
    - Practical full-colour map: with every major sight and listing highlighted, the full-colour maps make on-the-ground navigation easy
    - Key tips and essential information: packed full of important travel information, from transport and tipping to etiquette and hours of operation
    - Covers: Castle Hill; Parliament; The Jewish Quarter; Andrássy Avenue; City Park; The Palace District; Margaret Island; South Pest; South Buda; Buda Hills

    Looking for a comprehensive guide to Hungary? Check out Insight Guides Hungary for a detailed and entertaining look at all the country has to offer.

    About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherInsight Guides
    Release dateMar 1, 2020
    ISBN9781839052316
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      How To Use This E-Book

      This Explore Guide has been produced by the editors of Insight Guides, whose books have set the standard for visual travel guides since 1970. With ­top-­quality photography and authoritative recommendations, these guidebooks bring you the very best routes and itineraries in the world’s most exciting destinations.

      Best Routes

      The routes in this book provide something to suit all budgets, tastes and trip lengths. As well as covering the destination’s many classic attractions, the itineraries track lesser-known sights, and there are also ex­cursions for those who want to extend their visit outside the city. The routes embrace a range of interests, so whether you are an art fan, a gourmet, a history buff or have kids to entertain, you will find an option to suit.

      We recommend reading the whole of a route before setting out. This should help you to familiarise yourself with it and enable you to plan where to stop for refreshments – options are shown in the ‘Food and Drink’ box at the end of each tour.

      Introduction

      The routes are set in context by this introductory section, giving an overview of the destination to set the scene, plus background information on food and drink, shopping and more, while a succinct history timeline highlights the key events over the centuries.

      Directory

      Also supporting the routes is a Directory chapter, with a clearly organised A–Z of practical information, our pick of where to stay while you are there and select restaurant listings; these eateries complement the more low-key cafés and restaurants that feature within the routes and are intended to offer a wider choice for evening dining. Also included here are some nightlife listings, plus a handy language guide and our recommendations for books and films about the destination.

      Getting around the e-book

      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 mentioned in the text are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this 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 the destination. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.

      © 2020 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd

      Table of Contents

      Recommended Routes For...

      Architecture buffs

      Bars and nightlife

      Families

      Foodies

      Hikers

      History lovers

      Off the beaten track

      Shopaholics

      Explore Budapest

      Geography and layout

      History

      Under Habsburg rule

      World War II

      Soviet rule and post-Soviet reality

      Climate

      Population and people

      Politics and economics

      Food and Drink

      Local cuisine

      Where to eat

      Local drinks

      Shopping

      Shopping areas

      Central Budapest: V District

      The Jewish Quarter: VII District

      South Pest: IX District and beyond

      What to buy

      Entertainment

      Theatre and dance

      Music

      Film

      Nightlife

      Thermal Baths

      History: Key Dates

      Early history

      Renaissance Hungary and the Ottoman occupation

      Habsburg Empire

      Early 20th century

      Communist rule

      Post-communist Hungary

      Castle Hill

      Adam Clark Square and the Chain Bridge

      The Royal Palace (Buda Castle)

