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WIZZ MAGAZINE
JUNE-JULY 2012
DESTINATIONS
Budapest
Getting to the centre
We provide a point-to-point bus
transfer between airport (Ferihegy 1)
and city centre (Deák Ferenc Square).
The cost is €4/€8 return.
A slice of the city
Museum Night
starts at 6pm on 23
June and ends 2.30am, with special
events. Entry to all museums is 1,400
(€5) Hungarian forints. Includes free
public transport from 4pm to 5am.
Eating out
Millennium Da Pippo
is a football-
themed Italian restaurant overlooking
Andrássy út, serving top-notch,
thin-crust pizzas such as the Del
Piero (2,350 forints or €8). www.
millenniumdapippo.hu. Enjoy seasonal
house fish soup (1,900 forints, €6.60)
in the pretty inner courtyard of
Régi
Sipos Halászkert
. www.regisipos.hu
City suggestions
Budapest’s famous baths fill up in
summer, including the family-friendly,
outdoor
Széchenyi
in the City Park,
with late opening until 10pm daily.
You’ ll find whirlpools, two outdoor
pools, and saunas and pools,
www.szechenyibath.com. If you prefer
calm and tranquility, opt instead for
Sauna Sessions at the famous, art
nouveau
Gellért Baths
, which blends
modern technicalogy with a rich
heritage dating to 1918. Marvel at
the surroundings as you relaxing.
www.budapestgyogyfurdoi.hu
And finally…
The
Budapest Summer Festival
is in
June and August, www.szabadter.hu,
and of course the
Sziget Festival
returns in August for the 20th time,
freshly crowned the top event of its
kind in Europe. www.szigetfestival.com
Words Peterjon Cresswell
Budapest
www.budapestinfo.hu
Hungarian Forint
ABOVE:
MATTHIAS CHURCH & ST STEPHEN
MONUMENT
RIGHT:
SZIGET FESTIVAL