Day 8: Budapest

The city of Budapest is separated by Danube river into two areas. The Buda area is famous for the castle and Pest is where the Parliament located.

Hosok Tere (Heroes Square)




Museum of Fine Arts, next to Heroes Square.

Vazdahunyad Vara (Vazdahunyad Castle)







Orszaghaz (Parliament House)







The area nearby..




TV station

Szent Istvan Bazilika (St. Stephen Basilica)








The 12 Apostles

Szechenyi Lanchid (Chain Bridge)





Took this funicular up to the Buda Castle.





Budavari Palota (Buda Castle)


Gate of the castle








View from Buda Castle

Halaszbastya (Fisherman's Bastion)
This structure had nothing to do with fisherman, it was just that in the ancient times there was a fish market here.





View of Pest from here







Night shots from Fisherman's Bastion






Chain Bridge


St. Stephen Basilica and Four Seasons hotel

Pest Area








Formerly a palace, now it's a Four Seasons Hotel.

Chain Bridge





Buda area


Fisherman's Bastion


Buda Castle

Loved the night view of Budapest, it was so wonderful. The landmarks were better lit up than Prague.

Vaci Utca
Main shopping street in Budapest.



As expected, they also had a christmas market here. We bought the Trdlo again (didn't know what they called it here) and it was 3 times the size. Shiok..

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