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    Berlitz Pocket Guide Budapest (Travel Guide eBook)
    Berlitz Pocket Guide Budapest (Travel Guide eBook)
    Berlitz Pocket Guide Budapest (Travel Guide eBook)
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    Berlitz Pocket Guide Budapest (Travel Guide eBook)

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    Berlitz Pocket Guide Budapest is aconcise, full-colour travel guide that combines lively text with vividphotography to highlight the very best that this stunning spa-city has tooffer. The Where To Go chapter details all the key sights: Buda's Castle Hill,with its cobbled streets and quaint houses; the Hungarian National Gallery,filled with masterpieces from the Hungarian Impressionists; the Liszt Museum,home of Hungary's greatest composer; and of course the Royal Palace and itsfine museums. There are also excursions to nearby Szentendre, Visegr d andEzstergom and further afield to Hungary's seaside at Lake Balaton. Handy mapson the cover help you get around with ease.

    To inspire you, the book offers a rundownof the Top 10 Attractions in the city, followed by an itinerary for a PerfectDay in Budapest. The What to Do chapter is a snapshot of ways to spend yourspare time, from taking to the waters in the myriad spas and wellness centresto catching a performance at the Hungarian State Opera House.

    You'll also be armed with backgroundinformation, including a brief history of the city and an Eating Out chaptercovering its hearty cuisine. There are carefully chosen listings of the besthotels and restaurants, and an A-Z to equip you with all the practicalinformation you will need.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherInsight Guides
    Release dateFeb 1, 2018
    ISBN9781785730870
    Berlitz Pocket Guide Budapest (Travel Guide eBook)

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      Berlitz Pocket Guide Budapest (Travel Guide eBook) - Berlitz Publishing

      How To Use This E-Book

      Getting Around the e-Book

      This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Budapest, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.

      The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Budapest, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.

      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 in Budapest are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once 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 Budapest. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.

      About Berlitz Pocket Guides

      The Berlitz story began in 1877 when Maximilian Berlitz devised his revolutionary method of language learning. More than 130 years later, Berlitz is a household name, famed not only for language schools but also as a provider of best-selling language and travel guides.

      Our wide-ranging travel products – printed travel guides and phrase books, as well as apps and ebooks – offer all the information you need for a perfect trip, and are regularly updated by our team of expert local authors. Their practical emphasis means they are perfect for use on the ground. Wherever you’re going – whether it’s on a short break, the trip of a lifetime, a cruise or a business trip – we offer the ideal guide for your needs.

      Our Berlitz Pocket Guides are the perfect choice if you need reliable, concise information in a handy format. We provide amazing value for money – these guides may be small, but they are packed with information. No wonder they have sold more than 45 million copies worldwide.

      © 2018 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd

      Table of Contents

      Budapest’s Top 10 Attractions

      Top Attraction #1

      Top Attraction #2

      Top Attraction #3

      Top Attraction #4

      Top Attraction #5

      Top Attraction #6

      Top Attraction #7

      Top Attraction #8

      Top Attraction #9

      Top Attraction #10

      A Perfect Day In Budapest

      Introduction

      Geography

      Contemporary Budapest and its people

      Eminent Hungarians

      City attractions

      A Brief History

      Enter the Romans

      Magyar migration

      Trade and culture

      The Habsburgs

      Rapid growth

      The early 20th century

      World War II

      Soviet rule

      Into the EU

      Historical landmarks

      Where To Go

      Buda’s Castle Hill and Old Town

      The Royal Palace

      Hungarian National Gallery

      Mátyás Church

      Fishermen’s Bastion

      Touring the Old Town

      Buda riverside

      Viziváros (Watertown)

      Gellért Hill

      Óbuda

      Buda Hills

      Crossing the Danube

      Pest

      The Inner City (Belváros)

