Budapest, located in Hungary, is intersected by the River Danube. Budapest has literally 2 sides (BUDA & PEST), with Its 19th-century Chain Bridge connecting the hilly Buda district with the flat Pest side A funicular runs up Castle Hill to Buda’s Old Town, where you can find the Budapest History Museum. You will also find the beautiful Trinity Square, which is home to 13th-century Matthias Church and the turrets of the Fishermen’s Bastion, which offers some pretty impressive views.
Built in 1913, the Neo-baroque palace was specifically built for hosting Szechenyi Baths as Hungary has been the country of baths (and Budapest the City of Baths) for many centuries: starting with the Roman settlers who built the first spa baths, through the 16th century Turkish occupiers who built many of the famous and revived Turkish baths in Budapest to the 19-20th century natural medical trends that promote aqua therapies and their beneficial effects. The beautiful building of the spa baths is the design of Gyozo Czigler (Győző Czigler) who started to build Szechenyi Furdo in May 1909.
It's affordable, medicinal natural hot spring waters in the 18 poolshere are 10 saunas / steam cabins, several massage therapies, facial treatments, and more. Only thing that I would state is that If you are a bit of a germaphobic or don't like crowds, than this is not the place for you.
City Park (Városliget)-This heavily wooded city park (Városliget) is 302-acres with a pretty lake. It's is a popular recreational site for both Budapest locals and visitors.
Other recommended sightseeing highlights includ:e the Museum of Fine Arts and the Palace of Art; the ; the; Tivoli Pleasure Park, with its kids' rides and arcades; the fairytale Vajdahunyad Castle; and the 100,000-seat People's Stadium. Most of these sites if not all can be seen by the hop on-hop off bus.
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