"The best guidebook yet to post-Communist Budapest."―Travel + Leisure. In this fourth edition of Visible Cities Budapest, Annabel Barber and Emma Roper-Evans offer a comprehensive guide to a rapidly changing city. Here, Budapest's fascinating history, legends, and native character are revealed in detail, and readers are offered an opportunity to acquaint themselves with the architecture, inhabitants, food, and wine of the region. Unexpected historical details reveal what the Habsburg emperor said about Europe's most beautiful opera house, why the Hungarians eat paprika, and who bowed to the ground in thanks when he first saw Buda. In full-color, with five detailed walks and excellent recommendations on what to see and do throughout the seasons, Visible Cities Budapest is an invaluable guide that does more than inform―it reveals. Full-color throughout

Visible Cities Budapest

Travel

Barber, Annabel

Roper-Evans, Emma

Europe

Blue Guides Limited of London

Updated with new information on restaurants, bars, and hotels, this visual travel guide reveals the tumultuous history, local legends, and colorful character of Budapest with vivid images and detailed text. From the stern-faced symbols of Communism to the Renaissance splendors of a vanished world, travelers are guided with lively detail to such city treasures as Budapest's coffeehouses and their resident poets, the steamy Turkish baths, and the old haunts of the pashas. Rich historical details reveal what the Hapsburg emperor said about Europe’s most beautiful opera house, why the Hungarians eat paprika, and who bowed to the ground in thanks when he first saw Buddha. Eight guided walks highlight the city’s ancient history, grandiose architecture, vibrant culture, savory restaurants, and local traditions.

Visible Cities Budapest (Visible Cities Guidebook)

Somerset, Ltd.

Bisected by the mighty Danube into Buda to the west, leafy and hilly, and Pest to the east, built on a completely flat plain, Budapest's panorama ranks as one of the loveliest cityscapes in Europe. Divided into four sections, this guide provides a background to the city and its history, detailed information on where to go and what to see, including the famous thermal baths and coffeehouses, and an overview of the city's food and wine with selective lists of restaurants and hotels. Eight guided walks highlight the city's ancient history, grandiose architecture, vibrant culture, and local tradition.

Visible Cities Budapest (Visible Cities Guidebook series)

Visible Cities

Thoroughly researched and entertainingly written, this guide uncovers the countless treasures of art and architecture that have remained intact—in spite of the city's tumultuous history—for well over 10 centuries. Highlighting the city's abundance of music and theater festivals and its café and cuisine culture, this guide provides insider tips and practical information on how to uncover the city's secrets and wonders. The guide's five short city walks and three lengthier excursions as well as its chapters on museums and galleries, music and film, food and restaurants, hotels and accommodations reveal a welcoming and exuberant city.

Visible Cities Krakow (Visible Cities Guidebook series)

Wasik, Dorota

Blue Guides

With rich images and detailed text, the tumultuous history, local legends, and colorful character of Budapest are revealed in this visual travel guide. Travelers will discover what the Hapsburg emperor said about Europe’s most beautiful opera house, why the Hungarians eat paprika, and who bowed to the ground in thanks when he first saw Buddha. The coffeehouses of Budapest and their resident poets, the steamy Turkish baths, and the old haunts of the pashas, the stern-faced symbols of Communism and the Renaissance splendors of a vanished world, are described in lively detail. Eight guided walks highlight the city’s ancient history, grandiose architecture, vibrant culture, savory restaurants, and local traditions.

Visible Cities Budapest: A City Guide (Visible Cities Guidebook series)

History