tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59459985507816873672024-03-05T12:19:43.921+01:00What to do in BudapestWhat to do in Budapest? Program suggestions in Budapest and Hungary: city tours, nightlife, shopping, adventure, excursion etcBudapest Travel Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287388708058149026noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945998550781687367.post-87375062970814700362012-03-19T11:36:00.000+01:002012-03-19T11:36:17.411+01:00TropicariumThe Budapest Tropicarium does not only present a part of the deep sea world but also a tiny bit of a tropical rainforest, where the sky thunders every quarter of an hour, rain starts to fall and lightning zigzags over the lazily lying Mississippi alligators. Besides, the Tropicarium can boast with the largest sea aquarium in all Central Europe, the shark aquarium containing 1.4 million litres of Budapest Travel Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287388708058149026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945998550781687367.post-1932331710418792232012-02-14T12:35:00.000+01:002012-02-14T12:35:00.170+01:00Busójárás 2012The Busójárás, the buso carnival will be 16-21 February 2012 in Mohács.
Dave Seminara visited Mohács and published his experience on the Gadling.com travel portal.
"Welcome to Busójárás, Hungary's version of Whacking Day. I'd heard about the colorful pre-Lenten carnival held in Mohacs each year but no one had warned me about the devlish little busós who run around whacking people. Budapest Travel Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287388708058149026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945998550781687367.post-87959514712313475162012-02-13T13:50:00.000+01:002012-02-13T13:07:48.555+01:00Busójárás 2012 - the program This folk tradition of Mohács for bidding farewell to winter and welcoming spring was included on the UNESCO – the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization – Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in autumn 2009
Programs:
16 February – Thursday – „Little Carnival”
15:15 - Carnival procession starting from the Sokac Circle (Táncsics St. - Budapest Travel Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287388708058149026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945998550781687367.post-68585187125340138822012-02-10T13:15:00.002+01:002012-02-13T13:27:43.135+01:00Hummers in the BalatonIn the beginning of February 2 Hummers fell in to the icy Lake Balaton. Young guys drived to the ice of the lake by two hummers and the ice broke under them. The vehicles was towed ashore by a special machine. The story spread around the world in some minutes.
Some photos about the Hummers:
Budapest Travel Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287388708058149026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945998550781687367.post-8358356500179222212012-01-27T17:37:00.002+01:002012-01-27T11:06:04.793+01:00Etyekwood, the studio theme parkEtyekwood, Hungary's first movie studio theme park is located only 18 miles from Budapest, in Etyek. The vistor's center of the Korda Studios is the first movie theme park in Hungary.
You can walk through two urban scenes: the streets of New York next to the reneissance Rome. Update: From 8 February 2012 the scenes of Borgias TV series can be visited, and some new renaissance scenery as well. Budapest Travel Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287388708058149026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945998550781687367.post-6305318002535902042012-01-13T10:36:00.000+01:002012-01-13T11:14:37.357+01:00National Holidays of Hungary 2012March 15: National Day
April 8: Easter
April 9: Easter Monday
May 1: Labor Day
May 27: Pentecost
May 28: Pentecost Monday
August 20: St. Stephen’s Day
October 23: National Day
November 1: All Saint’s Day
December 25-26: Christmas
The shops, supermarkets and hypermarkets are closed these days.Budapest Travel Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287388708058149026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945998550781687367.post-4435293333498444682012-01-06T12:06:00.000+01:002012-01-06T12:06:02.416+01:00Some fun from Budapest: the troll bus driver
I have found this comic on http://9gag.com/. This is a maybe true story about a bus driver of Budapest, or maybe more bus drivers in Budapest. Citizens tells stories humorous drivers in more bus lines of Budapest. On the lines I regularly use in Budapest, I have never met one of them.
Budapest Travel Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287388708058149026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945998550781687367.post-2376296825433552632011-12-20T11:57:00.002+01:002012-01-13T11:15:30.799+01:00Christmas Tram in BudapestFrom 9 December 2011 to 6 January 2012 - except 24 and 31 December - the renovated heritage Ganz UV tram appears again. You can travel by the tram dressed in tens of thousands of Christmas LEDs on the line of 2A between Jaszai Mari ter and Boraros ter from Thursday to Sunday, From Monday to Wednesday, on the line of 61K between Móricz Zsigmond korter and Széll Kálmán tér. The tram can be used Budapest Travel Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287388708058149026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945998550781687367.post-29018191198667794912011-12-06T17:45:00.049+01:002011-12-06T19:32:21.663+01:00Vienna Christmas MarketThe Christmas Market on Vienna's City Hall Square is from 12 November to 24 December 2012. The Burgtheater and Vienna City Hall gives this Christmas market an unique charm The delicious taste of punch, traditional gingerbread, roasted almonds and honey give everyone the Christmas feeling.
