Budapest, Hungary
Budapest is the capital city of Hungary. Home to some 1.8 million inhabitants, it is the country’s commercial and administrative center.
Districts of Budapest
Although Budapest is administratively divided into 23 numbered districts, always written in Roman numerals, it can most simply be divided into the two cities of which it is comprised (Buda and Pest) and one historic district:
* Buda - the hilly west side of the Danube (Districts I-III, XI-XII)
* Castle Hill - District I of Buda, the oldest part of the city containing the eponymous Castle and many of Budapest’s best-known attractions
* Pest - the flat east side of the Danube, covering the modern commercial core of the city (Districts IV-IX)
Understand
Regarded by many as one of World’s most beautiful cities, Budapest (the “Paris of the East” and the “Queen of the Danube”) has become the most popular travel destination in Central Europe along with Vienna and Prague. Millions of tourists visit the city every year. Located on both sides of the Danube River and featuring both the rolling hills of Buda (on the west bank) and the organized, gridlike layout of Pest (east bank), these two very different cities united by convenience into one city offer the traveller a Viennese-style aura at half the price. But Budapest (pronounced “BOO-dah-pesht”) is still very much its own city. The people are charming, and for the most part very helpful. They are proud of what this ancient capital has to offer, and proud of their contributions to European culture, especially in the field of music, a universal language one doesn’t need to speak to appreciate.
Official Tourism Information
* Tourism Office of Budapest, 1056 Budapest, Március 15. tér 7., Phone: +36 1 266-0479.
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