17 Things You HAVE to Do in a Weekend in Budapest
If you’re planning a weekend in Budapest, let me help. I’ve been three times now, spent over two weeks there, and would be well up for going again. After Barcelona, Budapest is my second favourite European city.
Let me show you around a weekend in Budapest.
Actor Anthony Hopkins claimed it was the most beautiful place he’d ever been, Alice Cooper said people needed to visit and Angelina Jolie is even rumoured to have bought a house in the city she loved it so much. If Budapest is good enough for the celebs, it’s definitely good enough for us.
Going to Budapest for the weekend is the perfect opportunity for 48 hours of spas, goulash and amazing architecture.
Budapest has a long and colourful history; it was originally formed by bringing together three separate towns or areas. Pest, Buda and Óbuda were the original districts of the city. But as the city grew so did the number of districts, now totalling a grand old 23.
Here’s a look around just a few of them for your Budapest weekend.