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Finding the Best of Budapest: Grand Delights and Little Discoveries

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Finding the Best of Budapest: Grand Delights and Little Discoveries
Hungary’s picturesque Parliament, on the banks of the Danube River. Ekaterina Polischuk/Shutterstock
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Budapest is full of surprises. With grand buildings rising on both sides of the Danube River and connected by a series of soaring bridges, it is undeniably one of Europe’s most dramatic capitals. The riverbanks are preserved as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and it is a place where you could spend days just marveling at the Danube, walking up to the heights of Fisherman’s Bastion on the Buda side, and just taking in the sweep of things.

Fisherman Bastion. (V_E/Shutterstock)
Fisherman Bastion. V_E/Shutterstock
Tim Johnson
Tim Johnson
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Toronto-based writer Tim Johnson is always traveling in search of the next great story. Having visited 140 countries across all seven continents, he’s tracked lions on foot in Botswana, dug for dinosaur bones in Mongolia, and walked among a half-million penguins on South Georgia Island. He contributes to some of North America’s largest publications, including CNN Travel, Bloomberg, and The Globe and Mail.
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