      Hungarian National Gallery

      Mátyás Fountain

      Trinity Square

      Matthias Church

      Fisherman’s Bastion

      Beyond Trinity Square

      Hospital in the Rock

      Magdalene Tower

      Medieval synagogue

      Vienna Gate

      Parliament and Around

      St Stephen’s Basilica

      Royal Postal Savings Bank

      Downtown Market

      Freedom Square

      Controversial memorials

      House of Hungarian Art Nouveau

      Kossúth Lajos Square

      Hungarian Parliament

      Museum of Ethnography

      Along the Danube

      Shoes on the Danube

      Hungarian Academy of Sciences

      Gresham Palace

      Vörösmarty tér

      Pesti Vigadó

      Inside the Inner City walls

      Március 15 tér

      Egyetem tér and Károly Garden

      The Jewish Quarter

      Around the Great Synagogue

      Great Synagogue

      Heroes’ Temple

      Jewish Museum

      Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Garden

      Rumbach Sebestyén utca

      Rumbach Sebestyén Synagogue

      Gozsdu Udvar and Király utca

      Gozsdu Udvar

      The Ghetto memorial wall

      Crossing into the VI District

      New Theatre

      Shas Chevra Lubavitch Synagogue

      The heart of the Jewish Quarter

      Kazinczy Street Orthodox Synagogue

      Hungarian Electrotechnical Museum

      Szimpla Kert

      Andrássy Avenue

      Erzsébet tér to Oktogon

      Hungarian State Opera House

      Budapest’s Broadway

      Ferenc Liszt Music Academy

      Oktogon to Kodály körönd

      House of Terror

      Liszt Ferenc Memorial Museum

      Budapest Puppet Theatre

      Kodály körönd to Heroes’ Square

      Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts

      Heroes’ Square

      City Park and Around

      Around the zoo

      The Széchenyi Thermal Bath

      Vajdahunyad Castle

      The Gate Tower

      Ják Chapel

      Apostle’s Tower

      Hungarian Museum of Agriculture

      Statue of Anonymous

      City Park and beyond

      Hungarian Geological and Geophysical Institute building

      The Palace District

      Around the Ervin Szabó Library

      Ervin Szabó Library

      Almássy Palace

      Count Alajos Károlyi Palace

      Count Festetics Palace

      The Italian Cultural Institute

      The Hungarian National Museum

      Bródy Sándor utca and Gutenberg tér

      Mikszáth Kálman tér and surroundings

      Museum of Applied Arts

      Margaret Island and Around

      Starting from Buda

      Margaret Island

      Ruins of the Franciscan Church and Monastery

      Margaret Island Mini Zoo

      The Palatinus open-air baths

      The ruins of the Dominican Convent

      The Margaret Island Water Tower

      The Saint Michael Church

      The Japanese Garden

      The Musical Well

      Ending in Pest

      South Pest

      Around Kálvin tér and the Danube

      The Great Market Hall

      The Whale

      The Millennial Quarter

      The Palace of Arts

      The Ludwig Museum

      The National Theatre

      The Rehabilitated Area

      The Zwack Unicum Museum and Visitor’s Centre

      Holocaust Memorial Centre

      Trafó

      South Buda

      Tabán and around

      Semmelweis Medical History Museum

      The Rudas Thermal Baths

      Gellért Hill

      Citadella and the Liberty Monument

      Gellért Hill Cave Church

      The Gellért Thermal Baths

      Bartók Béla út

      Buda Hills

      János-hegy

      Elisabeth Lookout

      Svábhegy

      Széchenyi-hegy

      The Children’s Railway

      Accommodation

      Castle Hill

      North Buda

      Central Pest

      The Jewish Quarter

      Andrássy Avenue

      The Palace District

      Margaret Island

      South Pest

      South Buda

      Restaurants

      Castle Hill

      North Buda

      Central Pest

      The Jewish Quarter

      Andrássy Avenue

      South Pest

      South Buda

      Buda Hills

      Nightlife

      Classical music, theatre and ballet

      Music venues

      Ruins bars and nightlife

      A-Z

      A

      Age restrictions

      Airport

      B

      Budgeting

      C

      Children

      Clothing

      Crime and safety

      Customs

      D

      Driving

      E

      Electricity

      Embassies and consulates

      Etiquette

      F

      Festivals

      January

      February

      March

      April

      May

      July

      August

      September

      October

      November–December

      H

      Health

      Hours and holidays

      I

      Internet facilities

      L

      Language

      LGBTQ travellers

      M

      Media

      Money

      P

      Post

      R

      Religion

      S

      Smoking

      T

      Telephones

      Time zones

      Tipping

      Toilets

      Tourist information

      Tours and guides

      Transport

      Travellers with disabilities

      Language

      General

      Numbers

      Days of the week

      Time

      Emergencies

      Shopping

      Eating out

      Internet and social media

      Books and Film

      Books

      Non-fiction

      Fiction

      Film

      Recommended Routes For...

      Architecture buffs

      Miklós Ybl’s buildings, like the Hungarian State Opera (route 4) and those in the Palace District (route 6), capture Budapest’s golden age, while Ödön Lechner’s Royal Postal Savings Bank showcases the exquisite local Art Nouveau style (route 2).

      Ming Tang-Evans/Apa Publications

      Bars and nightlife

      Stop by Szimpla Kert, Budapest’s first and most famous ruin bar (route 3), before heading over to the IX District to experience the craft-beer scene (route 8).

      Ming Tang-Evans/Apa Publications

      Families

      Children can make friends at the Budapest Zoo (route 5), ride the Children’s Railway up in the Buda Hills (route 10) or enjoy a family picnic on Margaret Island (route 7).

      Ming Tang-Evans/Apa Publications

      Foodies

      Learn all about Hungarian produce at the Great Market Hall (route 8), dine at Michelin-starred Onyx (route 2) or pay a visit to Gundel, the home of Hungarian cooking (route 5).

