Insight Guides Explore Budapest (Travel Guide eBook)

Insight Guides

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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.

Sujets

• Hungría
• Travel
• Hungary
• Eastern
• Hongrie
• Europe

Informations

• Publié par: Apa Publications
• Date de parution: 01 mars 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781839052316
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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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 ex cursions 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 ).
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Bars and nightlife
Stop by Szimpla Kert, Budapest’s first and most famous ruin bar ( route 3 ), before he