Are you backpacking around Europe for weeks in the unbearable heat? Did you plan your travell some time ago and didn’t expect this temperature which is absolutely not suitable for sightseeing? You want to hide somewhere for a few days from the sun? Come to Budapest! Here are TOP 5 fun programs you can do in our city:
Do you want to do something more adventurous than the usual sightseeing? Go caving in Budapest and discover its underground natural beatuies. Budapest is the only capital that has natural caves in the middle of the city. Would you think that it has about 170 smaller and bigger caves? You can actually go to one of these caves with helmet, headlight and overal and discover it yourself! The temperature in the cave is constant 12 °C!
You can always hide from the heat in the wine cellars. This one is probably the biggest you can find in Budapest. It’s exhibition demonstrates the Hungarian wine and beverages culture and the handicraft traditions in connection with the viticulture. You can actually taste all the different Hungarian wine, champagne and pálinka here. Just be carefull when coming out to the hot sunlight! More at: www.kiralyiborok.com
The Labyrinth of Buda Castle is among the world’s 7 undergournd wonders along with the underground attractions of Paris, Moscow, London and Orlando.
The internationally unique calcareous tufa caves of Castle Hill were created as an effect of the hot water springs almost half a million years ago. Later the small caves were connected to each other and also to the cellarage of the houses of the Castle District for economic and military purposes, and the complex thus developed into a veritable labyrinth under the Castle Hill. In the 1930s, as part of the war-time defense program, the complex of cellars was converted into a shelter large enough to accommodate as many as ten thousand people at a time. Disfigured with concrete, it served as a secret military object during the Cold War. During the reconstruction works, which took place in 1996/97, the almost 10,000 square meters long Labyrinth regained its pre-war look as much as it was possible.
Labyrinth of Buda Castle not only a simple maze, but a web of paths leading to our history, world and ourselves. More at: www.labirintus.com
Romai Part has been the water sport center of Buda since the 1800s. It is still a very laid back promenade along the Danube full of boat-houses, cheap eateries and some new modern cafés, bars and reastaurants as well. The oldest restaurant in the area is the Bivalyos Csárda (Buffalo Restaurant). It has been open since 1798 next to the market place, where the traders used to buy the buffalos from the farmers.
There are companies who are orgainising two-three hour canoe tours on this part of the river, but you can also hire a kayak or a canoe by yourself. You can kayak up to a smaller inhabited island, where the water is still clean, you can go swimming and enjoy the nature. After relax and enjoy the great food on the shore and the Hungarian „froccs”. More at: www.budapestbikebreeze.com
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