Budapest night life is everything you ever wanted, no entry fees (or cheap, 1000 ft = 4 Euro), no ques to enter, no bouncers, cheap drinks and beer, large selection of different styles: bars, lounges, discos, pubs, clubs often with live music, cultural centers with free performances, and a friendly attitude in general.
There are mainly three great areas i Budapest for unplanned bar-crawls and a night out in the wild:
Liszt Ferenc tér(square) in district VI. not far from the state opera and Oktogon, probably the most dynamic of the three areas.
Ráday utca in IX. district is also a very popular street with lots of bars, lounges, café´s and restaurants.
District V. is the “fine” quarters of Budapest where the Parliament, National-bank and St:Stephen Basilica are located. Here you will find lots of fashionable restaurants, lounges, bars, nightclubs and cafes.
If you havnt booked your hotel yet concider using bookings.com Budapest hotel reservation page. With their google map hotel guide its easy to see where you will be located in relation to the intersting party areas of Budapest
The Gellert bath is located inside the Gellert Hotel which was built in 1918. Gellért is one of Europe’s most beautiful baths with its Art Nouveau style including mosaics in different colours, statues, marble columns. It is, together with the Szécheny bath, the most popular of the Budapest baths. The elegant and sophisticated interior make it a perfect choice for the (romantic) couple to relax and enjoy each others company in nice surroundings.
Records from 15th century describe the healing qualities of the thermal water that you still can enjoy, now in eight elegant indoor baths. Gellért has also three outdoor pools with a nice park feeling to it.
The water temperature intervals for the thermal pools inside are: 79-100°F (26-38°C). Water mineral content: thermal water containing nitrates, calcium- magnesium- hydrogen- carbonates and sulphate-chlorides, as well as fluoride ions in significant quantities.
Gellert spa have also a range of services including:
Open hours: Weekdays 6.0 a.m. – 7.0 p.m. Weekends 6.0 a.m. – 5.0 p.m.
Entrance fees: 3100 (12 Euro) for cabin (400 back if you stay less than 2 hours)
Trams: 18, 19, 47, 49. Buses: 7, 7A, 86 from Ferenciek square.
Location: Kelenhegyi út 4. District XI |Phone: (36-1) 466-6166
Related: Bath and spa hotels in Budapest
Websites: www.gellertfurdö.hu | www.gellertbath.com
Getting a good deal when booking a Budapest hotel in the city center is almost half the fun of taking a vacation in Hungary. The challenge of planning a visit to Budapest is:
finding the right area,
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If your looking for cheap hotels in or near the city center you should check out these to see if they might suite your needs:
Peters Apartments on Victor Hugo utca near West End Shopping Center
Marco Polo Hostel on Nyar ut near bars, lounges, discos and the nightlife hotspot Oktogon
Mellow Mood Central Hostel on Bécsi utca near down town city center and Vaci utca
Hungarian Cuisine is of course world famous, therefore it shouldn’t come as a surprise that there are two Hungarian restaurants in Budapest on the Pellegrinos list of the worlds 50 best restaurants of the world this year, 2007. The two Hungarian restaurants in Budapest on the Pellegrion list are Lou Lou on place nr 86 and restaurant Café Kor nr 88.
The Pellegrion a Restaurant magazine launched in London in 2001 “‘For the professional and the passionate”, is the established magazine for “the quality end of the restaurant business”. Publishes the “Worlds 50 best restaurants” list every year since 2002.
