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Lake Balaton is about an hour from Budapest by car. You may also take a train. A series of tiny villages surround the Lake and it is a popular summer getaway. You can rent rooms, houses and hotels. Stay for a weekend or a week. The lake is pristine, no motorized boats allowed. A charming and relaxing place to spend some time! There is a car ferry which can take you across to lovely historic Tihany. Lots of nice hiking and beautiful views.
After the collapse of the former regime, all but one symbols of the Soviet era were removed from the city and placed in the Memento Park. Located a few Km southwest of the city, it's a collection of impressive, large statues and sculptures embedding the typical messages of greatness and pride that any dictatorship must convey. The statue park includes figures of well-known past leaders and, apart from the beauty of the displayed art pieces, it's a pondering experience of the country's status in between 1956 and 1989.This park was the venue of the 2008 Caucasian Challenge start and I proudly led the VT team through new adventures!Only one monument survives in town in centrally located Szabadsag Ter (Liberty Square) and it's the Soviet War Memorial.
Located at Uri utca 9 in Buda, a door leads down to a unique aspect of Medieval life in Buda. This is the entrance to a 9-mile maze of tunnels carved into the rock upon which Buda sits. Originally used in Medieval times, this UNESCO World Heritage site is now, for the most part, off limits to the general public. However, a sign at the entrance says there are occasional, short tours of a small part of the tunnels. The only catch is finding them when they're open. I was there during the hours of operation stated on the sign but it was locked. The door is just a gate though, so you can get a glimpse down into the tunnels from the street so stop by and maybe you'll be lucky enough to catch them when the tours are being offered and you can visit a interesting part of history.
This could be "off the beaten path" or tourist trap, but we thought it was a fun tourist trap. It has some history and it's fun to watch the riders so it was worth a side trip out of Budapest. However, there were a lot of people there and it's geared toward tourists. It was part of a package deal so I'm not sure how to book it, but you could find it on line looking up Hungarian Puszta.
The garden is a lustful band of bushes with mediterranean character, myrtle bush, pomegranate bush, eighteen kinds pine, many thuja, cedars. There are nine rooms in the house, in the garden and in these rooms 3000 folk-art objects have been placed (there is only in the bathroom nothing). Yet the telephone is folk: a salt cellar from Transylvania, the apparatus is in this. In the garden forty sculptures, .. But there is also belfry (with a fire-bird nest), crested furnace, sweep-pole well, herdsman hut, the figures of Hungarian legends (Árpád and the seven leaders, Attila the Hun)Opening hours during the season: based on check-in, at least 4-5, rather in 10 personal groups.Address:1165 Budapest, Kalitka u. 1.
It started in 90s and became known among all hungarians as Diáksziget (Student Island). I am talking about the massive musical event in the heart of Budapest, the Sziget Festival organised on the Óbudai Island on the river Danube. It runs for a week every year in august and lot's of bands and artists play here from all around the world. Accomodation: tents on the island, food and drinks: on the island (or in the city). Activities: non-stop 24 hours... Don't miss it out when you are in Budapest in august! I loved it!
The Modern Art Museum in Pecs is a rather small gallery that might interest those who are fascinating by Hungarian art created in the lastone hundred and fifty years. There are few if any recognizable names on display unless you are schooled in Hungarian art but some of the works on display were quite good. I was impressed by the sculpture gallery in the quad outside of the museum. The gallery is located on Kaptalan utca 4.
If you take the slow train from Budapest to Eger it's likely you'll have to wait a while in Fuzesabony to change train. We had a 40 minute wiat so we used the time to walk around the town and to have a coffee. There's not too much to see in Fuzesabony but I quite liked exploring somewhere without a map and without knowing anything about the place.
Just outside of the woderful town of Eger is the cities hotsprings. It is a great place to go and relax, either in the concrete pools or you can go closer to the water outlet and lay in the mud. The water does get unpleasanty hot quite quickly the closer you get to source. There is a small but decent snack bar on sight with drinks and food.
Etjek is about an hour by car from Budapest. We went in June and only 2 wine cellars were open, so it would be best to go during the spring festival. Check out the website.We had lunch at Etyek Vendégfogadó and were very happy with the service and the food. This is also a panzio, if you were were thinking about staying overnight there.www.etyekvendegfogado.hu
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