We spent a lot of our time in Budapest just wandering around exploring the city, looking at beautiful buildings, statues and views. A few things I would recommend, many are “must dos” and some are little gems we stumbled upon ourselves. As I progressed with this post I’ve realised I have bitten off more than I…
Tag: Hungary
Copper Horsemen and Fairytale Castles
One fine autumnal day in Budapest, we caught the quaint Budapest underground up Andrassy Avenue to Heroes’ Square or Hosok Tere as it’s known in Hungarian. Once a site of Soviet Oppression, now a beautiful sprawling square surrounded by statues of Hungary’s forefathers. Standing in the middle are the Magyar chieftains who first settled in the Carpathian Basin. The…
Budapest Wandering Mark III
I have a problem! Every time I try to write this post, it grows and grows and grows and eventually I realise I have written enough content about each given place to fit a post all of its own! This has happened twice now, and it’s happening again! Will I ever finish this post?!
Exploring the banks of Buda
On the “Buda” side of the river lies Buda Castle, Matthias Church and Fisherman’s Bastion, collectively referred to as castle hill. In my pre-trip research I read that the views from Fisherman’s Bastion could not be beaten, so off we went. We went in a strange roundabout direction after catching the underground and popping up…
Széchenyi Baths Budapest
One of the things Budapest is known for is it’s many elegant thermal baths, and I had grand ideas of bath hopping our way around the city. But after spending HOURS in the Széchenyi Baths, Will said he was all “bathed out”. And in all honesty, we did spend hours lingering and lounging in the pools…
Budapest: St Stephen’s Basilica
For some reason it always takes me by surprise when a cathedral is “not that old” in my mind, which of course means it’s only 100 or 200 years old. The architecture is distinctly different, airy, light, romantic domes instead of imposing spires more palatial than older more gothic churches and cathedrals like the Notre Dame or Winchester…
Autumn Getaway in Budapest
Okay, so I have been rather slack of late with posting, losing my phone whilst in Budapest certainly didn’t help – thank goodness for icloud. So forgive me, I know it is now winter and rapidly approaching Christmas even! We spent four wonderful days exploring Budapest at the end of October. A Seriously beautiful city that…
from tally to the thames 