You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Budapest. Following this book's self-guided walks, you'll explore Europe's most underrated city. Soak with Hungarians in a thermal bath, sample paprika at the Great Market Hall, and take a romantic twilight cruise on the Danube. Wander through the opulence of Budapest's late-19th-century Golden Age. View relics of the bygone communist era at Memento Park. For a break, head into the countryside for Habsburg palaces and Hungarian folk villages. Rick's candid, humorous advice will guide you to good-value hotels and restaurants. He'll help you plan where to go and what to see, depending on the length of your trip. You'll learn which sights are worth your time and money and how to get around like a local. More than just reviews and directions, a Rick Steves guidebook is a tour guide in your pocket.

Explore Budapest's busy city streets, walk along the Danube, and find the best places to shop. See history, art, and more in this special city. Discover DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Budapest. • Detailed itineraries and "don't-miss" destination highlights at a glance. • Illustrated cutaway 3-D drawings of important sights. • Floor plans and guided visitor information for major museums. • Guided walking tours, local drink and dining specialties to try, things to do, and places to eat, drink, and shop by area. • Area maps marked with sights. • Detailed city maps include street finder indexes for easy navigation. • Insights into history and culture to help you understand the stories behind the sights. • Hotel and restaurant listings highlight DK Choice special recommendations. With hundreds of full-color photographs, hand-drawn illustrations, and custom maps that illuminate every page, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Budapest truly shows you this city as no one else can. Series Overview: For more than two decades, DK Eyewitness Travel Guides have helped travelers experience the world through the history, art, architecture, and culture of their destinations. Expert travel writers and researchers provide independent editorial advice, recommendations, and reviews. With guidebooks to hundreds of places around the globe available in print and digital formats, DK Eyewitness Travel Guides show travelers how they can discover more. DK Eyewitness Travel Guides: the most maps, photographs, and illustrations of any guide.

A distinguished historian and Budapest native offers a rich and eloquent portrait of one of the great European cities at the height of its powers. Budapest, like Paris and Vienna, experienced a remarkable exfoliation at the end of the nineteenth century. In terms of population growth, material expansion, and cultural exuberance, it was among the foremost metropolitan centers of the world, the cradle of such talents as Bartók, Kodály, Krúdy, Ady, Molnár, Koestler, Szilárd, and von Neumann, among others. John Lukacs provides a cultural and historical portrait of the city—its sights, sounds, and inhabitants; the artistic and material culture; its class dynamics; the essential role played by its Jewish population—and a historical perspective that describes the ascendance of the city and its decline into the maelstrom of the twentieth century. Intimate and engaging, Budapest 1900 captures the glory of a city at the turn of the century, poised at the moment of its greatest achievements, yet already facing the demands of a new age. “Lukacs’s Budapest, like Hemingway’s Paris, is a moveable feast.” —Chilton Williamson “Lukacs’s book is a lyrical, sometimes dazzling, never merely nostalgic evocation of a glorious period in the city’s history.” —The New York Review of Books “A reliable account of a beautiful city at the zenith of its prosperity.” —Publishers Weekly

Experience Budapest's fascinating city with our full trip guide book! Budapest, Hungary's capital city, is a bustling and intriguing destination with a distinct combination of history, culture, and entertainment. Our handbook will take you on a tour of the city, emphasizing the must-see attractions and hidden jewels that make Budapest a must-see trip. Discover the breathtaking architecture of Budapest's prominent sites, such as the Hungarian Parliament Building, Fisherman's Bastion, and St. Stephen's Basilica, with our guidebook. You'll also learn about the city's interesting history and culture, such as the magnificent Buda Castle, the ancient Jewish Quarter, and the famed thermal baths, which have been enjoyed by residents and tourists for generations. Our handbook also offers in-depth information on the city's rich food scene, which ranges from traditional Hungarian specialties to international cuisine, as well as suggestions for the top pubs and nightlife venues. Our handbook has you covered whether you want to spend a calm day drinking coffee in one of Budapest's exquisite cafés or a night out on the town. Moreover, our handbook has useful information on transportation, currency exchange, and local traditions, ensuring that you have all you need for a pleasant and pleasurable vacation. Hence, whether you're a first-time visitor or a seasoned traveler, our Budapest travel guide book is a must-have for your next excursion. Get today and begin exploring this amazing city!

