Table of Contents

Introduction

PART ONE GENERAL INFORMATION

Chapter 1 Background Information
Geography, Climate, Natural history and conservation, History, Politics, Economy, People, Religion, Culture

Chapter 2 Practical Information
When to visit, Highlights, Tourist offices, Tour operators, Red tape, Hungarian embassies and consulates, Getting there and away, Health, Safety, What to take, Electricity, Money, banking and budgeting, Getting around, Accommodation, Eating and drinking, Public holidays and festivals, Shopping, Arts and entertainment, Thermal baths, Sport and activities, Media, Communications, Maps, Business, Time, Public toilets, Cultural dos and don'ts, Giving something back

PART TWO THE GUIDE

Chapter 3 Budapest

Chapter 4 Around Budapest and the Danube Bend

Chapter 5 Northern Uplands

Chapter 6 Northern Great Plain

Chapter 7 Southern Great Plain

Chapter 8 Southern Transdanubia

Chapter 9 Central and Western Transdanubia

Chapter 10 Lake Balaton

Appendix 1 Language

Appendix 2 Further reading

Index

About the Author

Adrian Phillips is Managing Director at Bradt Travel Guides and an award-winning travel writer/broadcaster who is married to a Hungarian and travels regularly to the country. Jo Scotchmer is a public-relations director; she has contributed to a number of national magazines as a freelance journalist.

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