Travel Reference
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THE DANUBE
ITINERARIES
Budapestisessentiallytwocitiesinone:BudaandPest,butonbothsidesoftheDanube,
you'll find glorious architecture alongside remnants of the city's Communist past, not
to mention all manner of superb music - and there are some fun ways to get around,
too.
ARCHITECTURAL BUDAPEST
Museum of Applied Arts
Lechner's flamboyantly-designed Secessionist building is as
much an exhibit as the voluminous displays inside.
Gellért Baths
Soothe any aching limbs with a wallow in the hot pool and steam rooms of
these magnificent Art Nouveau baths.
CentrálKávéház
If you only take coffee - alright then, cake too - in one place, then make it
Centrál
, which has retained its pre-World War II grandeur, when it was the meeting place of
the Budapest literati.
GreatSynagogue
The crowning glory of the Jewish District is the Byzantine-inspired Great
Synagogue, the largest in Europe; admire, too, Imre Varga's Holocaust Memorial, beautifully
cast in the shape of a willow tree.
BudapestZoo
Asfamousforitsarchitecture asitsanimals,thecity'sfabulouszoowillenter-
tain kids and parents alike - don't miss the elephant house. Afterwards, take a stroll through
Városliget Park.
Mátyás Church
and
Fishermen's Bastion
At the heart of cobbled Castle Hill stands the
glorious, colourfully-patterned Mátyás Church, and just across the way, the Fishermen's Bas-
tion with its sweeping views of Pest.
