Esplorando Budapest: Tra storia e fascino from 238 €

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238 €

Based on 2 adults

Created: Wednesday, June 12, 2024 - Departure: Friday, August 16, 2024

About the destination

Budapest is known as one of Europe’s most stunning cities. It may be thanks to its impressive surroundings, the Danube River that divides the city, the Buda hills to the west and the Great Plain to the east or due to its varied and beautiful architecture: Renaissance, Byzantine, Neo-Classical, and Art-Nouveau buildings coexist in perfect harmony. Its extensive World Heritage Site includes: the banks of the Danube, Buda Castle Quarter, Andrassy Avenue, Hero’s Square, and the Millennium Underground Railway. To top that, the city has 80 geothermal springs, the world’s largest water cave system where visitors can indulge in a relaxing bath. Budapest became a single city in 1873, occupying both banks of the river Danube, to the west there is Buda and Pest lays at the east. Both sides of the city have very different personalities. Buda is the quiet section of the city. Walking around Buda, travelers will be able to inspect the Castle Quarter and explore the narrow cobbled streets that lead to the Fishermen’s bastion with its fairytale towers, which represent the 7 tribes that existed in the city in the 9th century. This decorative fortification is located atop the Buda Castel Hill and offers the best panoramic view in Budapest. The eastern side, Pest, is where all the action takes place. This section of the city has a fin-de-siècle feel to it and nearly every building has some interesting or unusual detail. Visitors will be invited to take long strolls on its wide boulevards filled with all sorts of shops or enjoy a well-deserved coffee in its grand coffee houses. Pest is home to the parliament building and the Dohari street synagogue, the largest synagogue in Europe. The scars of WWII are still present in the city, bullet holes and shrapnel scorings left over from the Second World War and the 1956 Uprising are still visible in some of the facades, painful reminders of this grey period of history. There are several tributes honoring the Hungarian Jews that lost their lives, as the poignant Shoes on the Danube memorial or the Raoul Wallenberg Holocaust Memorial Park. This side of the river is also considered the cultural heart of the city with numerous art galleries and with more opera, concerts and ballet performances than there are days of the week. The capital’s best restaurants are found in Pest too, and it’s here the nightlife wrestles with until the early hours as well. For a unique drink try a Ruin Pub, Budapest’s network of bars in disused buildings that include former tenement houses, factory buildings and community centres. Budapest has combined all its influences and overcome its complex history to shape its own character, and sure it did it right.

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Departure transport

Departure

Wizz Air - W62346

15:20 - Milano, Malpensa (MXP)

17:00 - Budapest, Budapest Ferenc Liszt (BUD)

Nonstop Fare: Basic

Transport: W62346

Cabin Class: Economy

Fare Name: Basic

16 Aug

Transfer

Transfer from Budapest Ferenc Liszt (BUD) to City Inn

Pick-up time: 17:00 Private - Standard (Automobile) Car with driver

Private

Standard (Automobile) Car with driver

16 Aug

Accommodation

3 Nights

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City Inn 8.2 Very good

BUDAPEST - At 2.5 km from the centreBED AND BREAKFASTFuto Utca, 55, BUDAPEST 1082 Double or Twin STANDARD

This city hotel is located in the heart of Budapest, just minutes from the city centre. There are two metro stops within a short walk of the establishment and numerous shopping, entertainment and sports facilities can be easily reached by means of public transport. The Museum of Applied Arts, St. Stephen Basilica, the National Museum and Fuveszkert Botanic Garden are all situated in the surrounding area. Budapest Airport is at 18 km away. Intimate colours and comfortable furniture provide a warm and cosy atmosphere in the guestrooms, which all come with individually adjustable air-conditioning and heating and satellite TV. After returning from a long day, guests can relax and pamper themselves at the wellness section, located on the top floor of the hotel.

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