The Rough Guide to Budapest is the ultimate travel guide to one of Europe's most fascinating and dynamic cities. Now available in ePub format. In full colour throughout, with dozens of colour photos to illustrate the finest of Budapest's great buildings, landmarks and distinctive neighbourhoods, this guide will show you the best the city has to offer. Whether you want high culture or a thriving underground club scene - including the city's unique "ruin pubs" - haute cuisine or pampering in spas, Budapest is the place to come. Easy-to-use maps for each neighbourhood make getting around easy. With detailed chapters featuring all the best hotels, restaurants and cafés, pubs and bars, live music and clubs, shops, theatre, kids' activities and more, you'll be sure to make the most of your time in the city with The Rough Guide to Budapest.

UPDATED 2ND EDITION AS OF DECEMBER, 2015. DONT MISS IT!Budapest by a local has been designed to provide you travellers with an insider's perspective to the charming and bustling Hungarian capital. Budapest is a unique place in Europe, with a unique language and an interesting development over time. In the first chapter you will be introduced to the magnificent "Pearl of the Danube", which has so much to offer and in the second chapter, you will find out fun facts that you probably didn't know about this hidden gem. To begin your travel you must get acquainted with the city and that is what Chapter 3 intends to do by providing a layout structure of Budapest, to make getting around easier. Budapest is located on the banks of the Danube and in fact the whole city revolves around it. You can enjoy the Danube by booking one of the many cruises available for all intents and purposes, from wine tastings to dinner and music cruises. Read about in Chapter 4 "Cruising the Danube". In Chapter 5 you get to discover Budapest through a local's eye, with a guide to the best thermal baths, important historical and cultural sites, markets, interesting facts about the Jewish legacy in Budapest and a Bonus Tip (one of my favorite things to do in Budapest). Music is such an important part of Budapest's cultural life. Live music is available everywhere around the city and you can attend wonderful classical music concerts or modern music festivals. Read about it in Chapter 6: The City of Music. Not all treasures and man made in Budapest. Au contraire, Budapest is home to some pretty amazing parks that are more than just trees and benches. Find out more about in Chapter 7: Budapest's Natural Treasures. After all this sightseeing and strolling around parks, you are bound to get hungry and the Hungarian cuisine is presented to you in Chapter 8: Hungry in Hungary. Hungary is also known world wide besides it scrumptious gastronomy for its delicious wines and no visit to the capital is complete without relishing in our wines. "Wine in Budapest" will tell you where to go for wine tastings or what wine bar to try during your visit. Budapest has a great shopping scene, ranging from luxury stores to local designers department stores. You'll want to sport your new outfits in our sizzling hot clubs. Know where to do both by reading Chapter 10: the shopping scene and the vibrant nightlife. If you're not into clubbing but still want to have an authentic Budapest experience, you can try some of our unique ruin bars, which are quite a phenomenon lately. For my personal favorites, read chapter 11: The Budapest Experience: which are the best "ruin pubs"Finally, I bid you Viszontlátásra (Goodbye) from Budapest in the last chapter, not before I present to you one more time what makes Budapest so attractive to tourists and the increasing expat community that has decided to make this city their new home.

Part memoir and part philosophical look at why we travel, filled with stories of Matt Kepnes' adventures abroad, an exploration of wanderlust and what it truly means to be a nomad. New York Times bestselling author of How to Travel the World on $50 a Day, Matthew Kepnes knows what it feels like to get the travel bug. After meeting some travelers on a trip to Thailand in 2005, he realized that living life meant more than simply meeting society's traditional milestones. Over 500,000 miles, 1,000 hostels, and 90 different countries later, Matt has compiled his favorite stories, experiences, and insights into this travel manifesto. Filled with the color and perspective that only hindsight and self-reflection can offer, these stories get to the real questions at the heart of wanderlust. Travel questions that transcend the basic "how-to," and plumb the depths of what drives us to travel — and what extended travel around the world can teach us about life, ourselves, and our place in the world. Ten Years a Nomad is a heartfelt comprehension of the insatiable craving for travel, unraveling the authenticity of being a vagabond, not for months but for a fulfilling decade.