Hungary Tour Package from India

Hungary is famous for Hot Springs and Thermal Spas. When I think about Hungary, the first thing that comes to my mind is the Thermal Baths of Budapest. We have all seen the images of people playing chess in a steam-rising outdoor hot pool – it’s a poster image of Budapest, the Capital of Hungary. There are more than 1000 hot springs in Hungary, and more than 120 are in Budapest.

Hungary is a landlocked country, but it has its own freshwater small sea. Lake Balaton is the largest lake in Central Europe and a favorite beach destination in Hungary. Located about 80 km southwest of Budapest it has 598 square km and a maximum depth of 12 meters.

Hungarian is a Uralic language spoken in Hungary and parts of several neighbouring countries. It is the official language of Hungary and one of the 24 official languages of the European Union.

In food, Goulash, or Gulyás in Hungarian, is the most famous of the Hungarian dishes. Hungary’s national dish (pronounced “gooyash,” by the way) is a cross between the two, a steaming bowl of slow-cooked beef, carrots, onions and loads of Hungary’s trademark paprika to give it a good kick.

Tokaji (or sometimes Tokay) is one of the most famous wine regions in the world and is arguably the oldest official wine region in the world (though Portugal also claims that award with the Port wine). Tokaji region produces a wine noted for its sweet tones made from grapes affected by noble rot. It is typically a dessert wine.

In the last 20 years (or so), the ruins bars became of the most famous things in Budapest and consequently, in Hungary – they have become an attraction almost as popular as the Buda Castle of the Parliament. Szimpla was the first of ruins bar, and the idea behind it is as simple as brilliant – set up a bar in an abandoned building offering affordable drinks for Budapest’s young and creative people.

15 years later, Szimpla still exists and but now there are dozens of ruins bars or other alternative spaces with similar ideas and designs attracting people from all over the world.

Hungarians are amazing at sports and that shows on their Olympic medals record. Hungarian athletes have won a total of 498 medals (491 at Summer games and 7 at Winter), 176 gold, 149 silver, 173 Bronze medals. To put this in perspective, it means Hungary has the second-highest all-time number of gold medals per capita of any nation behind only Finland and that it’s the nation with the most Olympic medals that never hosted the Olympics.

Overall, with its Bohemian peasant culture, an amazing Country !