12/03/2024
The final overnight stop on our voyage was spent in the vibrant city of Budapest, Hungary’s capital, which is bisected by the River Danube. Its 19th-century Chain Bridge connects the hilly Buda district with flat Pest. A funicular runs up Castle Hill to Buda’s Old Town, where the Budapest History Museum traces city life from Roman times onward. In this Castle District, Trinity Square plays home to the 13th-century Matthias Church, where Emperor FranzJosef and Empress ‘Sisi’ were crowned in 1867, as well as the turrets of the Fishermen’s Bastion, which offer spectacular, sweeping views of the city below.
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Budapest is a global city with strengths in commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and entertainment, with the central area of Budapest along the Danube River being classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Here we find several notable monuments of classical architecture, including the highly photographed Hungarian Parliament and the Buda Castle. The city also has around 80 geothermal springs, the largest thermal water cave system, the second largest synagogue and the third largest Parliament in the world, just to name a few. Our guided tour of the city takes us past many of these notable monuments as well as Heroes’ Square, one of the major squares in Budapest noted for its iconic Millennium Monument, and the Shoes on the Danube Bank, a memorial erected in the east bank in 2005 to honour the Jews who were massacred in Budapest during the Second World War.
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With so much to offer it is no wonder that Budapest attracts around 12 million international tourists per year, making it a highly popular destination in Europe!
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