The Christmas market is open
Monday to Thursday from 10 a.m. to 9.30 p.m.,
Friday Budapest Travel Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287388708058149026noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945998550781687367.post-6268879206909366182011-11-24T11:22:00.001+01:002011-11-28T10:51:41.056+01:00Sopron Tourist AttractionsAuthor: Komal
Location: On the Northern border of Hungary, near Lake NeusiedlLanguage: HungarianTime Zone: UTC+1Driving: Right SideAttractions: Tuztorony, Loyalty Gate, Storno-House, Kecske Templom, Old Synagogue
Located on the Austrian Border, the small city of Sopron is admired for its old world charm. It is a bilingual city, with both Hungarian and German being prominent languages. The Budapest Travel Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287388708058149026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945998550781687367.post-28726785970109157442011-11-09T16:13:00.000+01:002011-11-09T16:13:23.603+01:00Budapest Airport TransfersYou can book your airport transfers in Budapest by Huncool Tours. No hidden costs. Our driver will wait for your at Budapest Airport with your name sign. You have to pay to the driver directly, no advance payment
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Budapest Travel Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287388708058149026noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945998550781687367.post-14762799716580256232011-11-03T10:14:00.000+01:002011-11-03T10:14:29.237+01:00Christmas Traditions in HungarySome Hungarian Christmas Traditions
Christmas Candy - Szaloncukor
At Christmas we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ in Hungary. The main celebration is on Christmas Eve (it's Szenteste in Hungarian, meaning Holy Night) Familiy members get together in the afternoon on 24th December and decorate the Christmas tree. Grandparents or elder brothers and sisiters look after the Budapest Travel Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287388708058149026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945998550781687367.post-67009313520635766002011-11-02T10:44:00.000+01:002011-11-03T10:03:36.452+01:00Opening time, public transport and weather around Christmas in Hungary
Christmas Tree
Essential information about opening hours, public transport and weather at Christmas time in Hungary.
Opening Hours at Christmas in Budapest
Shops are open till evening the last three weekends before Christmas. Shops close around early afternoon on 24th December and open only on 27th December. Some larger shopping malls might stay open until early evening on 24th Budapest Travel Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287388708058149026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945998550781687367.post-65358323638496639672011-10-26T11:29:00.000+02:002011-10-26T11:29:05.986+02:00Socio-cultural walking tour in BudapestThe tour shows a contrast of Budapest: fascinating down-town palace neighborhood and the true
lovely, poorer streets of our capital. With visiting the home of a gypsy family. Feel the contrast, be a Budapest citizen for a walk.
Feel the contrast between the luxury palace district and the time-worn backstreets of the slummy district. We go into hidden backyards. We visit the home of a Budapest Travel Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287388708058149026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945998550781687367.post-90366278638868934942011-10-26T10:45:00.000+02:002011-10-26T11:19:00.580+02:00Christmas Fair in BudapestEach year from the end of November to 24 December the traditional Christmas fair is organized in one of the finest central area of Budapest, in Vörösmarty Square. It is one of the finest event held out of the tourist season in Europe.There is number of musical and cultural events during the fair. In the shop window of the Gerbeaud Café a special Advent Calendar can be seen with the works of 24 Budapest Travel Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287388708058149026noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945998550781687367.post-64578030448278816702011-10-19T13:30:00.001+02:002011-10-19T17:06:34.537+02:00Budapest Shopping Centers - Malls of BudapestThe biggest shopping centers of Budapest:
1. WestEnd City Center1062 Budapest, Váci út 1-3, HungaryPhone : +36-1-238-7777www.westend.hu
WestEnd City Center awaits its customers with over 400 shops located on 3 levels.
- 200 fashion shops with a selection of major brands;
- almost 70 shoe and leatherwear shops
- 50 watch and jewellery shops; gift shops
- 45 commercial points
- 40 restaurants andBudapest Travel Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287388708058149026noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945998550781687367.post-3453341025201890312011-10-11T14:59:00.000+02:002011-10-11T14:59:45.351+02:00The István Zelnik Southeast Asian Gold MuseumA few weeks ago The István Zelnik Southeast Asian Gold Museum has opened its gates on the Andrassy Boulvard, in the city center.
