Hungary Category Posts

Orangeways Bus from Budapest to Vienna

30 July, 2009

Our Orangeway Bus to Vienna departs at 7am from Budapest.  That means we have to take a cab from our apartment to a stadium near Nepliget metro station at...

Cafe Kor Hungarian Fine-Dining at its Best

29 July, 2009

Cafe Kor This restaurant comes recommended by 2 guidebooks – Lonely Planet and EyeWitness Guide.  According to the brochure on the restaurant, it serves modern european cuisine with a...

Budavari Siklo – Expensive Budapest Funicular

29 July, 2009

Budavari Siklo The Budavári Sikló is the Buda Castle Area funicular that will take you in a minute to the top of the hill.  While rather expensive (800 HUF)...

Budapest Kisharang Etkezde Lunch Review

28 July, 2009

Kisharang Etkezde Another Lonely Planet recommendation – the central ‘Little Bell’ is an etkezde that is on the top of the list with students and staff of the nearby...

Mini-Car Ride in Margaret Island

28 July, 2009

Margaret Island Margaret Island is named after Princess Margaret who lived in a convent here in the thirteenth century (the ruins of which can still be seen). In the...

Budapest Zugliget Chair-lift (Zugligeti libegő)

27 July, 2009

Zugliget Chair-lift According to Lonely Planet – a more interesting way down the hills is to get off at Janos-hegy, the fourth stop on the Children’s Railway and the...

Budapest Children’s Railway (Gyermekvasút)

26 July, 2009

Children’s Railway (Gyermekvasút) From the Cogwheel Railway stop at Szechenyi-hegy (last stop), you can take a 5-minute walk to the Children’s Railway. Follow the crowd if you are not...

Budapest Cogwheel Railway (Fogaskerekű vasút)

24 July, 2009

Cogwheel Railway The railway – originally built in 1874 – hauls itself up the steep hills using a cog system underneath the train, which engages with a rack on...

Budapest Nagy Fal Kinai Bufe (Chinese Restaurant) Review

24 July, 2009

Budapest Nagy Fal Chinese Restaurant After days of western food, some of us were starting to miss Chinese food so we picked one recommended by the Lonely Planet. Nagy...

Budapest Great Market Hall (Nagycsarnok)

23 July, 2009

Budapest Central Market Hall Just across the Independence Bridge lies Budapest’s largest indoor market – Central Market Hall.

Gellert Hill – Independence Bridge – Chain Bridge

22 July, 2009

Today’s breakfast – Maggi mee with Krakow Bagel (left in the fridge for the past few days – oven baked to crispiness) and Chocolate pudding with Vitamin C juice. ...

Budapest Karpatia Dinner Review

22 July, 2009

Karpatia Restaurant According to Lonely Planet, this restaurant serves almost modern Hungarian and Transylvanian specialities and this is the place to hear authentic csardas Gypsy music.  Unfortunately as we...

Castle Hill (Old Town and Fishermen’s Bastion)

21 July, 2009

Since the 17th century, Buda and Pest were 2 cities separated by the Danube River; Buda being the royal stronghold and Pest being Hungary’s commercial centre. Budapest became a...

Budapest Bobek Cafe Lunch Review

20 July, 2009

Bobek Cafe Just one street behind our apartment at Kazinczy utca lies the Bobek Cafe.  Highly recommended by our apartment landlord, we decided to give this cafe a try....