Budapest: A Cultural Guide

Budapest: A Cultural Guide
ISBN-10
0192100017
ISBN-13
9780192100016
Series
Budapest
Category
Travel / Europe / Eastern
Pages
226
Language
English
Published
1998
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Author
Michael Jacobs

Description

Budapest, dramatically situated on the Danube, is a city that makes an immediate impression on a visitor. It exhibits all the scale, grandeur and excitement of a major capital, yet it is a city absorbed by nostalgia, and openly scarred by its history. A travelers enjoyment of the city will no doubt benefit from a fuller understanding of Budapests rich and idiosyncratic culture. Budapest: A Cultural Guide is a personal and informative introduction to Budapest, mingling history with anecdote, exploring past and present.
Travel writer Michael Jacobs begins his cultural guide with lively essays, interwoven with some of the author's own experiences, dealing with key aspects of the city's life, history, and culture. Jacobs also includes a series of six walks arranged by district, enabling visitors to experience the city's evolution for themselves, and featuring all the major sites and a personal selection of less well-known, often neglected ones. Rich photos provide an introduction to Budapests beauty for the armchair traveler, and detailed maps plot out the nuances that make this Eastern European city one of the most popular tourist sites of the 1990s.

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