Our Europe Trip – Hungary （Part 1 Danube Promenade)

Our Europe Trip –  Part 1 #Hungary – #Budapest #Danube #Promenade 

Budapest is a magnificent city🏙🏙🏙 with has been an anchor of Hungarian since its inception which is situated on both banks of the Danube (Hungarian: Duna) River, a few miles downstream from the Danube Bend. With the wide Danube winding through its center, give you a feel for both Pest and Buda — originally separate cities, divided by the river, reconnected by a series of elegant bridges to form the modern metropolis☺☺☺. As Budapest is a compact, tranquil city with all sizes have preserve their fine Notable architectural styles in classic old historical🏛🏛🏛 or rather several variants of Art Nouveau architectural. The city is huge, but most of Budapest top attractions are located close to the city center so you’ll probably walk🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️🚶‍ anyway: the best way of catching one of the full of fascinating and stunning views to be found anywhere in Eastern Europe.

At the heart of the city, we have walking with a cultural twist, experience the true essence of a work of art🗿🗿🖼, back to the century preserved its original artistic spirit, with various craftsmen and artists offering as well as art deco architecture. Follow the cobbled streets, highlights of the different levels art deco from the elegant facade and exquisite mosaics to statues and its wonderful stained-glass windows. As one of the site of spectacular for the city is architecture: unique blend of old and modern for complete with Roman, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Classicism, Romantic and Art Nouveau Architecture. But it doesn’t take long to notice the city’s other main appeal: these five-star lodgings🏨🏨🏨, define the skyline, their upscale restaurants🥩🦪🍤 and bars🍻🍹🍷 offering superb views of the charming Danube views, and incredible interconnected green spaces. The restaurant and bars offers an elaborate varied and high quality of the food which makes it perfect for take a short break have a dine with soak up the panoramic views.

They are all sorts to choose for the walking route in the city of Budapest – no matter what you picks, they are all a great way to looking for a lively European city with an impressive cultural offering. We take a leisurely stroll discover corners with even more characteristics. Among Budapest’s other charms are its prettily decorated independent shops, lots of these filled with enough cafes and restaurants that give you an elegant or stylish atmosphere for enjoy a high tea🍰🍨☕. Their cafés, overlooking the Danube and the Buda Castle🏰🏰🏰 were immensely popular. Highlight including one of the largest religious buildings in Hungary – St. Stephen’s Basilica. The church is the highest building in Hungary’s capital has own architecture is also impressive – medieval architecture from the elegant facade with its wonderful stained-glass windows, to the different levels within the church⛪⛪⛪, where there also has an observation deck that allow you with beautiful views over Budapest.

Budapest makes the most of its unique position on the River Danube which surrounded by beautifully preserved promenades😍😍😍: these luxury hotels feature of terraces with ornate gardens and along the Danube Promenade with statues as well as the picturesque of extending from the Széchenyi Chain Bridge to the Erzsébet Bridge🌉🌉🌉. Walk on the Danube Promenade that created in the mid nineteenth century its numerous cobblestone streets make it a gorgeous setting for a leisurely stroll. Ten-minute something walk away, towards the Chain Bridge an iconic strip of Budapest, a Chain Bridge that spans the River Danube between Buda and Pest. It was the first permanent bridge across the Danube in Hungary with the lion statues that guard the Chain Bridge. At the time of its construction, it was regarded as one of the modern world’s engineering wonders🤩🤩🤩. Its decorations made of cast iron, and its construction, radiating calm dignity and balance, have elevated the Chain Bridge to a high stature in Europe.

If your feet get tired, hop on a tram 2🚋🚋🚋, pick up a map and improvise your very own city guide, you can enjoy one of the finest slices of cityscape, past the main departure point for sightseeing and regularly scheduled city-transport boats.

In the past, as it does today, the Danube played a vital economic role in Europe and it is now harnessed for hydroelectric power in Budapest as well as providing drinking water. Worthy of embark on a relaxing, taking a cruise along the Danube River to experience this powerful river and enjoy a completely unique panoramic🌆🌆🌆 perspective of the city’s landscape and urban skyline.

