Budapest, the Pearl of the Danube

Budapest as the Hungarian capital was established in the administrative concept of the word only in 1873, when the union of three cities took place: Buda, Obuda and Pest. Their history dates back to ancient times, when as early as the 1st century BC, a Celtic settlement appeared on the banks of the Danube, significantly expanded by the Romans who ruled in these places until the IV century.

If the face of the quarters of modern Buda defined the Middle Ages and later the Baroque style, the style of old Pest - the city surrounded by a wall, lying on the left bank - determine popular in the first half of the twentieth century: classicism and romance.

During our tour we will visit the quarter of the Buda fortress, the main dominant of which is now the church of Matyash, built on a medieval foundation in 1896. Next to the temple, the walls of the Fisherman’s Bastion, named after the type of activity of the workshop workers, who were entrusted with the mission to protect part of the fortress wall located in this place, rise. From there, along the old burgher streets, we reach the Royal Palace, where the Hungarian National Gallery is now located, and go down to the most famous bridge in Budapest. The Chain Bridge was the first city bridge to connect large areas of Pest and Buda.

In Pest, we will walk through the newly restored pedestrian streets, go to the largest church in Budapest - the Basilica of St. Stephen and look at the business card of the city - the neo-Gothic building of the Hungarian Parliament. Then, along the magnificent Andrashima Avenue, we will drive to Heroes Square to get acquainted with the Millennium Monument of Hungary. This is a complex with a 36-meter column and colonnade, where famous figures of Hungarian history lined up as a parade. Behind the monument, we will delve into the alleys of Varoshlighet Park and admire the romantic castle, with a not very harmonious name for the Russian ear - Vailakhunyad.

And in your free time, I recommend you to look at the famous thermal baths of Szechenyi, which are located just a few meters from the castle. Here you can relax and relax before going back.