Fun things to do in Hungary

Gyõr, the city of three rivers (called Arrabona at Roman times) is the most important city in Northwest-Hungary, the capital of Gyõr-Moson-Sopron County. Gyõr is on one of the main roads through Central Europe and is situated halfway between Budapest and Vienna. The city is the sixth largest in Hungary and claims to be the second richest in historic buildings outside of Budapest.

June 2010

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Budapest is the capital city of Hungary. Buda and Pest is really two cities for the price of one occupying both banks of the river Danube, on the west bank is Buda, on the east Pest. Probably the most known sights of Budapest are the Chain Bridge, especially when illuminated at night, the Parliament building, the Basilica, the Opera House, the House of Terror, Széchenyi Spa, Heroes' Square, City Park, Fishermen's Bastion, Gellért Hill, the Citadella and the other 5 bridges across the Danube.

July 2012

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Balatonalmádi is a resort with picture postcard beauty located on the northeast corner of Lake Balaton. The town’s seven-kilometre-long coastline is surrounded by various ranges of hills and slopes; these offer the town a unique, amphitheatre-like geographical location. The town developed by first merging with another village in 1952; and then merging again with two more villages in 1971.

July 2012

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Budapest Parliament House (Országház in Hungarian) is located at Kossuth Lajos Square on the bank of River Danube between the Chain Bridge and the Margaret Bridge on the Pest side. It is the largest building in Hungary and is one of the famous landmarks in the city. It is also one of the largest Parliament buildings in Europe!

Budapest Parliament Building is the seat of the National Assembly of Hungary. The Gothic Revival style building was designed by Imre Steindl and was constructed in the late 19th century with at least 40 kg of gold. It has a symmetrical facade with a dome in the center. The building is approximately 270 meter long, 120 meter wide and slightly less than 100 meter tall, making it one of the tallest buildings in the city along with St. Stephen Basilica. You are able to receive excellent full view of Hungarian Parliament Building from Fisherman's Bastion at Castle Hill as depicted in our hidden photograph above.

There are several baths in the city, but in my opinion, the ones I went to were fabulous. They are called Szechenyi Baths and were in the City Park. They looked like what you always see in pictures: painted in that deep yellow, with old men playing chess in the pool outside. If fact, I think Nat Geo ran a pic oof that very thing in these baths. They don't seperate men and women, like some, so it is good if you are going as a couple. I think i remember for 13 euro each we got admission, a changing room, and a full body massage. If you stay for under a certain amount of time, they will give you a partial refund. The massage is not what you think of in the US; it is very rigorous and they sort of flop you around a lot. There are several pools of different temperatures. You are supposed to go from cold to hot and back again. I tried this after I got brave enough; it made me numb. I was there in October, and it was chilly outside, but still very nice even in the outdoor pools. It made it even better in the hot pool!

I started by a very old photo of this bridge and tried to have a same position one during my visit; I will attache now myne and will scan the old one later
here under is a description for the bridge from WIKIPEDIA
Elisabeth Bridge (Hungarian: Erzsébet híd) is the third newest bridge of Budapest, Hungary, connecting Buda and Pest across the River Danube. The bridge is situated at the narrowest part of the Danube in the Budapest area, spanning only 290 m. It is named after Queen Elisabeth, a popular queen and empress of Austria-Hungary, who was assassinated in 1898. Today, her large bronze statue sits by the bridge's Buda side connection in the middle of a small garden.

Ethnographic Museum (Néprajzi Múzeum in Hungarian) is located at Kossuth Square just opposite the Budapest Parliament building. It was founded in the middle of the 19th century. The Museum was designed and constructed by Alajos Hauzmann in the late 19th century. The building was home to the Supremme Court until the end of the Second World War.

Ethnogaphic Museum moved to its present building only in 1973. The Museum has collections and exhibitions about the traditional culture of the people of Hungary from the 18th century to the Second World War including the photographs, films and videos, manuscripts, clothes and handicrafts. It contains at least 200,000 artefacts and objects and is considered one of the largest museums in Europe! The building itself is a masterpiece of art. Opening hours are between 10.00 a.m. and 6.00 p.m. from Tuesday to Sunday. It is closed on Monday. Admission fees are 800 HUF for adults and 400 HUF for students.

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Hotel Hilton Castle District Budapest is a five star tourist class hotel located right in the heart of the Castle Hill District near the popular Fisherman's Bastion and Mathias Church. Parts of the hotel were constructed from the remnants of a 13th century Dominican Gothic style cloister and monastery. The right end of the hotel has beautiful sculpture on its wall as depicted on our photographs on the right. Don't miss this wonderful facade of the structure when you are in the vicinity of the hotel.

The hotel itself is a great hotel popular with businessmen and foreign tourists. It has more than 300 well-furnished rooms spread over four levels with more than twenty meeting and conference rooms. The reception and lobby area is reasonably large. The hotel and its surrounding certainly has great views over River Danube and Pest side of the city. You may e-mail to the following address if you are interested to stay in the hotel:- info.budapest@hilton.com