The István Zelnik Southeast Asian Gold Museum provides a home for nearly a thousand artifacts from eleven of the states of today’s Southeast Asia. Most of these objects are of gold and date from prehistoric times to the 20th century. The museum’s material is Budapest Travel Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287388708058149026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945998550781687367.post-36685202141218847662011-10-05T10:04:00.000+02:002011-10-05T10:15:59.427+02:00How to get to Budapest city from the airportIf you landing at Budapest Airport (Liszt Ferenc Airport) terminal 2 (all regular flights, no discount flights):
1. Take bus number 200E as far as the end station: Kobanya-Kispest (Kőbánya-Kispest) metro station. There is a big construction here in 2011, everything is a little bit crazy here for us – local people – as well. Just follow the people. Take the metro line 3. If your Budapest Travel Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287388708058149026noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945998550781687367.post-72202901599284349712011-09-22T12:27:00.000+02:002011-09-22T12:27:03.789+02:00Wellness Weekend in EgerszalokLast weekend my husband and me were a long wellness weekend in Egerszalok, the Hungarian Pamukkale. Egerszalók is a small village 7 km from the famous wine city, Eger, at the foot of the Mátra Mountain. The most important sight is the thermal spring breaking out in the southern part of the village with the salthill created by the spring.Until the summer of 2007 the village has a small nomad Budapest Travel Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287388708058149026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945998550781687367.post-80737950216701463722011-09-12T16:57:00.000+02:002011-09-12T16:57:34.695+02:00National Galopp 2011 in Budapest - 14th - 18th September 2011Bring your family with you!
Come to the celebration of Hungary’s cities and villages and celebrate the Hungarian traditions together with us.Meet us at the ’Kitchen of Hungary’ and „Wine and Pálinka Pavilon” all the way from the Műcsarnok to the 1956 monument. Starting from Wednesday,14th of September to taste all the best Hungarian dishes and drinks.
5 days, breathtaking Budapest Travel Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287388708058149026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945998550781687367.post-65328920373920404012011-08-29T18:04:00.001+02:002011-08-29T18:04:00.667+02:00Caves in BudapestSights to be Seen – Caves Edition by Funzine
CASTLE CAVES (VÁRBARLANG)
Formed by the movement of thermal waters, and already in use over half a million years ago, the extensive cave system stretches nearly ten kilometers under the belly of Castle Hill. When the city was under Ottoman rule, the system was expanded for military purposes and it has proved useful many times throughout history, mostBudapest Travel Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287388708058149026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945998550781687367.post-31934111077986071202011-08-12T12:10:00.004+02:002011-08-12T12:17:14.826+02:00Aquaworld Waterpark - BudapestOne of the biggest indoor water theme parks in Europe offers unforgettable entertainment to visitors of every age throughout the year.
The adventure centre is covered by a giant dome, 5-storey high and of a diameter of 72 m. It is so big it could host comfortably a family of blue whales, the biggest animals on Earth.
The monumental replica Angkor temple surrounded by suspension bridges, towers Budapest Travel Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287388708058149026noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945998550781687367.post-9292904073030486792011-08-02T17:09:00.003+02:002011-08-03T10:26:38.884+02:00Sziget Festival 2011The official program of the Sziget Festival in Budapest
8th August - 14th August 2011
Pop-Rock Main Stage
August 8. Monday
August 9. Tuesday
August 10. Wednesday
August 11.
Thursday
August 12.
Friday
August 13.
Saturday
August 14.
Sunday
15:00
The Macca-
bees (UK)Budapest Travel Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287388708058149026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945998550781687367.post-76988205426711147172011-08-01T17:02:00.001+02:002011-08-03T10:27:37.255+02:00Formula 1 Hungary - highlights of the raceOn 31st July 2011 was the 26th Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix on the Hungaroring. A short video with the highlights of the race:
Budapest Travel Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287388708058149026noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945998550781687367.post-64550573485484355792011-07-27T11:26:00.002+02:002011-07-27T11:29:19.716+02:00Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix - HungaroringFormula One Hungarian Grand Prix on 31 July 2011
Official program:
Thursday, July 28th 2011
16:00-19:00 Public Pit Walk
for all guests with a valid grand prix weekend ticket
Friday, July 29th 2011
07:00 Gates open
08:45-09:15 GP3 1. Free practice
10:00-11:30 Formula One 1. Free practice
11:55–12:25 GP2 Free practice
12:45–13:15 Lotus Ladies Budapest Travel Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287388708058149026noreply@blogger.com2