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ger, or the fish sausage and tempura. It's not especially cheap (mains 2600-4000Ft), but the
weekday two-course lunch menu (1200Ft) is great value.
Tues-Thurs & Sun 8am-10pm, Fri
& Sat till 11.30pm.
Múzeum Cukrászda
Dumsta Jenő utca 14.
For afters or mid-morning refreshment, head to
this chintzy café where coffee, cakes and ices have been served in the beautifully tiled salon
since 1889. Cakes and confectionery to take away too.
Daily 9am-8pm.
Palapa
Dumsta Jenő utca 14a (entrance on Batthyány utca) 26 302 418.
Dazzlingly col-
ourful Mexican bar-restaurant with all the usual suspects (fajitas, enchiladas, tacos; all from
1700Ft), in addition to a great tapas menu (580ft each); there's a fine selection of cocktails
too. Live music every Saturday at 7pm.
Mon-Thurs & Sun noon-10pm, Fri & Sat till mid-
night.
Visegrád
Approaching
Visegrád
from Szentendre, the hillsides start to plunge and the river twists
shortly before you catch first sight of the citadel and ramparts of the ancient fortified site
whose Slavic name means “High Castle”. The view hasn't changed much since 1488, when
János Thuroczy described its “upper walls stretching to the clouds floating in the sky, and the
lower bastions reaching down as far as the river”. At that time, courtly life in Visegrád was
nearing its apogee and the palace of King Mátyás and Queen Beatrice was famed throughout
Europe. The papal legate Cardinal Castelli described it as a “paradiso terrestri”, seemingly
unperturbed by the presence of Vlad the Impaler, who resided here under duress between
1462 and 1475. Today, Visegrád is a mere village, where the ferry docks and a few bars and
restaurants round the church are the hub of local life. Tourists tend to focus on the
historic
