Lonely Planet Pocket Budapest

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• Publisher: Lonely Planet
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN: 9781786578457
• eBook ISBN: 9781788685535

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Pocket Budapest is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Visit the Royal Palace and its museums, 'take the waters' of the art nouveau Gellert Baths, or bar hop the district of Erzsebetvaros -all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of the best of Budapest and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet Pocket Budapest: Full-colour maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Free, convenient pull-out Budapest map (included in print version), plus over 18 colour neighbourhood maps User-friendly layout with helpful icons, and organised by neighbourhood to help you pick the best spots to spend your time Covers the Castle District, Gellert Hill & Taban, Obuda, Belvaros, Parliament area, Margaret Island & Northern Pest, Erzsebetvaros & the Jewish Quarter, Southern Pest and more The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Pocket Budapest, a colorful, easy-to-use, and handy guide that literally fits in your pocket, provides on-the-go assistance for those seeking only the can't-miss experiences to maximize a quick trip experience. About Lonely Planet: Since 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel media company with guidebooks to every destination, an award-winning website, mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet covers must-see spots but also enables curious travellers to get off beaten paths to understand more of the culture of the places in which they find themselves. The world awaits! 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times eBook Features: (Best viewed on tablet devices and smartphones) Downloadable PDF and offline maps prevent roaming and data charges Effortlessly navigate and jump between maps and reviews Add notes to personalise your guidebook experience Seamlessly flip between pages Bookmarks and speedy search capabilities get you to key pages in a flash Embedded links to recommendations' websites Zoom-in maps and images Inbuilt dictionary for quick referencing Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.

Erzsébetváros & the Jewish Quarter

This neighbourhood takes in Erzsébetváros (Elizabeth Town) and most of Terézváros, including well- and high-heeled Andrássy út, the long, dramatic and very chic boulevard that slices through Terézváros. It hosts a large percentage of Budapest’s accommodation at all levels, restaurants serving everything from Chinese and Indian vegetarian to French and Serbian, and the city’s hottest nightspots.

Pipe organ at Liszt Music Academy | POSZTOS / SHUTTERSTOCK ©

The Short List

AGreat Synagogue Marvelling at the exotic architecture of what is the largest Jewish house of worship in Europe.

ALiszt Music Academy Attending a concert at the city’s most important (and beautiful) classical-music venue.

AAndrássy út Strolling along this gracious tree-, shop- and sight-lined boulevard, listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site.

Getting There & Around

m M1/2/3 Deák Ferenc tér, M1 Oktogon, M2/4 Blaha Lujza tér and Keleti pályaudvar, M2 Astoria.

j VII Erzsébet körút for 4 or 6 to Buda or the rest of Pest’s Big Ring Road; 47 and 49 are for western Erzsébetváros.

g VII Wesselényi utca and Dohány utca for 74 to the Little Ring Road or City Park.

Top SightGreat Synagogue

Budapest’s Great Synagogue, with its red-and-yellow brick facade and two enormous Moorish-style towers, is the largest Jewish house of worship in the world outside New York City, seating 3000 worshippers. Built in 1859, the Neolog (or Conserva...

Table of contents

• Table of Contents
• Welcome to Budapest
• Top Sights
• Eating
• Four Perfect Days
• Need to Know
• Budapest Neighbourhoods
• Castle District
• Gellért Hill & Tabán
• Memento Park
• Óbuda
• Aquincum
• Touring the Buda Hills
• Belváros
• Parliament & Around
• Margaret Island & Northern Pest
• Erzsébetváros & the Jewish Quarter
• Southern Pest
• City Park
• Survival Guide
• Language
• Behind the Scenes
• Our Writer