Guide to Budapest

I LOVE BUDAPEST. I spent four months in the city in 2016. Here's what I have to say.

The Sights

Tourist Walk #1

• Parliament Building
• Chain Bridge
• Funicular up to Buda castle
• Tour Fisherman's Bastion
• Soviet Monument for a photo op

Tourist Walk #2

• Grand Marketplace
• Vaci Utca
• Ride Metro 1 to Hosok Terre
• City Park
• Vajdahunyad Castle
• Look thorugh the windows into Szechenyi bath

Baths

1. Szechenyi Bath - this one is the most popular, and the most touristy. It's the notable yellow building in City Park.
2. Gellert Bath - inside a swanky hotel. It's across the danube from the Grand Market.
3. Rudas Bath - has a nice roof view
4. Veli Bej - a 16th century Turkish bath. It's cheaper and tourists will be in the minority. You can call them ahead of time to see if there are discount days (tuesday/thursday). It's tricky to find as you have to cross a hotel lobby and go down a flight of stairs.

Hungarian Food and Drink

Food

• Langos (laang-oh-sh) - think of it as a funnel cake. But they put sour cream on it. You can get it at the grand-market.
• Guyash - stew. Don't get it at any of the places near tourist destinations. Zeller/menza/hungaricum bistro are good.
• Kürtőskalács (cur-toh-sh k-ah-la-sh) - street food desert. You'll see them. They hike the prices in the summer, but still worth getting.
• You'll find a lot of traditional Hungarian food at 'Hungaricum Bistro' near the capital building, but I'd say go to some of the other restaurants (menza, zeller).

Drink

• Don't get Hungarian Beer, you have better things to do
• Wine - Hungary has aton of wine regions. Eger "Bull's Blood" is one of teh better known. Villany is another famous wine region.
• Palinka - fruit brandy. Usually 30-40% alcohol unlesssss you get it froma family member. Then there's no way to tell how strong it is. lol. Last I was there, I could buy 80% at Menza.
• Unicum - an herbal alcohol. They think it's good for curing diseases. Fucking gross. Tastes like licorice. But try it.

Restaurants

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