If you are in Budapest this weekend, why not check out the annual Palinka and Sausage festival arranged in the Castle area, near the Castle Hill Funicular. Here you can taste the best Hungarian sausages, and of course taste a whole lot of Hungarian Palinka, the Hungarian fruit brandy. The most popular Palinka is probably the apricot version, but you can also find Palinka made of for example plum, peach, apple, pear, strawberry and other fruits!
Read more about the Palinka and Sausage festival
So, Google+ has finally arrived in Beta version and is now available for everyone. Therefore we have also registered us and we can now be found on Google+. Would you like to check out Budapest Guide on Google+?
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If you would like to stay more traditional, you can check us out on Facebook as well.
The autumn is one of the busiest times in Budapest every year. We daily help people with guided tours, winetasting programs, table reservation and of with hotel recommendations.
As you come to Budapest it is important to book a hotel with a central location, and also with a good price. Beneath you can find some hotels we can recommend if you come to Budapest this autumn.
If you click on the links you will be sent to booking.com where you safely can book a room in any of these hotels.
Recommended hotels in Budapest this autumn
– Sofitel
– Kempinski
The International Wine Festival is one of the most popular festivals in all of Hungary every year. In 2011 you can visit this in the Castle area between September 7-11. Here you can taste a wide specter of Hungarian wines, and you can for sure eat some typical Hungarian festival food.
More information about the wine festival at our wine festival page.
We already receive emails from persons and groups planing to come to Budapest for the annual Christmas Market in 2011. The most frequent question is of course when the Christmas Market will open, and the correct answer is November 18th. So, if you would like to see the traditional and great Christmas market at Vörösmarty Square in Budapest, make sure to arrive to Budapest sometime around November 18th or later.
More information about the Budapest Christmas Markets can be found at our Christmas Market page.
Budapest is a city of great festivals, and this year between August 25 and 28 a new festival will see the light of day in the capital of Hungary. Budapest Beerfestival will be arranged in the backyard of the Castle, and this is a festival where you can taste a mixture of Hungarian beers and international beers. There will be several other programs, concerts and artists on the spot.
Budapest Beerfestival (Budavári Sörfesztivál)
August 25th-28th
Dayticket: 1650 HUF
Festival ticket: 4990 HUF
Opening times: 12.00-03.00 (with some small variations)
Take a look at the picture taken at the blue metro today in Budapest. Can you see something new, or at least something that has changed? Shouldn’t be too hard!
March 17th, 2011, a new steakhouse opened in Budapest, La Pampa. First we though this was to be a big opponent of Pampas Steakhouse, but later it turned out that the ownership is in fact the same. So, why open a new restaurant? Better to compete with yourself, than with someone else, probably! And La Pampa can in fact serve as an improvement of Pampas. The interior is much more modern and elegant, and this is probably more suitable for an important business dinner than Pampas. And since we quite often experienced that Pampas Steakhouse was fully booked during weekends, this can take some of the customers to La Pampa which will make it easier to get a table, maybe!
The menu is almost the same (with a few differences), and the prices are the same… and the quality, also the same!
If you are in need of a table reservation at either Pampas Steakhouse or La Pampa, visit our table reservation page!
For expats stranded in Budapest or other people in the capital of Hungary it can be nice to know that two new destinations can now be reached from Budapest. Jet2 has recently started their direct flights from Budapest to Edinburgh and since April 26th American Airlines has started direct flights from Budapest to New York.
So, if this sounds interesting, just fly and check out these new destinations!
If you should arrive in Budapest from Edinburgh, New York or maybe another destionation, why not let us take care of your airport transfer?
Read more about Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport
Did you know that the name of the newest shopping centre in Budapest is Europeum? It isn’t a big one, but the location is better than most other centres in Budapest. Europeum is located at Blaha Lujza Tér, at the same spot as the old Népszabadság building was located. The grand opening was on April 14th, and it is a nice place to drop buy if you need to do some shopping, or just to check out what it’s like.
There are not many shops inside Europeum, but there is one giga-Müller store, H&M and some other nice shops, cafes and a hairdresser.
