{"id":265,"date":"2020-04-27T08:18:25","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T08:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=265"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:43:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:43:15","slug":"budapest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=265","title":{"rendered":"Budapest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;My house in Budapest<br> My, my hidden treasure chest&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many of us are familiar with the opening lyrics of the George Ezra song &#8220;Budapest&#8221;.  Ironically he had not been to Budapest when he wrote the song, he got drunk and missed his train.  However once you start to travel, you should not miss out on this &#8220;hidden treasure chest&#8221;.  Commonly referred to as the &#8220;Paris of the East&#8221; Budapest is packed with everything that you would expect from a city break and more.  Even if you have been before, there is so much more to see and experience that the main attractions of the Buda Castle, the Fistherman&#8217;s Bastion and the Heroes Square.  The main sites can be viewed in this entertaining video by the popular Hungarian band &#8220;Kowalsky meg a Vega&#8221;.  The title roughly translates as &#8220;Still not Eden&#8221;.  No it might not be Eden but its a great place for a short break from London with flights from BA, Wizz Air and LOT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kowalsky meg a Vega - M\u00e9g nem \u00e9den (Official Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oe-lOOU0bD4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tour Budapest with Kowalsky meg a Vega<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One memorial often missed but extremely moving is the &#8220;Shoes on the Danube. You can read the story behind it <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shoes_on_the_Danube_Bank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"here (opens in a new tab)\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image_9618-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Shoes on the Danube.  Copyright https:\/\/www.budapestinfo.h\" class=\"wp-image-266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image_9618-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image_9618-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image_9618-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image_9618-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image_9618.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Shoes on the Danube.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are plenty of hidden gems to discover in Budapest.  Amongst our favourites are the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Hospital in the Rock (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sziklakorhaz.eu\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hospital in the Rock<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/gerbeaud.hu\/en\/\">Caf\u00e9 Gerbeaud<\/a> and the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Budapest Pinball Museum (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flippermuzeum.hu\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">Budapest Pinball Museum<\/a>.  All great attractions if you are taking the children. Finally if you are a &#8220;Columbo&#8221; fan then don&#8217;t forget to seek out the &#8220;Peter Falk&#8221; statue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;My house in Budapest My, my hidden treasure chest&#8221;. Many of us are familiar with the opening lyrics of the George Ezra song &#8220;Budapest&#8221;. Ironically he had not been to Budapest when he wrote the song, he got drunk and missed his train. However once you start to travel, you should not miss out on &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=265\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Budapest&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[226,91,111,21,48],"tags":[23,94,220,228,118,22,229,227],"class_list":["post-265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-budapest","category-city","category-food","category-hungary","category-spa","tag-budapest","tag-city","tag-culture","tag-entertainment","tag-food","tag-hungary","tag-kowalsky-meg-a-vega","tag-short-break","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=265"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1638,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265\/revisions\/1638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}