🇨🇿 🇭🇺 Europe | Prague Vs Budapest Short Vacation?

[Gain]

I’ve been to both and I would pick Budapest any day. Prague is like Disneyland it’s unbearable.

@Andrew0409

I’m traveling to Budapest for business but I will have a few days to explore. Anyone familiar with Budapest and could recommend must do things and maybe things to avoid? Restaurants and food recommendations are always welcome

The ruin bar is fun though I’m not sure if you are still the right demo for it.

The spa is also fun and I remember it being clean, which surprised me as I expected it to be dirty.

@volv1992

• Gellert Spa and the Liberty Bridge
• Margit Sziget (Margaret Island)
• Buda Palace and the bit near the funicular which I forget the name of
• Ruin bars near Astoria if a night out is your thing. Also fairly massive nightclub not far away.
• The Hungarian Parliament building
• Walking from Octagon to Heroes Square
• Raday ut street is pretty good for restaurants if you want to eat al fresco, and indoors too of course… Kalvin Ter metro station is right at the end of it. From there it’s a short walk to the Danube to see the green bridge.

Avoid:

• Nepliget (People’s Park) - the actual park itself, the arena and stadium that are close by are fine. You’ll go through it on the bus from the airport. It’s fine, just built in the communist area and a bit rundown now. Contains a really dilapidated planetarium there, but not much to see.
• Clinking your glasses of drink together, it’s offensive.
• Travelling everywhere using the metro.
• Giving up and eating at chain/american restaurants

I think I did all of these things too lol.

I think you should take the metro once though just to see what it’s like. It felt soooo Soviet. The trains and stations are so run-down and so depressing. At least they were when I visited in 2016.

[Andrew0409]

@Gain

The spa is also fun and I remember it being clean, which surprised me as I expected it to be dirty

I thought it would be dirty too but I guess I’ll check it out. i think there are private and public ones.

[Gain]

@Andrew0409

I thought it would be dirty too but I guess I’ll check it out. i think there are private and public ones.

I was referring to this one. It’s really cool. Very different from the hot springs in Japan and Taiwan.

Széchenyi Thermal Bath - [Official website]

[volv1992]

@Gain

I think you should take the metro once though just to see what it’s like. It felt soooo Soviet. The trains and stations are so run-down and so depressing. At least they were when I visited in 2016.

The M4 route is basically brand new and pretty nice. You are probably thinking of M2, the red line. Lots of people unfortunately living rough around the entrances of these older stations.

@Andrew0409

I thought it would be dirty too but I guess I’ll check it out. i think there are private and public ones.

Nah, swimming is their national sport, and bathing is a very popular pastime. It’s a very livable city, if it wasn’t for the shit wages I’d move there in a split-second. There isn’t really a bad season to visit

[Gain]

@volv1992

It’s a very livable city, if it wasn’t for the shit wages I’d move there in a split-second. There isn’t really a bad season to visit

Their politics is horrible and when I visited I thought people were very rude and super unhappy.

Vienna is the liveable city. In fact of all the cities in that region I would pick Vienna any day.

[Andrew0409]

I got back from Budapest.

If you ever visit I recommend the Hilton hotel Budapest. It’s right next to the Mathias Church and Buda castle.

But to be honest I wished I spent less time there. I didn’t like the food all that much.

[DKaoshuing]

@Andrew0409

But to be honest I wished I spent less time there. I didn’t like the food all that much.

What kind of food or drink was it that you did not like? and how much time do you recommend there? Was thinking of making a stopover on my way from Milan to the Baltics (via HEL) but your impression does not sound so good and maybe will stay in Italy a bit longer and enjoy the food

[Andrew0409]

The flavor profile just isn’t amazing for me. I would give it a chance?

I did enjoy this restaurant.

https://rosenstein.hu/

I even went to this Michelin star restaurant but I hated it. I only enjoyed 1 course out of 6. I didn’t even touch one because it was so much cucumber which I don’t enjoy. I thought it tried too hard and the flavors didn’t harmonize.

Kezdőlap - Borkonyha

[hannes]

@Andrew0409

The flavor profile

Your standards must be really high.