      Churches and university buildings

      The Little Boulevard

      Jewish Budapest

      Leopold Town

      Basilica of St Stephen

      Houses of Parliament and Ethnographic Museum

      Andrássy út

      Heroes’ Square

      City Park

      The Great Boulevard

      Holocaust Memorial Centre

      An historic café and a panoramic view

      Margaret Island

      City outskirts

      Statue and Rail Heritage Parks

      Excursions

      Szentendre

      Skansen

      Visegrád

      Esztergom

      Lake Balaton

      What To Do

      Spas and baths

      Sports

      Spectator sports

      Shopping

      What to buy

      Entertainment

      Opera, classical music and ballet

      Theatre

      Pop, rock and jazz

      Traditional music and dance

      Clubs and bars

      Children’s Budapest

      Calendar of events

      Eating Out

      Reading the Menu

      To help you order

      menu reader

      Restaurants

      Buda and Óbuda

      Pest

      A–Z Travel Tips

      A

      Accommodation

      Airport

      B

      Budapest Card

      Budgeting for your trip

      C

      Car hire

      Climate

      Clothing

      Crime and safety

      Customs and entry requirements

      D

      Driving

      E

      Electricity

      Embassies and consulates

      Emergencies

      G

      Gay and lesbian travellers

      Getting there

      Guides and tours

      H

      Health and medical care

      HOLIDAYS (hivatalos ünnep)

      I

      Internet

      L

      Language

      Left luggage

      M

      Maps

      Media

      Money

      O

      Opening hours

      P

      Police

      Post offices

      Public transport

      R

      Religion

      T

      Telephones

      Time zones

      Tipping

      Toilets

      Tourist information

      Travellers with disabilities

      W

      Websites

      Y

      Youth hostels

      Recommended Hotels

      Buda

      Margaret Island

      Pest

      Dictionary

      English–Hungarian

      Hungarian–English

      Budapest’s Top 10 Attractions

      Top Attraction #1

      Ming Tang-Evans/Apa Publications

      Parliament

      Neo-gothic home of democracy and the crown jewels. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #2

      Getty Images

      Liszt Museum

      Visit the home of Hungary’s greatest composer. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #3

      Ming Tang-Evans/Apa Publications

      New York Café

      Take high tea in grand style. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #4

      Ming Tang-Evans/Apa Publications

      Opera House

      Book seats for a night to remember. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #5

      Getty Images

      Royal Palace

      Visit the palace’s fine museums. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #6

      Ming Tang-Evans/Apa Publications

      Great Synagogue

      Explore the city’s Jewish Quarter. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #7

      Neil Schlecht/Apa Publications

      The Castle District

      Cobbled streets and quaint houses lend a fairy-tale feel. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #8

      Ming Tang-Evans/Apa Publications

      Széchenyi Baths

      Relax in the palatial surroundings. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #9

      Ming Tang-Evans/Apa Publications

      House of Terror

      Learn about the totalitarian regimes of the past. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #10

      Ming Tang-Evans/Apa Publications

      City Park

      Visit the park’s zoo, circus and castle. For more information, click here.

      A Perfect Day In Budapest

      9.00am

      Breakfast

      Have breakfast in the old-fashioned ambience of the Centrál Kávéház at Károlyi Mihály utca 9 in Pest’s Belváros or ‘Inner City’.

      10.00am

      Hungarian National Museum

      Walk a couple of blocks east to Múzeum körút to find the Hungarian National Museum. Take a quick tour of the nation’s history, viewing exhibits of the Avars’ gold jewellery, St Stephen’s coronation mantle and communist propaganda posters.

      11.00am

      Food Market

      Follow the Belváros ringroad south to the vast Central Market Hall, built by Eiffel. Only the best produce is on sale here.

      11.30am

      Shopping on Váci utca

      Cross the road and stroll up the city’s premier shopping street. On the way, look out for handicrafts emporium, Folkart Centrum, and the magical window displays of florist Philanthia. Emerging in Vörösmarty tér at the end, you will find a stylish shopping mall on your left.

      1.00pm

      Gerbeaud

      Take a light lunch at this café institution on the far side of Vörösmarty tér. Sit in the grand interior with its chandeliers and fine plasterwork, or lounge on the terrace watching people go about their business. Be sure to save room for Gerbeaud’s cakes, as these are the café’s speciality.

      2.15pm

      Great square

      Take the metro direct from Vörösmarty tér to Heroes’ Square, at the head of Andrássy út and at the gates of City Park. In the centre of the square is the Millennium Monument, with the Archangel Gabriel at the top. Flanking the square are the Museum of Fine Arts and the Palace of Art.

