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.

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 ...

HYDERABAD : Budapest ranks among the world’s most romantic and entertaining capitals, and is nicknamed the “Queen of the Danube”. The city is divided into two parts by the Danube, which is spanned by ...