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| Budapest Travel Guide for backpackers |
This ancient city that has been around for well over a thousand years is filled with history and buildings that reflect its passage through time. Revolutions and uprisings are no strangers to it, nor is industry, commerce, or culture.
Its two million people live in an atmosphere of hedonism and sophisticated excess, mixed with poverty and homeless vagrants, opportunity and hopelessness; in short it is a vibrant, modern city with all of the best and most of the worst in today's world. |
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 DAILY BUDGET in BUDAPEST - Hungary is a backpacker's paradise and US$25 a day will provide reasonable restaurant meals, a private room and train fare. There are hostels, dormitories and camping grounds that will provide even cheaper accommodation and self catering or eating at food stalls will reduce costs even more. If you stay in private rooms, eat at medium-priced restaurants and travel 2nd-class on trains, you should get away on about US$25 a day without scrimping. Those putting up in hostels, dormitories or camping grounds and eating at self-service restaurants or food stalls will cut costs substantially. |
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Varhegy (Castle Hill) - The view of Budapest from the embankments of Castle Hill makes clear why this beautiful city is known as the "Pearl of the Danube".
Festivals - Budapest has a calendar of festivals and events throughout the year and if you are fortunate enough to be there in September you will enjoy the Wine Festival and all the fun and merriment that increases with the flow of the wine.
Taban District - Once the site of seediness and sex, then painstakingly cleaned up and made pretty, but life goes on and old habits die hard, and the outdoor bars and historic Turkish baths once again provide some interesting nightlife.
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Fast Food - McDonalds, Pizza Huts, and Burger Kings flourish in Budapest, but there are also stand up eateries that serve cheap but good food, and etkezde's a practice peculiar to Hungary where folk share tables and tuck in to home cooked meals.
Zoldfalo Salad Bar - XII Csaba utca 8, serves falafels and as much salad as you can eat.
Harom Testver - VI, Terez korut 62, this Turkish kebab bar serves up fast, low-cost food that is first-class, as well as salads.
Falafel Faloda - Great salad bar & falafel. Very inexpensive. Very fresh. Address: VI. Paulay Ede u. 53.
Nirvana etterem - Good and affordable Indian food. Address: Jókai u. 8. Near Nyugati railway station.
Hummus Bar - Good pita with Hungarian twist. Very cheap. Address: Kertesz u. 39, district 7.
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Mori Borozo - I, Fiath Janos utca 16, a neighbourhood wine bar that is both cheap and cheerful, with darts and billiards, attracts a young crowd and is worth checking out.
Crazy Jungle Cafe - VI, Jokai utca 30, for lovers of karaoke and beer this is the place to be.
The Eklektika - For the beleaguered lesbian in a town dominated by male ego there are a few bars that are suitable for women, such as the Angyal, Capella, and Limo and of course the Eklektika.
Kultiplex - Live music, djs, films and everything. Shows the bohemian nature of Pest. Address: Kinizsi u. 28.
Becketts - Guaranteed to meet a good crowd. Full mix of customers ranging from stagers, tourists, travelers and locals. Banter is always on top form. Staff are friendly and helpful. def check it out.
B7 - trendy and cool pub at Nagymező u. all the trendy people go there. don't miss it!
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