DK Eyewitness - DK Eyewitness Budapest (Travel Guide)

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Inspire / Plan / Discover / Experience

Experience

Castle Hill

Gellrt Hill and Tabn

Vzivros

Around Parliament

Belvros

Southern Pest

Around City Park

Beyond the Centre

Need to Know

Before You Go

Getting Around

Practical Information

KEY TO MAIN ICONS

PRICE GUIDE

KEY TO MAPS

Phrase Book

Acknowledgments

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Winding cobbled lanes and mineral-rich thermal baths. Awesome Art Nouveau architecture and imposing Gothic edifices. Old-world cafs offering decadent desserts and quirky ruin bars hidden inside abandoned buildings. Whatever your dream trip to Budapest entails, this DK Eyewitness travel guide is the perfect companion.

Exuding a fin-de-sicle elegance, Budapest is two cities for the price of one. Gazing at each other across the Danube, the citys two halves Buda and Pest have distinctive characters. Hilly Buda is dominated by the citys medieval quarter, while buzzing Pest is bursting with historic cafs and cool pubs. Dotted across both sides is evidence of a rich cornucopia of culture: compelling museums vie with masterpiece-filled galleries, while astounding architecture greets you on every corner. The city is also liberally sprinkled with renewing thermal baths, thanks to the network of hot springs simmering beneath it.