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BUDAPEST - Capital of Budapest, there are plenty of other capital cities built on the banks of a river, and in many cases the river runs through the historic centre. But such a wide and majestic river, as is the Danube at Budapest, is more of a rarity. Even more exceptional is the perfect contrast between the right and left banks. Buda is built upon hills, the feet of two of them - Castle Hill and Gellert Hill - almost stand in the water. Facing it is Pest, as flat as a pancake. It's no exaggeration to say that Budapest is one of the finest capital in Europe, and also one of the best situated. Among the several places in Hungary that have been afforded the classification of UNESCO World Heritage Site, the first were the Danube panorama (on the Buda side from the Gellert Hotel all along Castle Hill to Margaret Bridge, and on the Pest side from the Parliament back down to Petofi Bridge), and Andrassy ut (along its entire length from the centre of Pest to Heroes' Square, where the Millenary Monument stands on the edge of the City Park). Place of visit:
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Information provided by Budapest Tourism Office |