Budapest, Hungary — Overview
Budapest is a city once again at the heart of Europe, a booming cultural metropolis where history and the contemporary blend with cosmopolitan flair. With architectural wealth and natural beauty that can rival any city on the continent, Budapest ranks next to Paris, Rome and Prague as one of the great European capitals. Since the end of the Cold War, Budapest has regenerated and re-energised itself so much as to be almost unrecognizable and is today synonymous with great café culture, unique Hungarian cuisine, fine locally produced wines and booming consumerism. If these myriad reasons aren’t enough to get you on the next Budapest-bound flight, don’t forget that the Hungarian capital is also a spa town, and a great place to relax in hot sulphur baths or to get massaged beneath art deco murals in grand hotels. Hungarian itself may be impenetrably foreign, but even if you don’t speak a word you’ll soon feel at home here.
