Tourism in Hungary

[Windblower]

It is a pity that i am not there

So, i recommend at least Építész Pince (Architect's Cellar) in the Downtown, behind the National Museum. Nice interior, beautiful garden, good food.

[BND]

The water tower on the Margitsziget (Margaret Island) was opened today after some renovation. There are exhibitions inside, and the view is nice from the terraces. I think worths a visit:


(from Wikipedia)

http://galeria.index.hu/belfold/2012...ti_viztornyot/

[Bikes]

Originally Posted by Le Clerk

Dear Hungarian friends, I am taking a vacation in Budapest the coming days and I was wondering if you could recommend a few good (and not so expensive) restaurants/eating places downtown, as well as some good spots to visit. Thanks a lot in advance!

Foreigners tend to love Paprika: http://www.paprikavendeglo.hu/ . The food and service is great (they rank very high on Trip Advisor too). For a Hungarian the interior design is a bit overdone (for Budapest, if it was in the countryside it would be OK), but for you it should be rather interesting. So if you want to try Hungarian dishes, it's a good place. Otherwise there are plenty of good ones in the downtown, depends what type of food you like.

[Le Clerk]

Dear all,

Thank you for all the advice and directions! I'll come back in a few weeks with some photos for you.

Regards,

Le Clerk

[cinxxx]

2 videos I filmed in Gyor.
I stayed over night at Hunyadi Panzio, it was OK.
I also took some pictures, but I'm not sure when I will have time to share them, but I will leave a link here too.

[cinxxx]

As promised, here you can find the photo album from Gyor.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2710833...7629958246420/

I also created a travelogue thread in the Romanian section, but I lack the time to post for now.

[Windblower]

Thx for sharing the images. You are a quite talented photographer, you know .

I do not know, if you could regognize, but Győr/Raab/Ráb is architecually almost a twin city of Temesvár/Temeschwar/Timisoara. Both have been garrison cities and their main square with the church are almost the same. I wish Temesvár/Temeschwar/Timisoara a quick renovation of old houses, similar to the Győr one. As You see, we keep bi- or trilingual monuments, this is another similarity to Temisoara, since there are similarly trilingual plaques, on the house of Bolyai or Klapka eg. This is quite unique in Romania and shows clearly, that Temesvár is an open city, proud of its history.

[cinxxx]

Another good example is Szeged. The cities architecture resembles a lot with Timisoara's.
It's known that, after the great flood of 1879, architects came to Timisoara and a lot of the new buildings erected in Szeged after the flood have the same style.

[Bogdy]

Does anyone know the price for a metro ticket in Budapest? it is necessary to pay in hungarian forint (HUF) or it's possibile to pay in euro? and exactly how to purchase a ticket from Keleti pályaudvar metro station? are there automatic tickets or there are persons who sell tickets?

I'm very stressed. I have to change the trains from Keleti to Deli in a short time

[BND]

The price is 320 HUF. You'll find plenty of places at Keleti to buy a ticket. There are automatic vendors, ticket offices, but newsstands also sell them. I don't think you can pay with euro, but you can give a try at the newsstands.

[neverdie]

If you find the metro station, the first escalator takes you to the place where you can change your money and buy ticket. Also there are some other exchanges around the railway station, but I'd recommend you the one at the metro station. The travel time between the two stations is 12 minutes + the walk is about 10 minutes.

[Qtya]

Ezt láttátok?

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/europe/t...articles/15787

http://varosban.blog.hu/2012/12/03/b..._lonely_planet