The pretty town of Szentendre is part of the triumvirate of the Danube Bend towns most frequently recommended for day trips outside of Budapest. As mentioned in this post, on the first of my two driving days, I managed to see some of Esztergom and could not fit Visegrád into…
The village of Hollókő, a bit over an hour northeast of Budapest by car, is recognized on the World Heritage list as a living example of rural life prior to the 20th-century agricultural advances. Something that is 300 years old and deliberately well-preserved would always pique my interest, and the…
Look at the map of Hungary about 50 kilometers north of Budapest, and you will notice how the Danube twists and turns in its flow, before changing direction completely from roughly eastward to roughly southward. The banks of the river on that stretch are colloquially known as the Danube Bend…
Although my November trip to Hungary was primarily meant for closer re-acquaintance with the nation’s capital, I wanted to take a couple of days to drive around the country and explore a few places beyond Budapest. Limitations of distances and daylight meant that I could only fit in a handful…
I would be awfully surprised if there were a large percentage of visitors to Budapest who claimed to have explored areas beyond the city center. To start with, not many people budget more than a couple of days for a visit to the Hungarian capital. Seeing the sights on Castle…
The Ukrainian-born, Budapest-residing artist Mykhailo Kolodko has erected dozens of statues all over his adopted hometown. The tiny twist – pun intended – is that these statues are miniatures, each just a few inches in size. It makes for a delightful quest to discover them in various parts of town,…
Known in the city nomenclature as the 7th District or otherwise Erzsébetváros – Elisabeth’s Town – Budapest’s Jewish District is a very vibrant part of the city, with hotels, restaurants, bars, and boutiques densely packed into a fairly compact area. The remnants of the significant and relatively flourishing Jewish presence…
There is the third component of the Budapest WH site in addition to the Banks of the Danube and the Buda Castle Quarter. Andrássy Avenue is the main artery of Pest and lies in its entirety within the core zone of the WH designation. While not unattractive, it is very busy…
The Castle District of Buda is another key component of Budapest’s World Heritage designation. Its main landmarks are all well seen from the opposite bank of the Danube, as we have already observed. This post is about closer perspectives of the same landmarks as well as a few details and…
The central part of Budapest on both sides of the river is one of the core parts of its World Heritage inscription under the “Banks of the Danube” heading. Practically every emblematic landmark of Budapest that you may be familiar with from various media displays is within an unobstructed sightline…
Budapest is a beautiful city, often grand, occasionally quaint and charming, striving to outdo Vienna quite a bit, and reminiscent of Paris in its central Pest area. There are plenty of impressive sights on both banks of the Danube. We’ll start with one of the emblematic sights of the Hungarian…
… because every travel post should have some. And by virtue of our late arrival home on Wednesday, I did not have a chance to arm myself with pictures from our recent trip before I posted my brief trip overview. To compensate for that, here are two shots from that…