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Budapest and Vienna

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/* What to see */
==== From the Great Market Hall via Vaci Street to Vörösmarty square ====
The '''Great Market Hall''' is a huge hall of all sorts of Hungarian food and other items, located basically across the '''Liberty Bridge''' from the Gellert Spa. Enjoy some real Hungarian Salami, Hungarian Duck Liver pate and caviar. They also have great hungarian wine, and other hard liquors. The market is closed on Sundays, and closes already at 3PM Saturdays, otherwise open until 6PM. When you get out, make your way to Vaci street (basically across the market), and walk up all the way to Vörösmarty square. There are hundreds of shops, restaurants and bars along the way. Once you make it to the square, stop in at the famous '''Café Gerbeaud'''
 
=== A few tips to combine sights ===
==== Gellert Bath + shopping in downtown Pest ====
* from the Hotel, make your way to the main train station you came from (cab, uber or hotel transportation)
* find the Metro M4 in the basement of the station, go towards Kelenfoldi
* exit the subway at "Szent Gelert", the entrance '''Gellert Bath''' is right at the square.
* Once you're done with the Spa, exit and cross the '''Liberty bridge''' right in front of you (the green, pretty looking bridge)
* About one block after the bridge, you'll find the '''Great Market Hall''' on your right, continue as above
* Once you made it to '''Vörösmarty square''' and had your coffee at '''Café Gerbeaud''', find the entrance to the M1 metro. The line starts here.
* Exit at '''Oktogon''', your hotel is about a block and a half downn the street.
 
==== Parliament Building + Buda castle ====
* from the hotel, turn right and make your way to '''Oktogon'''
* take the M1 metro to '''Deak Ferenc''' and switch to the M2 Metro towards '''Deli palyaudvar'''
* exit the M2 metro after one station, at '''Kossuth Lajos'''
* Walk towards the river, the parliament building is on your right.
* Take a guided tour, then walk back to the Danube river and turn south towards the chain bridge
* cross the chain bridge, the funicular to the castle is right in front of you across the square
* walk around the castle, see exhibits etc, then
* make your way north towards '''Fisherman's Bastion'''
* after visiting '''Fisherman's bastion''', make your way down the hill towards the Danube river. Just north is the M2 metro station '''Batthyany'''. Take the M2 metro 2 stations towards "Ors vezer" / "Keleti"
* at the '''Deak Ferenc''' station, switch back into M1, and ride back to '''Oktogon'''
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