I will be staying close to the Hero's Square for nearly a month.
What should I know?
Szechenyi and the Gellert bath houses were awesome. Gellert has a real strong wave pool that really knocks you around
hmm that's one of the more boring areas of downtown budapest, you'll spend more time around deák, oktogon, nyugati, etc i guess.
around the square it's nice to go for a morning run, you have the széchenyi spa there, which is nice... the museum of fine art is under construction for the next few years, but you still have műcsarnok open ("art hall") on the right side of the square. there used to be a nice café at the back of it, idk if it's still open or not.
museum of transport (and agriculture) are close by as well if you get really bored.
on the southeastern side you have some fun shows every now and then in dürer kert http://www.durerkert.com/hu/programok
for food i would leave the hood in the direction of oktogon/deák/nyugati if i were you.
the cheap and good food places change so often that it's hard to recommend stuff...
even if you don't read a word of hungarian, i recommend this list. it's a collection of cheap and nice restaurants at the moment, if you click the names it takes you to the facebook pages (with opening times, location info, etc.)
http://444.hu/2016/05/10/4x4-hely-ahol-olcson-gyorsan-jot-lehet-enni-budapesten
i'm mostly gonna be jealous cause you're gonna be close to all the food market halls... go to any of them (except the main one) for lunch. lehel tér, hold utcai, fény utcai, klauzál tér, hunyadi tér, újbudai.... check any of those in google maps if you want to see what the locals eat for lunch. i would not recommend them for groceries, they rip you off very badly even as a local, for foreigners it's a complete trap for grocery shopping. ...the fast food places on the other hand are great and operate more transparent.
it's quite cheap to eat out at any time of the day, or just order via netpincer.hu, but if you want to do groceries, try something like spar or tesco (spar is more prevalent around hero's square).
now that i'm out of town, please go to the korean restaurant on the corner of izabella/szondi.
>>1114720
cont'd
they also sell sushi which is kinda meh (you won't really find good sushi anywhere in town), but their korean dishes are really good.
budapest is a good place for pork/chicken/turkey lovers. mangalica is a local type of pork, try it once so that you can say you had it. forget about any sort of seafood, though. some people ignore the fact that hungary is landlocked and try and get their salmon and caviar there... well it is possible to get any sort of seafood, but it will not look appetizing, it will taste bland, and it will be ridic expensive. just stick with beef-pork-chicken-lamb-rabbit-tons of other animals that prance around in hungary or the neighboring countries. duck liver yummm
from citadella, the castle, jános hegy, gül baba türbe -- you have some nice views. the parliament entrance ticket has a discount price if you are from the eu, it's also a cool building.
you can go diving in a former dive-brewery under kőbánya. go on a guided tour in one of the caves, or proper caving, if you're into that, and if the heat or smog is on...
there's quite a long list of spas, all with thermal water, they're all nice places to survive when it's too hot outside and the smog is bad.
note that you can't stay in some of the pools for long, otherwise you get too high on minerals lol
if you're in lukács, don't forget to go to the top of the building.
check out the usa and china space agency buildings from the martian almost next to each other in pest. one is called the cet, other is müpa. both are cultural centres.
house of terror will be close to you as well.
escape rooms, all over town...
the worst... assuming you don't speak hungarian, you won't know the worst. hungarians just hate each other and themselves in ways only eastern euro people can hate each other.
at this point i have to ask you what you're interested in? i can write a novel, but much of the above might not be relevant, cause idk what you're into.
>>1114724
are you hungarian?
>>1115071
i am hungarian
>>1114724
Thank you!
>>1113861
some things the other hunfag didn't mention but you might be interested in...
check out Aquincum in the northern part of Buda, it's an extensive ruin garden of an old Roman settlement with a great museum and two amphitheatres nearby (one is right next to the Aquincum suburban railway stop while the other is a bit closer to the city centre, in Nagyszombat utca)
nearby to Aquincum on the shores of the Danube you'll find a comfy riverside hangout called Fellini Kultúrbisztró, it's a fairly remote and romantic place serving tasty Belgian brews and nice food
if you don't want to venture that far from the downtown area to get some alone-time in the nature, then your next best bet is Margaret Island. it has some ruins from the middle ages as well as a petting zoo, a few bars, a running track, a huge lido, squirrels, lots of green and a cool music fountain
if you're looking for a unique spa experience then check out Király baths, a Turkish bath built in the 16th century mixed with some classicist and socialist architecture. it's one of the cheapest spas in Budapest
if you're interested in the history of Budapest and want to see some cool pieces of Gothic and Renaissance architecture, then visit the Budapest History Museum in the Royal Palace, which showcases the last couple of thousands years of the area
also, if you ever get bored of the big city bustle, then hop on the H5 suburban train and aim for Szentendre, a gorgeous Baroque town located just 30 minutes from the city centre
>>1115431
Not a Magyar myself but I can also recommend the Kiraly Baths
Fair warning, walked around budapest today and I'd say maybe 30-35% of the population isn't white. Just a heads up.
>>1115499
Can confirm. French tourists are everywhere
>>1115518
I know you are joking but I find it unnerving to hear french being spoken, turn around to see who is speaking it and it's two blacks, or people speaking in a thick british accent and they are pakis. I don't like it one bit.
>>1115527
Wasn't joking m8. Every time I hear French spoken in Budapest it's either Asians or blacks 8 times out of 10. Pretty sad, yeah, but it's only going to be worse.
>>1113861
Renting a bike is a must
>>1113861
If you want to have a nice and inexpensive breakfast, go and check out Zoska near Astoria one day. They serve breakfast dishes like french toast and American pancakes all day long (except for Sunday), and their prices are great. Also, right next door you can see one of the still existing pieces of Pest's medieval city wall, dating back to the 14th century.
