Red Mail Coach, Budapest

Advantages: Its just a great place to go
Disadvantages: rip off taxi drivers

...a little longer as it drops off at different places. You can book your return taxi or mini bus there and then, both are reliable. Prices in the airport are very high, I think 500mls of Stella Artois was about £4, but its a LOT cheaper in Budapest. There are many coach tours of the city, lasting about 3 hours and costing around £10, but its money well spent, and I advise you to take one on your first day, it will help you orientate in the city, and show you places you well want to go back and spend more time. I won't go into details about what to see, the whole city is full of museums, art gallerys and places of interest, get a tourist map, they are all listed, but we enjoyed Castle Hill overlooking the Danube, Mathias Church, the Parliament Buildings, Comedy Theatre amongst others. You can eat and drink out as cheap or as expensive... Read review

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Advantages: Easy to get around. Plenty to see. Luckily, most people in tourism speak English
Disadvantages: Unfathomable language

...must looks quite small from the middle, and anyway, despite the UK's continuing heat wave at that time in late June/early July, Budapest stayed resolutely duller, with temperatures around 24°C (bliss!), so 'photographic opportunities' were limited. WHAT WE DID SEE We did give into the pressures of mass tourism and went on a slightly-more-than half day city sightseeing tour. Our very knowledgeable multi-lingual guide visibly shivered when she realised that she'd got a complete coach load of English-speakers on board, all bar two Germans. This of course meant that her entire time was spent speaking, flip-flopping between two tongues, and what it also meant, was that it was never quiet on the coach for one single moment. It was whilst we were touring the streets of mainly the shopping area that we discovered cows - not Yogi Bear's 'moo... Read review

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Advantages: Great for adults, cheap, cultural
Disadvantages: Not much for Kids, the language.

...I cannot resist quoting from a beautifully written article that I read after my recent trip to Budapest :- "midnight in the enchanting décor of the Rudas Turkish baths. Half asleep we slip among languid bodies in the red marble octagonal basin. …..…it's easy to relax into the ambient hubbub which you can muffle by sinking up to your ears.……and we float lost in daydreams." Budapest has a turbulent history with its greatest period arguably being the 19th Century when it emulated Vienna as one of Europe's greatest cities. However, during World War 2, the Germans did a good job of gutting Budapest and when they were forced to leave by the oncoming Russian army, they blew up all the bridges, including the famous Chain Bridge, which was originally based on the idea of the chain bridge in Marley, Buckinghamshire. Luckily most... Read review

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