      2.30pm

      A zoo, a circus or a funfair

      Entering City Park, you have a wide choice of amusements. Visit the zoo, extravagantly designed in Art-Nouveau style, and see the huge Palm House or enjoy a show with clowns, acrobats and jugglers at the Grand Circus at 3pm on Wed–Sun (also at 11am and 7pm on Sat and 11am on Sun).

      5.00pm

      Széchenyi Baths

      Also within City Park is the palatial neo-Baroque complex of the Széchenyi Baths. Relax in the pools, indoor and outdoor, play a game of chess or have a massage. Afterwards, drink a glass of the health-giving waters at the little pavilion just outside.

      7.00pm

      Gundel

      When you’ve rested at the Baths, take an easy stroll to Gundel, Hungary’s most famous restaurant on the eastern edge of the park, where you can dine in style. Alternatively, take the metro a few stops back to the Opera House and take in a performance.

      Introduction

      ‘Budapest seems a wonderful place…the impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East. The most western of splendid bridges over the Danube, which is here of noble width and depth, took us among the traditions of Turkish rule.’

      The opening lines of Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897) convey author Jonathan Harker’s sense of entering truly unknown territory when he reached Budapest on his journey to Transylvania. In his day, Budapest was considered the limits of the civilised world – exotic, but rather frightening. Many things have changed since then, and Hungary is now very much part of Europe. Its capital, Budapest, is a busy, increasingly cosmopolitan city with a growing tourist trade. New routes opened up by budget airlines ensure that Budapest is more accessible than ever before, yet, for the moment at least, it still retains much of its old-world charm.

      Founding principle

      In AD 1036, the wise King Stephen wrote to his son, Emeric: ‘Make the strangers welcome in this land, let them keep their languages and customs, for weak and fragile is the realm which is based on a single language and culture.’

      Geography

      Budapest is a city of two distinct parts, divided by the Danube, which, despite the waltz written in its honour, is murky and definitely not blue. The river separates the medieval streets and Roman remains of Buda and Óbuda (meaning Old Buda) from the late-19th-century boulevards of Pest. On the west bank, in Buda, the hills rise above the river. Over a period of 800 years, Castle Hill has suffered 31 sieges and been reduced to rubble on numerous occasions, yet enough has survived for it to remain one of Europe’s most appealing medieval enclaves. On the flat ground of the opposite bank lies Pest, a busy city with broad, leafy boulevards and handsome baroque, neoclassical and Art-Nouveau buildings. Only in 1873 were these distinct areas united to form one city.

      Café culture

      Until World War II Budapest was known for its coffee houses, opulent places where the bourgeoisie and the intelligentsia congregated. Sadly, most have gone, but a few gems remain, joined now by modern counterparts.

      The view of the Parliament from Fishermen’s Bastion

      Ming Tang-Evans/Apa Publications

      Contemporary Budapest and its people

      There’s a lot more to the city than the historic sites and thermal baths for which it is famous. Since the end of the Soviet period, Budapest has embraced consumer culture and Western brands. The city is also renowned for its friendliness. If Hungarians speak English and they see you looking at a map, they will often volunteer help; if they don’t speak English, they’ll try their best to help.

      Eminent Hungarians

      Hungary has produced many great musicians, the most famous of whom is perhaps Franz Liszt (1811–86), who became president of the Budapest Academy of Music. Writers include poet Sándor Petõfi (1823–49), who became a hero of the European revolutions of 1848, and Arthur Koestler (1905–83). George Soros, businessman and philanthropist, was born in Budapest, as was conductor Sir Georg Solti, who is also buried here. Seventeen Hungarians have won Nobel Prizes: holography was developed by prize-winning physicist Dennis Gabor, and the Zsigmondy crater on the moon is named after Nobel laureate Richard Zsigmondy, who won the prize for chemistry in 1925.

      Hollywood in its heyday was full of Hungarian talent, including a number of the great producers and directors – Korda, Fox, Zukor – and the revered Michael Curtiz who directed Casablanca. Actors include Béla Lugosi (best known for his role in the 1931 film Dracula). More recently, director István Szabó has won an Oscar for Mephisto (1981), György Pálfi

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