      Ming Tang-Evans/Apa Publications

      Hikers

      The Buda Hills offer a mixture of pretty villas and scenic woodland (route 10). For a trek closer to town, ascend Gellért Hill for views over the Danube (route 9).

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      History lovers

      Wander the historic streets around the Royal Palace (route 1), discover the old Jewish ghetto in the heart of the city (route 3) or the medieval ruins on Margaret Island (route 7).

      Ming Tang-Evans/Apa Publications

      Off the beaten track

      Recent renovation works have turned the former industrial IX District into a lively cultural hub (route 8). Come here or venture into the Buda Hills (route 10) to escape the crowds.

      Ming Tang-Evans/Apa Publications

      Shopaholics

      You’ll find all the top names on Andrássy Avenue (route 4) or Váci utca (route 2), but for quirky, Hungarian design head to Király utca (route 3) or Bartók Béla út (route 9).

      Ming Tang-Evans/Apa Publications

      Explore Budapest

      Split in two by the Danube River, Budapest is famous for its impressive Royal Palace, its octet of bridges, thermal baths and ruin pubs. Hungary’s capital is one of Europe’s most beautiful cities, with a colourful history and a thriving cultural scene.

      Budapest lies in the central-northern part of Hungary, towards the Slovakian border and just a few hours’ train ride away from both Vienna and Bratislava. Its name derives from two historically independent cities on either side of the Danube: Buda and Pest.

      To the west of the city, Buda’s hilly topography is punctuated with medieval streets, Ottoman relics and grand villas, and you’ll even find Roman ruins in the district known as Óbuda. In contrast, Pest – to the east – stretches out along a flat terrain that marks the beginning of the Great Hungarian Plain, set with grand tree-lined boulevards and imposing architecture.

      South Pest’s Great Market Hall

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      In 1873, the three cities of Buda, Pest and Óbuda unified to become one city. Lying at the heart of Central Europe, Budapest is no stranger to attack, from the 1241–2 Mongol invasion to its 150-year-occupation by the Ottomans before falling under Habsburg rule. On top of this, Budapest still bears the scars from two world wars and the 1956 uprising against the Soviet forces.

      As a destination, Budapest has a lot to offer. Firstly, it’s a spa city, so you can take to the waters and luxuriate in wonderfully decadent surroundings. It is also a city of culture. The banks of the Danube and the Castle District of Buda, as well as Andrássy Avenue and the surrounding historical areas, are designated Unesco World Heritage Sites, and there are plenty of excellent museums and galleries to explore.

      To top it all off, Hungarian cuisine has made great advances in recent decades, ushering in a new generation of chefs serving up innovative dishes and giving Hungarian classics a modern twist.

      Geography and layout

      Budapest is divided into districts not dissimilar to Paris’s arrondissements. There are 23 districts (kerület), identified by Roman numerals, that roughly spiral out from the Royal Palace in a clockwise direction. Most of Budapest’s most famous sites lie within districts I, II, V, VI and VII, but travellers may head up to District XIV for City Park and its surroundings, and districts VIII, IX and even XI are gradually growing in popularity thanks to development initiatives.

      Getting around Budapest is easy, either on foot or using the highly efficient public-transport system. The network is made up of metro lines, tram lines and bus routes, as well as the public Danube boats, trolley buses and the cogwheel railway (for more information, click here). Areas of natural beauty such as the Buda Hills are easily accessible from Budapest, as are the towns and villages along the scenic Danube Bend.

      The colourful roof of Matthias Church

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      History

      The Carpathian and Danube basins have been inhabited since around 350,000 BC, but the first identified occupants were a Celtic-Illyrian people who established a tribal capital on top of Gellért Hill and a settlement in Óbuda.

      From the 1st century AD, Roman legions advanced on the Danube, establishing a military camp called Aquincum on what was then the northern border of the Roman Empire, which grew into a populous city in its own right. Following the Romans, Attila the Hun arrived and captured the settlement, and the Huns occupied the area until the 9th century.

      The Magyars date their arrival to around AD 890. This nomadic tribe are believed to originate from an area located between the Volga River and the Ural Mountains, and it was these people who gave the country its present name (Magyarország in Hungarian) and its language (Magyar).

      The modern state of Hungary was established as a Christian one in 1000, when Magyar King István (who was later canonised) was crowned first king of Hungary. The new and stable country

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