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Outside Budapest the capital of Hungary the second biggest tourist attraction is Lake Balaton. During the summer months thousands of holiday makers come here and base themselves in one of the pretty town or resorts along the lake. The lake stretches along for 80 kilometres and it can take between one and two hours drive from Budapest, depending what part of the lake you chose to visit.  

The 760-millimetre track of the museum railway belonging to the Museum of Transportation was built in 1972. The terminus station is at the Fertőboz railway station and is operated by the GYSEV railway company. The 3,600-metre museum railway is popular both with the young and with adult railway lovers. Nagycenk is situated in the western part of Hungary, in between Budapest and Vienna, near the Hungarian-Austrian border. There is a unique Baroque castle that is now a museum. The building complex consists of three wings. The museum, bringing back the atmosphere of the past, has two major exhibitions. The one [More]

Budapest, capital of Hungary, is the pearl of the Danube and a constantly changing metropolis. Hungary was once a kingdom but then came the Turks, who were followed by the Habsburgs and Maria Theresia who became ‘Queen of Hungary’. The historic centre of Budapest is dominated by its noble castle that towers above the banks of the Danube. A 100 metre long cable railway that dates back to 1870 is both a practical and fascinating way to ascend the hill to the castle. Each day, the area around the castle, the Fischerbastel, that has never played a military role, attracts [More]