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THREE GUIDED WALKS

Budapest is a city made for exploring on across Chain Bridge and into Pest.
foot. From Turkish bathhouses to Baroque Óbuda has yielded some of the oldest
palaces, evidence of the city’s past is visible archeological finds in Hungary. This walk
at every turn. These guided walks take you takes in the ruins of a Roman amphitheatre,
through three fascinating areas: Óbuda and more modern attractions. The walk
to the north of the city centre, once the around car-free Margaret Island includes
site of a Roman garrison and now a an exotic landscaped garden. The third
residential district; Margaret Island, a park excursion encompasses the old buildings
in the middle of the Danube; and the of Buda’s Castle District and Pest’s lively
historic stretch that extends from Buda Central Market.

A Three-Hour Walk Around Óbuda
(see pp174–5)

Wedding car parked outside Fő tér
Palace (see p175)

A 90-Minute Walk
from Buda to Pest
A Two-Hour Walk (see pp178–9)
Around Margaret Island
(see pp176–7)

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Key Central Market, the largest in the city
Walk route (see p179)
Sculpture on Margaret Island, a haven of greenery in the middle of the Danube

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