There are many options to choose from: take a day cruise⛴⛴⛴ for one-hour sightseeing cruises cover all the attractions located on the banks of the Danube or two-hour cruises offer optional walk on Margaret Island and an evening boat trip with buffet-type dinner🥩🥐🥗, music🎵🎶🎶 and dance. Another way to enjoy a ride on the Danube is to take a public scheduled ship📝⛴⛴ The Budapest Transport Company operates riverboats between Boráros tér and Rómaifürdő, with stops including Petőfi tér (located at the foot of Elizabeth Bridge in Pest), Batthyány tér and Margaret Island. A little trip🚤🚤🚤 further afield from Danube Bend to Vienna of Esztergom via hydrofoil, just only about an hour and a half minutes, which is not only a fun way to travel, but also the quickest. During trip of your cruise, you’ll captured by Danube River charms with gleefully atmosphere in the sunshine add classical music you’ll have an uncontrollable urge to start tapping your feet and swaying your head from side to side in time with the ridiculously happy melody!

After the sun sets🌃🌃🌃 in the Budapest, it would be incomplete without an evening stroll during the journey. Cobblestone streets glow with a yellow hue from decorative lamps, shadows play on the facades of the colorful lamp on the water and at night we have a strong feel😮😮😮the majestic power of the Chain Bridge🌉🌉🌉 that still guard almost of Buda and Pest. Highlights include the beautiful distinctive of Fisherman’s Bastion. Especially exciting at night are taverns, pub, riverside cafe-bistros that offer a host of entertainment and music. The night scenery of Budapest won our soul over after dark.

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Our Europe Trip – Hungary (Introduction)

As a landlocked country in Central Europe, Hungary is borders as Slovakia (north), Ukraine (northeast), Austria (northwest), Romania (east), Serbia (south), Croatia (southwest), and Slovenia (west). The territory of modern Hungary was from centuries inhabited by different succession of peoples, while cities and towns of all sizes have preserved their classic old historical attractions🏛🏛🏛, many of which exhibit influences from various cultures. There are many beautiful buildings🏘🏙🏤 spread around Hungary with many important ones based in Budapest. Today Hungary is wholly Budapest-centred, the town of two cities — Buda and Pest — on either side of the Danube. From beautiful Budapest – the city of lights🌆🌇🌃 – to its many quaint villages and fantastic scenery, Hungary evokes a strong sense of medieval and nouveau at every turn.

Cook by ownself 

From Prague, Czech Republic, we continue our journey with toward the last Europe Country travel trip – Budapest, Hungary. Early booking on website for purpose of get the best deal while current we choose Flixbus🚌🚌🚍 – one of the numerous long-distance bus companies, as our transport journey. The standard of the interior are let us feel comfortable and relaxing with sit in the seat of bus, Flixbus using 6 and half hours deliver us to the Budapest Nepliget Bus station. The cost of bus ticket is lower price as 17.99€++ for adult.

Take the bus from Prague, Czech Republic to Budapest, Hungary

Budapest, the capital of Hungary and known as a gem💎💎💎 in Central Europe is become as the administrative, commercial, and industrial center of Hungary. The city straddles the Danube (Hungarian: Duna) River in the magnificent natural setting where the hills of western Hungary meet the plains stretching to the east and south. It consists of two parts, Buda and Pest, which are situated on opposite sides of the river and connected by a series of bridges🌉🌉🌉. With the wide Danube winding through its center, one of Europe’s most stunning skylines and its straight-out-of-a-storybook scenery—innumerable palatial buildings⛪🕍🏰, ornate old-world cafés🍽🍴🥄, and the mighty Danube River rippling beneath an octet of bridges—Budapest is a picturesque metropolis. The city setting is stunning with a rich architectural and historical heritage: it offers an unmatched combination of culture, blooming gastronomy. Simultaneously, explore the Hungarian capital’s spa culture at thermal baths♨♨♨ built in the 16th and 17th century.

It is at a cultural and creative crossroads, you’ll find that Budapest’s unique blend of old and modern makes the city an architectural paradise😍😍😍. The city’s got character, impressive architecture and a youthful atmosphere. We’ve spent 8 days in the Budapest, Hungary, same as previous three countries with booking stay belongs on Airbnb in the website and we choose for stay in unique places as locals. For our accommodation, it is an old and architecturally valuable building of vast studio apartment in the residential neighbourhoods. Charm, cobbled alleyways and atmosphere, and the buildings are about one hundred years old, with thick walls, high ceilings, and motifs on the front wall. Stunning old buildings which have been restored and are now equipped with every modern convenience with a fully equipped kitchen, a seating area with a sofa🛋🛋🛋, a double bed🛏🛏🛏 and freestanding bathtubs with shower🛁🛁🛁 and a hairdryer. A fridge, an oven and stovetop are also provided, as well as a kettle.

