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Budapest

Charlton_Charlie
Charlton_Charlie Posts: 1,428
edited September 2006 in Match Day Travel
All,

Got a lads trip to Budapest in mid Oct and so would appreciate any tips on bars, clubs and - most importantly - where to stay, from anyone who has been there.

Cheers

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  • pickwick
    pickwick Posts: 1,649
    Had a great time there last summer, but unfortunately took family so I don't think I can really help.
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    Off to Budapest next week - any tips anyone?
    Have found another thread about Hungary but that went off on a tangent so thought I'd resurrect this one instead!
    restaurants? bars?

    Have been told to go to the secret/hidden hospital? a trip down the Danube at night - but generally know nothing else about the place! tour book is arriving tomorrow.


  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,206
    Went in April last year. Stayed at the Kempinski Hotel Corvinus which was excellent. If you happen to be a dolphin and like raw fish, there's also a NOBU restaurant in the hotel.
    The Spoon is a restaurant/bar on a moored boat which was recommended to me and was pretty good. Here's the website: spooncafe.hu
    Like Prague, the Castle area is a big tourist draw. But there's lots of other stuff too.
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,977
    Lancelots

    Great night out
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,375
    Going for the first time for a stag do in August.
  • RedPanda
    RedPanda Posts: 4,995
    I really enjoyed the caves up by the castle, and the nearby National Gallery impressed me despite not being into art. There's also a nice bar somewhere up there overlooking the city.

    The main things are the spas, though I didn't make it to any. I'd recommend trying gypsy goulash, better than it sounds.
  • donnyaddick
    donnyaddick Posts: 315
    The spa's are amazing, and the big fat Hungarians playing chess in the water make anyone feel like the body beautiful!
  • Hastingsaddick
    Hastingsaddick Posts: 4,079
    Great city and some nice surrounding countryside....the childrens railway was well worth a visit, though a group of lads on a stag do are unlikely to be interested in this.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,658
    Must do is a trip to the museum of terror on Andrassy Ave.
  • paulbaconsarnie
    paulbaconsarnie Posts: 9,427
    Went last September. Recommend the spa with yellow building and chess boards. and szimplakert bar. To be fair there are lots of good kert bars in the Jewish quarter.

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  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    Brill - thanks guys. I remember someone else mentioning that terror museum to me as well.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,658
    Oh and do a riverboat trip.
  • _nam11
    _nam11 Posts: 1,231
    Just don't get too drunk and let off a fire extinguisher in a hotel, like my mate did. Ten months in prison, he was gonna get...until the judge was in a good mood and gave him a three year suspended sentence...
  • Garrymanilow
    Garrymanilow Posts: 13,218
    Got to go to Szimpla ruin bar. It's a bombed out building made into a great bar/club. Cheap as chips too
  • Ormiston_Addick
    Ormiston_Addick Posts: 8,813
    If you go to the main 'Turkish' baths make sure you don't go there on Friday morning, that's when the local gay community frequent them.

    I had a very narrow escape there from a randy Hungarian bloke in 1997.
  • ThreadKiller
    ThreadKiller Posts: 8,624
    edited March 2013
    Ormiston Addick said:

    If you go to the main 'Turkish' baths make sure you don't go there on Friday morning, that's when the local gay community frequent them.

    I had a very narrow escape there from a randy Hungarian bloke in 1997.

    really, was it very touch and go for you?

  • SE10
    SE10 Posts: 2,169
    A mate of mine went not long ago.

    Kept on about the local birds and brasses.
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    Some of these anecdotes hopefully wont apply to me & mr sausage!

    Thanks for your tips. It's Restaurant week, so I expect I'll be paying a fee to the airline to return due to being considerably heavier.

    A La Carte restaurants 3 course meals for 3300 huf which is about a tenner! Yummy!
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,044
    The statue park is worth a visit - old Soviet era statues, very heroic workers and soldiers depicted.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,658
    If you want a good restaurant tip then try this one. Truly amazing.

    www.karpatia.hu

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  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,632
    iainment said:

    The statue park is worth a visit - old Soviet era statues, very heroic workers and soldiers depicted.

    2nd this, a little way out of the centre but well worth the trip. My wife wanted to go to the opera when we were there. Didn't think it would be my cup of tea but loved it, reasonably priced too. Plenty of decent places to eat. The Spa at The Gellert Hotel was good too.

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