Budapest unforgettable private tours with locals

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With beautiful Baroque buildings risen up during the Hungarian capital’s 19th-century “golden age” and elegant boulevards that have inspired the nickname “the Paris of the East”, Budapest is beauty personified – but much of the city’s charm lies in its grit, forged under years of communist rule. In Budapest, opulent, century-old mansions and cobbled medieval streets exist alongside WWII buildings riddled with bullet holes and “ruin bars” – clubs and drinking holes housed inside the crumbling courtyards of dilapidated pre-war buildings. In a city where modern and ancient history are both so tangible (Budapest dates back to the Stone Age), the list of things to do is incredibly varied. View Roman and Renaissance architecture, stroll along the banks of the sparkling Danube, “take the waters” in the city’s abundance of natural hot springs that have been used for centuries – or experience this living museum’s contemporary attractions: its famous nightlife scene, boho boroughs, and fantastic food.