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Caption: BUDAPEST in 2 days
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Caption: DAY ONE
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Caption: GELLÉRT HOTEL&BATH Start your day waking up here. The old lady of all Grand Hotels offers a great view on the Danube River, a classy breakfast buffet and Budapest's oldest and most beautiful thermal bath.
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Caption: Gellért Spa is the most grandiose of all the baths in Budapest.
Built in secessionist style, the spa complex features colourful tiles, Roman-style columns and a glass roof. The pools are fed from the thermal springs inside Gellért Hill.
It's like bathing in a cathedral.
So good.
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Caption: CASTLE HILL For a first introduction to the City start by visiting Castle Hill and enjoy the panoramic views of the city from Fishermen’s Bastion.
Have coffee and cake at the famous Ruszwurm Cukrázda.
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Caption: Fishermen’s Bastion – a lookout that affords some truly stunning photo opportunities.
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Caption: Pass the Danube over the big Chain Bridge.
Enter the Gresham Palace, a beautiful building purchased by Four Season Hotels. This Art Noveau masterpiece is considered to be one of the very best and most expensive hotels of Hungary. Enjoy the stunning atmosphere by sitting in for a drink.
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Caption: PARLIAMENT Without a doubt the most iconic of all Budapest's buildings.
There’s a 45-minute tour of Parliament you can book, although walking around the building itself is pretty special.
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Caption: This district is an easy and fun neighbourhood to explore on foot.
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Caption: Budapest has some excellent museums and exhibitions, so make sure to check out what's happening around town.
I recommend the Museum of Fine Arts at Heroes’ Square, or the House of Terror on Andrássy Avenue.
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Caption: At the end of the day enjoy Middle Eastern Dining at Mazletov -
a ruin pub, which embraces the Jewish heritage & spirit.
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Caption: DAY TWO
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Caption: SZÉCHENYI BATH This gigantic "wedding-cake" building is my favourite spa. I love the bright, clean atmosphere, the immensity of 15 thermal bath and 3 outdoor pools and the high temperature of the water. Go early!
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Caption: JEWISH QUARTER Talk a walk on Andrassy Avenue. Explore Erzsébetváros & the Jewish Quarter. It's an atmospheric place to wander and plenty of evidence of the large Jewish community here.
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Caption: Have a Lemonade at Köleves Kert, a beautiful open-air pub
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Caption: SZIMPLA KERT One of the world’s most unique bars. All the rooms are decorated with a selection of electronic devices, prehistoric toys, old bikes, and even vintage cars.
Come sunday and visit the market.
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Caption: Visit AnKERT.
A garden pub inside
an empty house.
Urban, minimalistic & chic.
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Caption: Take the Tram back to Gellért Hotel and walk up to the Citadelle.
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Caption: Buy a bottle of wine and enjoy an overdose of kitsch here.
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Caption: Thanks for visiting!
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Caption: See you soon,
"Paris of the East"