Almost all of them whose visit oversea knows using ATM🏧🏧🏧cash withdrawal, fees can really vary when using foreign ATMs. The ATM card holders💳💳💳 may charge a fee for withdrawals. Your home bank may charge a flat fee or a percentage as a withdrawal fee. In Budapest, you can find ATM machine which have mention NO ATM FEE, that mean you would not change for local ATM fee, but your own bank will likely charge a fee for transactions abroad. Attention: You must withdrawal the cash by using HUF currency not the EUR currency because the same amount of currency you withdraw the oversea charge for HUF currency is more lower.

This is the machine show NO ATM FEE

Grocery shopping🛒🛒🛒is the most essential type of shopping and for us shopping in a new country can be heaps of fun. One-stop shopping experience in Grocery shopping would give us a lot of help, such as during our Europe Trip buy some fresh or instant food to cook by ourselves for travel cost effective. In Budapest, supermarket and convenience store remains one of the most competitive industries and you can easy find different company of supermarket chains, they all including Tesco, Aldi, Spar (ASPIAG), Lidl, Auchan, Penny Market, Coop, CBA, Reál. In the city center, you’ll be spoilt for choice as there’s a shop on almost every corner, some of them open 24/7🏪🏪🏪.While, we go to Spar which located near our accommodation for buy some groceries and the goods (can be seen on photo) and total price are 2873 HUF (8.68€). Although the supermarket in Budapest city center are offering a wide variety of food, beverages and household products, organized into sections and shelves. But we want buy some travelling souvenir goods so we decide go to the large footprints of hypermarket that location in out-of-town with a little far distance from the city center.

We ride the public bus🚌🚌🚌 to the Auchan hypermarket, a big-box stores which is more focus on an expansive retail facility and have many different brands including their own brand of merchandise available at any one time including full groceries lines and general merchandise. Because of Auchan hypermarket business models focusing on high-volume and low-margin sales, we can buy all our routine shopping needs in lower price🤩🤩🤩. Well, very delight with only spend 8,835 HUF (13.58€) for buy a lot of grocery, dessert and souvenir goods ( can be seen on photo). You are not wrongly, the total price for merchandise of the 3 photo just only spend for 8,835 HUF (13.58€)😃😃😃.

Overall, Budapest transport can be the pricey compare to other during our Europe trip so planning using what kind of transport is very important. If you same as us travel to or from the airport in Budapest, use the airport bus🚌🚌🚌 that is the most affordable way to get into the city, the ride is simple and fast. The airport bus (200E) takes you to the Kőbánya-Kispest metro terminal (Line M3). From this metro terminal, one can continue with the metro line🚈🚈🚈 M3 and reach the city centre. OR you can take 100E bus, from the airport🛬🛬🛬 direct to the city center and the bus stops at Kálvin square and Astoria and the last stops is at Deák Ferenc Square. At Airport, there is a bus stop just outside Budapest airport arrivals and 100E ticket price is 900 HUF (2.71€) single trip. Airport bus tickets🎫🎫🎫 are can be purchased at different points; machines next to the airport bus stop; the ticket machines at the bus stop and train station; at the post office🏤🏤🏤. By the way, you can also direct purchased the tickets from the driver when boarding the airport bus(Note: One-way tickets and travel cards can`t be use).

As we mentioned above, the price of transport fees for this country a little higher so for our suggestion walking🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️ is probably your best bet. Same as us, easy walking around city because most of Budapest’s city center and historic districts are easily accessible by foot. Simultaneously, Budapest as sprawling metropolis which has one of the richest public transportation systems of all European capitals. As Budapest has an excellent public transportation system with four metro lines and vast system of streetcars (or trams) and trolleybuses. Single tickets and travel cards are valid within the administrative boundaries of Budapest for all metro🚈🚈, bus🚌🚌, trolleybus and tram🚋🚋 services. Outer suburbs are well served by trains (suburban railway) so you need an extension ticket for the suburban railway🚉🚉. (Note: One-way tickets and travel cards can`t be use).

Airport Bus

 

A single ticket🎫🎫 costs 350 HUF (1.05€) is valid for one ride which each time you board a new vehicle you need to validate a new ticket. They have different type of travel cards🎫🎫 which the cards are valid for an unlimited number of rides and valid for a longer period of time from the date and time indicated on them. You can buy the single ticket and travel card from Customer Centers in the Metro station or at ticket vending machines that can be found at the busier bus and tram stops and all metro stations. In Budapest, you will not find ticket inspectors or gates that only let you through with a valid ticket. On buses, trams, trolleybuses and metro, validation machines using for insert the ticket and the machine stamps ticket automatically. Of cause, don’t think🤔🤔 for no need buy the ticket, ticket inspectors can ask for your tickets on the road and if you not have tickets to validate, the penalty fee is 8000 HUF(24.10€) on the spot😮😮. In Budapest, you will not find online for booking Uber so you want a comfortable and easy transport travel you only can ride taxi🚕🚕🚕.

