Buda and Pest may be within spitting distance of each other across the Danube, but they developed quite independently. Hilly Buda offers the best panoramas of the city: Pest is flat as a prairie.

There’s a saying that when you walk around Budapest that you must look up and look down. Sure enough, a weekend in the Hungarian capital accustoms you to admire the graceful buildings while nimbly ...

Historic districts are perfect pair in the bustling capital of Hungary that's now one of the hottest city break destinations THEY say good things come in twos. Love and marriage. Gin and tonic.

My European history class never touched on Hungary, aside from an obscure reference to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. But on the banks of the Danube lies the beautiful twin cities of Budapest (Buda and ...

Even now, with Budapest a vibrant capital in the EU, there are public buildings and apartment blocks in the centre of the city pockmarked by bullet holes. They are not accidental oversights but have ...