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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Budapest: City of Heritage


Starting from heritage buildings to scenic and antique sites Budapest, capital of Hungary is a popular tourist destination and a travelers delight. It has been listed among the most beautiful cities Europe and has locations which have been mentioned in the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
So, if you are planning a Budapest city tour its surely going to be a lifetime experience owing to the fact that there are numerous places to visit here.
Among the places which finds its mention in the World Heritage Site includes the Buda Castle Quarter, which is the palace of Hungarian kings and was completed in 1265, the banks of the Danube is also mentioned there. Other renowned places like the Andrássy Avenue – it runs from the city center to city park, Heroes' Square – the largest and most visited square in Budapest and the Millennium Underground Railway – which is the second oldest in the world.
For a tourist moving around and visiting the heritage sites is not easy. Henceforth, there are travels tours offered by travel agency in Budapest. One such travel agency is Sweet Travel Private Tours which proposes half day tours, one or two day tours and special tours as well. Travel agencies here offer walking tours as well. Various tours like communism walking tours, Jewish walking tours and gastronomic walking tours are provided to delight the visitors.
Parliament of Hungary is among the most visited tourist attractions and is definitely a prominent part of Budapest city tour. In fact the Parliament building here is not only the largest building in the country but also it is the oldest legislative structure in Europe. The Parliament was built between 1885 and 1902 and it was inspired from the Parliament building in London. The London Parliament was built in Gothic revival style.
Another attraction here is the beautiful and splendid Chain Bridge. The bridge was built in the 19th century from corner to corner between Pest and Buda over rives Danube.
Among other attractions listed by travel agency Budapest are the Fisherman's Bastion, Heroes' Square, St Stephen's Basilica, Royal Palace, Matthias Church, National Theater, Margaret Island, Grand Synagogue and State Opera House. In short, Budapest can be summarized as a city with major attractions of Europe as it has the world’s largest thermal water system, the continent’s first underground railroad, the world’s third largest Parliament building and
As the keeper of several major attractions in Europe – the largest thermal water system in the world, the first Underground Railroad on the continent, the third largest Parliament present in the world and the largest synagogue (house of assembly) in Europe.
 

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