While, continuous follow us start our Budapest, Hungary Journey ” A Journey for Mixture of Art Medieval and Nouveau”.

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Our Europe Trip – (Prague Castle )

Our Europe Trip – #Czech #Republic #Prague ( Part 3 #Prague #Castle)

Each of castles brings with it hundreds of years of human history, and perhaps a ghost story👻👻👻 or two. Medieval stone walls, sky-high towers, bridges arching over glittering moats – Castles across the continent display architectural skills and magnificence. Dotting the European landscape, Castles seem full of magic and mystery; sometimes romantic, sometimes sinister, castles around the world evoke a palpable feeling of wonder and a fairytale.

When visiting the Prague in Czech Republic, one of the must-see places is Prague Castle🏰🏰🏰, perhaps the most important landmark in the magnificent city of Prague. Prague Castle is one of the largest ancient castle in the world, as well as the most impressive castles, its easily resembles as mini small town – with dozen of buildings🏘🏘🏘, many towers and protected by a fortified wall, there is so much for the eye to explore. Sitting majestically on a hillside in the Castle District (Hradčany), above the Lesser Town, It dominates the skyline with overlooking the surrounding city better than anything else. Get FREE😍😍😍 enter to the main courtyard area of the Prague Castle complex without any ticket but to enter any of the buildings you need to buy a historic buildings admission ticket.

There are several entrances to the Prague Castle, on the main entrance all visitors including us must queues for security checks to pass through it. With it’s a complex which covers 7 hectares (18 acres), centred around three great courtyards, so be prepared to see a lot and take some photo📷📸📷 for one of the largest coherent castle complex in the world by the area covered. The first documents mentioning the castle date back to the 9th century, and over the centuries new buildings have been added and contains examples of most of the leading architectural styles of the last millennium. Prague Castle is a unique architectural work🤩🤩🤩 as it blends rich repertoire of medieval construction methods with Renaissance structures. It is a classic example of the medieval fortress and hillside has a massive wall around it, acting as reinforcement to the castle.

We walk in the castle, one of so special is from the castle hillside have spectacular views Prague City, midtown Prague🏙🏙🏙 and beyond .Once the home of Bohemia’s kings and Holy Roman emperors, its combining the elements of Romanesque-style a 10th century and Gothic modifications of the 14th century. The castle was intentionally built to look consolidate as it was inspired blend of the features typical medieval castle elements–a keep, a fortified, oval-shaped enceinte, bartizans, and a moat enclosed by a high wall and consists of a large-scale composition of palaces and ecclesiastical buildings of various architectural styles. Throughout history, to its final renovation in the 1700s, this castle evolved to the site of important governmental negotiations and today the official residence of the Czech Republic’s President. This castle is spiritual center for a country, the changing of the guard every hour, on the hour, and the flag ceremony every day at noon.

The magnificent castle feature palaces, great halls, state apartments, towers, churches⛪⛪⛪, fortifications, Royal Garden, a monastery and rooms decorated in medieval art. It was constructed using a rich repertoire of medieval construction methods. The architecture has a dedicated theme from the Romanesque and Gothic style that varies by function and style. The interiors feature significant carvings and extraordinary collection of furniture, tapestries, and works of art. The castle is the place where Czech crown jewels💎💎💎 are kept. Countless historical and artistic treasures are displayed or stored there.

One of the most significant features within the castle is the St. Vitus Cathedral a prominent example of Gothic architecture and containing the tombs⚰⚰⚰of many Bohemian kings and Holy Roman Emperors. With its Gothic design and architecture, verticality is emphasized in architecture, which features almost skeletal stone structures with great expanses of glass; pared-down wall surfaces supported by external flying buttresses, pointed arches using the ogive shape, ribbed stone vaults, clustered columns, pinnacles and sharply pointed spires.

At night🌆🌆🌆 another indescribable beauty with hundred meters cobblestone streets decorated with torches that lit the path leads to the castle. We walk along the Charles Bridge🌉🌉🌉, a historic and significantly bridge that crosses the Vltava River in Prague. This bridge born on 15th-century feat of engineering is itself a sight to behold. We finish our Prague, Czech Republic trip with a relaxing feeling and appreciate the beautiful craftsmanship of the bridge and expansive views of Castle, Prague City and the harbour along the landmark’s walkway. Let us continue next Hungary Trip🚍🚍🚍…..

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