Lonely Planet Budapest

by Steve Fallon (Contributor)

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher

Lonely Planet Budapest is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what to skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Explore the statues and monuments that fill the Royal Palace, relax in a thermal bath, or see the bridges that connect Buda and Pest; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Budapest and begin your journey now!

Inside Lonely Planet Budapest Travel Guide:



Colour maps and images throughout

Highlights and itineraries show you the simplest way to tailor your trip to your own personal needs and interests

Insider tips save you time and money and help you get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots

Essential info at your fingertips - including hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, and prices

Honest reviews for all budgets - including eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, and hidden gems that most guidebooks miss

Cultural insights give you a richer and more rewarding travel experience - including history, art, literature, music, architecture, and politics

Free, convenient pull-out Budapest map (included in print version), plus over 25 colour neighbourhood maps

Useful features - including Month-by-Month (annual festival calendar), With Kids, and Day Trips

Coverage of Obuda, Buda Hills, Castle District, Gellert Hill, Taban, Belvaros, Parliament, Margaret Island, Northern Pest, Erzsebetvaros, the Jewish Quarter, Southern Pest, City Park, and more
eBook Features: (Best viewed on tablet devices)



Zoom-in maps and images bring it all up close and in greater detail

Downloadable PDF and offline maps let you stay offline to avoid roaming and data charges

Seamlessly flip between pages

Easily navigate and jump effortlessly between maps and reviews

Speedy search capabilities get you to what you need and want to see

Use bookmarks to help you shoot back to key pages in a flash

Visit the websites of our recommendations by touching embedded links

Adding notes with the tap of a finger offers a way to personalise your guidebook experience

Inbuilt dictionary to translate unfamiliar languages and decode site-specific local terms
The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Budapest, our most comprehensive guide to Budapest, is perfect for those planning to both explore the top sights and take the road less travelled.

Looking for more extensive coverage? Check out Lonely Planet's Hungary guide for a comprehensive look at all the country has to offer.Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet and Steve Fallon.

About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in.

TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards 2012 and 2013 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category

'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times

'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia)

Genres: Travel, Reference, Nonfiction

224 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 1, 1999

Reviews

[Dave C · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sure glad I had the Rick Steves Budapest book too. I used this LP book for the Buda walk and it was terrible. No information about what things you were seeing and missed several big sights along the way (fisherman's bastion for example). Doesn't compare to the detailed and comprehensive walks that the RS book has.

[Natalie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this in preparation for an upcoming trip to Budapest. It definitely has lots of information that helped me build an itinerary, but the usefulness of the info was a bit hit or miss, and I found something things to be out of date.

[Cassie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Lonely Planet! Just used the book to learn more about what Budapest has to offer and learn more about the modern city and its history

[Manuel Chiofi · Rating 4 out of 5]

La recensione si riferisce all'edizione italiana della guida.

Dopo anni di guide e viaggi mi fido molto di Lonely Planet. Le edizioni più recenti delle guide sono corredate di foto e inserti a colori che aiutano meglio a farsi un'idea del posto. Anche questa guida di Budapest risulta notevole e ricca di informazioni.
Piacevole da leggere e pratica da sfogliare.

[St-Michel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Information is for the most part pretty accurate. Only issues that seemed to pop up were concerning open/close times of some places. I still want to know where in the heck you buy the tickets for the trams though.

[Joan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good basic information. The small maps of city sections were rather confusing; hard to figure out just how they fit together since the sections were not discussed in any geographical order. Liked the shopping and eating suggestions as well as the top sights info.

[Andrea · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very out of date information...wait for a revised copy

[Judge · Rating 4 out of 5]

Used this book while staying in Budapest in '06

[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good basic info, but not as much in the way of actual tours of the places to be seen. Nice history section in the back.

[Alison · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good guide as a starting point for things to do in Budapest. The pull out map wasn't so easy to use but pick up a handful of freebie maps at the tourist information office and you're sorted

[Tracey Agnew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very useful guide