Product Description

The Rough Guide to Budapest is the ultimate guide to this fascinating city. The 20-page, full-colour section will inspire you on where to go and what to see, from the magnificent Parliament building to the atmospheric Jewish quarter. In addition, there are two, new, 4-page inserts: ‘Budapest’s Baths’ and ‘Musical Traditions.’ The new ‘author picks’ section of all the city’s finest hotels and restaurants, will help you decide on the best places to stay, eat and drink, for all budgets. There is extensive coverage of major new museums and attractions, including the Natural History Museum, the Palace of Arts complex and the Holocaust Memorial Centre. The guide also includes details on excursions to nearby Szentendre and Esxtergom and comes complete with detailed maps for the entire city.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #213235 in Books
• Published on: 2006-04-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 216 pages

About the Author
Charles Hebbert is a Hungarian speaker who has been visiting Hungary since 1981. He has worked on many editions of the Rough Guide to Hungary and has also contributed on Rough Guides to Florence, Venice and the Veneto, Italy and Greece. Dan Richardson is author of Rough Guides to Egypt, Moscow and St Petersburg.

Customer Reviews

Lacking map references
The descriptions of most attractions were useful. However, for the spas and some other things, it told you all about the place but didn't give you a reference point on the map to find out where it was. This meant you spend ages searching for the place on the maps. Making a guide book seems to me a very easy and straight-forward process - the fact it is lacking in such a fundamental way seems inexcusable. I suggest you try another guide book.

P.S. the Muvesz Kavehaz was an absolutely terrible cafe/patisserie, contrary to the guide book - terrible cakes, and extremely rude staff.

Comprehensive and accurate
This is quite simply the best guide to Budapest you can get, though as always it is in need of updating.
I've just come back from a short break in Budapest and thus book was my constant companion. I found it helpful and easy to follow. The descriptions of the sights and attractions are well-written and informative. There was nothing to criticise in the content, except that Budapest is a more expensive place than it was when this edition was published, with most galleries that are described as free now charging a substantial entrance price.