Budapest or Vienna?

[Anonymous]

Vienna is classically prettier and better preserved. Budapest can look very Soviet and grungy in many areas, but is also much cheaper and generally more interesting.

That said, I think Vienna has much more of a "WOW" factor.

[Anonymous]

DH and I spent a week in Budapest for our 10 year anniversary. We loved it. The people were friendly, the city was fascinating, and it was CHEAP. We had plenty to do for a week and we stayed in a beautiful hotel - The Boscolo.. Keep in mind July can be really hot - we walked everywhere and took the subway, but we were sweating a lot and I had to throw out some clothes when I got back home. Also not everyone speaks English like other European cities - most people assumed we were German because Americans were not that common there. Food was decent - not a lot of fruit and vegetables. This was almost 5 years ago so it might have changed since then, but we liked that it was still sort of isolated - not a lot of chain restaurants or American tourists. we loved it and would totally go back again - a great city.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DH and I spent a week in Budapest for our 10 year anniversary. We loved it. The people were friendly, the city was fascinating, and it was CHEAP. We had plenty to do for a week and we stayed in a beautiful hotel - The Boscolo.. Keep in mind July can be really hot - we walked everywhere and took the subway, but we were sweating a lot and I had to throw out some clothes when I got back home. Also not everyone speaks English like other European cities - most people assumed we were German because Americans were not that common there. Food was decent - not a lot of fruit and vegetables. This was almost 5 years ago so it might have changed since then, but we liked that it was still sort of isolated - not a lot of chain restaurants or American tourists. we loved it and would totally go back again - a great city.

Wow! I don't think I've ever sweated that much to have to throw out what I wore--and I'm a distance runner so in the summer my running clothes get SOAKED!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DH and I spent a week in Budapest for our 10 year anniversary. We loved it. The people were friendly, the city was fascinating, and it was CHEAP. We had plenty to do for a week and we stayed in a beautiful hotel - The Boscolo.. Keep in mind July can be really hot - we walked everywhere and took the subway, but we were sweating a lot and I had to throw out some clothes when I got back home. Also not everyone speaks English like other European cities - most people assumed we were German because Americans were not that common there. Food was decent - not a lot of fruit and vegetables. This was almost 5 years ago so it might have changed since then, but we liked that it was still sort of isolated - not a lot of chain restaurants or American tourists. we loved it and would totally go back again - a great city.

Wow! I don't think I've ever sweated that much to have to throw out what I wore--and I'm a distance runner so in the summer my running clothes get SOAKED!

I think it was a combination of wearing things multiple times as well as sweating in them for several hours. It was mostly t-shirts that I had to chuck - the armpit area just would not get clean!