Over 15 million gallons of water bubble daily into Budapest's 118 springs and boreholes. The city of spas offers an astounding array of baths, from the sparkling Gellert Baths to the vast 1913 neo-baroque Szechenyi Spa to Rudas Spa, a dramatic 16th-century Turkish pool with original Ottoman architecture. The "Queen of the Danube" is also steeped in history, culture and natural beauty. Get your camera ready for the Roman ruins of the Aquincum Museum, Heroes' Square and Statue Park, and the 300-foot dome of St. Stephen's Basilica.
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Backstagepub a live rock music club in Budapest, near the Hero Square, 10 minits from downtown.
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Our aim is to create a community around classic breakfast dishes, elevated comfort food, live music and carefully curated drink options. Its about a balance of fresh, locally-sourced ingredients and a wide variety of choices for everyone whether you're vegan or keto, a coffee aficionado or just love a great Cab Sav. At The Barossa TAvern... you can be yourself.
Food’s great, staff are nice, and it’s next door to the meander hostel - so if you’re staying there, you can grab a full Hungarian breakfast right next door to you. Perfect
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This magnificent new-Renaissance style structure, completed in 1884 and modeled after the Vienna Opera House, is home to both the State Opera and the State Ballet.
Wonderful building and interior with great acoustic and superb performance by every member of the orchestra, opera singers, and dancers, stunning costumes, and choreography, what a wonderful evening!
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Founded in 1875, the Liszt Academy is the only institution bearing the name of Ferenc Liszt in which the great composer himself had an active role in establishing. The university, which has been functioning for more than 140 years, is the bastion of music teaching and musicology in Hungary. The Grand Hall boasting unparalleled acoustics is a legendary concert venue in the Art Nouveau conservatory (1907) on Liszt Ferenc Square. Since its reconstruction in 2013, the institution has handled independent professional concert organizing activities and earned itself a reputation globally both as a university and a concert centre. In 2016, the Liszt Academy won the European Heritage Label for its outstanding role on the European music scene, for its preservation of European traditions, its creativity and openness worthy of the spirit of Ferenc Liszt, and for its dynamism springing from the duality of university and concert centre activities.
So much to enjoy in one open space. An art nouveau building with history and, as it turns out, great acoustics. We didn't have a tour but we walked around the public areas before and after attending a concert from a visiting orchestra. The organ was first played at the building's opening in the late 19th century by Franz Liszt himself. The acoustics were clear with just the right amount of reverb. Modern lighting makes the stage and performers look great. With a visiting orchestra from Belgium, our concert was very reasonably priced. A note about classical music in many European cities including Budapest, Prague, Vienna, and Venice, etc. There are plenty of nightly tourist performances with pieces you have heard - Pachelbel Canon, Dvorak New World Symphony, Vivaldi Four Seasons, etc. These performances are ok but generally overpriced. The performances that made these cities famous are found at the primary halls in the city. It pays to do your research and it pays to attend these performances to really experience what a classical concert is like. Before going search to see what's going on. There will be a long list of nightly performances - these are the tourist performances by freelance musicians for the most part. Like something? Go for it. No need to by in advance. But search on the cultural institutions of each city and then go directly to their sites to see if any performances are taking place while you're in town. The extra expense, if any, is well worth it.
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This theater maintains the traditions of the great Viennese operettas since 1898.
The operetta was Emmerich Kalman's The Gypsy Princess. We don't understand Hungarian but it didn't matter. There's the guy, the girl, the war, the parents who don't like her--not too hard to get the gist of it. There was a full orchestra, large cast, excellent singers. The theater is beautiful. It was sold out on a weekday evening in May. The audience was really into it--rhythmic clapping with uptempo numbers. No one left early; they stayed through several curtain calls, applauding with gusto. I got tickets online before leaving the US for the first row of a center box. The tickets were about $40! During the intermission, the usher beckoned us to the foyer behind our seats where they served us beautiful hors d'oeuvres and champagne. Thoroughly enjoyable and made us feel a little less like merely tourists. If yu want refreshments at the theater, you have to pay with forints.
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