Tag: Budapest

  • Explore Budapest Beyond City Center – Your Ultimate Travel Guide

    Explore Budapest Beyond City Center – Your Ultimate Travel Guide

    Budapest is a sprawling city and several sites in Budapest Beyond City Center are well worth a visit. North of the center of Buda is the fascinating ruins of Aquincum, a town founded by the Romans in about AD 100. To the west, the city has plenty of wooded hills. These offer walks around beautiful…

  • Budapest Parliament and Surroundings – 9 Amazing Tips

    Budapest Parliament and Surroundings – 9 Amazing Tips

    Towards the end of the 18th and throughout the 19th century Pest underwent a series of huge changes. In 1838 a flood destroyed most of the rural dwellings that had occupied the area until that time. The unification of Budapest in 1873, and the 1,000-year anniversary, in 1896, of the Magyar conquest also boosted the…

  • Gellert Baths Budapest Hungary- Your Ultimate eastern Europe Travel Guide

    Gellert Baths Budapest Hungary- Your Ultimate eastern Europe Travel Guide

    The thermal Gellert Baths Budapest hotel opened its doors in 1918 and was expanded twice before the Second World War to accommodate more facilities. A winter garden was built at the time of the hotel’s opening, only to be transformed into a swimming pool later on.Gellert Baths Budapest Building StyleThe complex was built in an…

  • Budapest fashion and design

    Budapest fashion and design

    The young and talented Budapest fashion designers of Hungary’s capital, the fabulous showrooms and hip brand stores are sure to leave an impression on those who follow contemporary fashion trends. Founded by the creative duo Dalma Devenyi and Tibor Kiss in 2005, Je Suis Belle is one Hungary’s leading fashion brands, standing out with joyful…

  • Budapest Culture At A Glance

    Budapest Culture At A Glance

    There are many starting point when you try to explore Budapest culture. One of them is looking at a famous composer. Although composer Franz Liszt (1811-1886) was an ardent Hungarian patriot, he spent most of his life in Paris, Weimar and Rome and didn’t speak Hungarian very well. But in 1875, he was invited to…