As you walk around Budapest, you’re confronted constantly with lovely Danube vistas, day and night. In fact, the buildings that line the river make up collectively a view that’s been … Read more
The Matthias Church at the top of the Buda castle hill has been through many iterations since the first church was built on the site in 1015. The first building … Read more
We sure do spend a lot of time in museums and churches and the like. So we thought we’d break up the week in Budapest with an old style–read Eastern … Read more
If a place is located between two powerful empires, situated on a major river, and at the crossroads of east-west and north-south trade, things are going to get complicated. It’s … Read more
Kris and I have been in Budapest for a week now, and we’ve spent much of that time walking along both sides of the Danube, crossing the bridges and strolling … Read more
The vista of the Danube River as it passes through Budapest, along with the Buda Castle from where this was shot, is on the list of Unesco World Heritage sites. … Read more
Editor’s note: Do you want to learn more about Budapest…from home? As a result of the 2020 pandemic, Context Travel has introduced an excellent series of virtual seminars. These live, … Read more
Since 1985, the European Commission has been designating one or two cities per year as European Capitals of Culture (ECOC). That’s thirty years of work, recognizing more than fifty cities, … Read more
Visiting the baths in Budapest is one of those essential activities on most tourists’ lists, because the baths represent history and culture, recreation and relaxation. The traditional baths and … Read more
Cleaning up a few left over shots from 2013…We loved the Budapest Opera House. Unfortunately we weren’t able to enjoy a performance. (I’m more of a ballet fan anyway.) Next … Read more