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Hungarys uniqueness extends beyond its incomprehensible tongue. Heres your chance to

strip down to your swimmers in the midwinter minuses and loll around an open-air thermal

spa, while snowy patches glisten around you. Following that, you could go to a smoky bar

where a Romani band yelps while a crazed crowd whacks its boot-heels, as commanded by

Hungarian tradition. Or go clubbing in an ancient bathhouse, where all dance in swimsuits,

waist-deep in healing waters.

If these pursuits dont appeal, check out Roman ruins, ancient castles, Turkish minarets

in baroque cities, or experience the rural pleasures of cowboys riding astride five horses,

storks nesting on streetlamps, and a sea of apricot trees in bloom.

Cosmopolitan Budapest is a capital to rival any on the continent with world-class op-

eras, monumental historical buildings, and the Danube River flowing through the middle

of it all. Prices here are somewhere in the middle: not nearly as high as Austria or nearly as

reasonable as Ukraine. Having established itself as a state in the year 1000, Hungary has a

long history, a rich culture and strong folk traditions that are well worth exploring. So go

ahead, dive in.

Hungary

FAST FACTS

Area 93,000 sq km

Capital Budapest

Currency forint (Ft);1 = 276Ft; US$1 =216Ft; UK1 = 410Ft; A$1 = 164Ft; 100 =

185Ft; NZ$1 = 143Ft

Famous for paprika,Bulls Bloodandcsrdamusic

Official Language Hungarian (Magyar)

Phrases jo nap ot kivano k (good day); szia(hi/bye); ksznm(thank you)

Population 10 million

Telephone Codes country code%

36;international access code%00; intercityaccess code%06

Visa no visa required for most countries ifyou stay less than 90 days; see p408

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