Budapest Mini Guide

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The Essential Budapest Guide! - Rated
"This book is sheer enchantment to read. Even if you never have the opportunity to visit the city, you will feel you know it intimately after reading this delightful little guide. The two authors write with a loving and intimate knowledge of the city. While never compromising on detail or erudition, they manage to make the text read as compulsively as a Penny Dreadful - and, unusually for a travel guide, there is a laugh on almost every page. I was hooked from the minute I read the modest and delightful introduction, and the fascinating bits of Hungarian trivia in the shaded boxes that are scattered liberally thoughout the text were compulsive reading - I have found myself quoting the information gained as if I had always known it. While mercifully concise, the history of the city is written in sufficient detail to give substance to the complex and changing political climate of the place. The useful practical information is richly varied, from nightspots and eating places to the expected baths and spas (catering equally for all visitors, straight and gay) and also,unusually, to the natural habitat. Although the book is very conveniently pocket-sized, it contains a huge treasure-trove of local information which is invaluable to the visitor. Everyone should buy it!"