Portrait in Budapest, knew in advance where we want to go on excursions. As interesting places in the capital of Hungary more than enough, they thought out their excursion route at home, in Moscow. And on arrival, they simply turned to the bureau of excursions right at the hotel and at a very good price we bought all the excursions at once, although, as it turned out, you can buy an electronic ticket on the excursions. On average, prices for urban excursions fluctuate in the area of 15-20 euros. And a sightseeing tour of the city cost 15 euros from one adult.
Budapest city is unusual, he is one of the few cities that combine the capital of the state and the resort. Therefore, there is a lot of sights here, sightseeing tours too. The sightseeing tour included such attractions as the Square of Heroes, Castle Vaidakhunyad, Andrarsha Avenue, Parliament, Rybatsky Bastion, King's Palace, Matyashi Cathedral.
What to say, I liked everything. But the castle of Vaidakhunyad and Parliament especially remembered.
The castle is generally amazing, in appearance he has no less than 300 years, and in reality it turned out that he was built in 1908, and initially served as an exhibition exhibit at the exhibition on the occasion of the 1000th anniversary of Hungary. With its creation, the architect mixed all the styles of famous castles of Hungary, turned out to be a kind of architectural kaleidoscope. With that, that surprised, the Museum of Agriculture is now located in the castle, somehow unusual. There is a beautiful park around the castle, and the castle itself is located in the center of the city, so you can come here and without an excursion, just walk, relax. The sculpture of Anonymus is very interesting, it is also located in the park, next to the castle.
Anonymus is a really existing figure in the history of this country, only the name of this person is unknown, although he made a huge contribution to its historical heritage by writing the book "Acts of Hungarians". Such a legend is told in the tourist maps - if you touch Peru Anonymus, you will find the disclosure of new talents. Of course, the feather of the sculpture shines, everyone wants to touch it.)
Parliament, which is a visiting card of Hungary, generally struck the imagination. There are many rooms, about 700, everything is decorated with gold, more than 40 kilograms were spent on the decoration, it was built 19 years old and is one of the largest government residences in Europe. I intrigued the interesting thing under the glass, the purpose of which we could not guess.
It turned out that this is an ashtray in the hall where the parliamentarians smoked, cells for cigars are numbered, each parliamentarian had its own personal.
By time, the excursion will take at least 4-5 hours, it is very interesting and informative, but tedious for small children, a lot of walking transitions, attractions too, but this is my personal opinion. But to visit a sightseeing tour, of course, it is worth, as it will show the capital of Hungary in the brightest paints, will ask the mood for all further vacation.