8th - 10th September 2016
Introductory Walk |
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 Royal Palace |
 Gellért Hill and the Liberty Monument |
 Liberty Monument and Citadella on Gellért Hill |
 #2 tram running along the east back of the Duna (Danube), Széchenyi (Chain) Bridge and Castle Hill in the background |
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Continental Hotel, Dohány útca |
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 Entrance to the Continental Hotel, Dohány útca, Budapest |
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 Staropramen beer |
Budapest Tour |
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 Budapest guide Eva, “Little Bear” |
 Hősök tere (Heroes’ Square) |
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 Panorama of Museum of Fine Arts (being refurbished) and Hősök tere (Heroes’ Square) |
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 Base of the Millenary Monument, Hősök tere (Heroes’ Square) |
 Archangel Gabriel at the top of the Millenary Monument, Hősök tere (Heroes’ Square) |
 Vajdahunyad vára (Vajdahunyad castle) |
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 Szent István Bazilika (Basilica of St Stephen) |
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 Buildings of Zrinyi útca looking west towards the Danube |
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 Széchenyi (Chain) Bridge and the Royal Palace |
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 Matthias Church and Fisherman’s Bastion |
 Castle Hill and riverfront |
 Royal Palace |
 Parliament from Széchenyi (Chain) Bridge |
 Erzsébet Bridge and Gellért Hill from Széchenyi (Chain) Bridge |
 Panorama of Matthias Church |
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 Panorama of Matthias Church and Fisherman’s Bastion |
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 Matthias Church and Szent István (St Stephen) statue |
 Matthias Church |
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 Fisherman’s Bastion and Szent István Bazilika (Basilica of St Stephen), with John Matthews, Budapest guide Eva, Anne Matthews, Ingrid, John Willison, tour manager Eric Wise, and 2 others |
 Budapest guide Eva, “Little Bear” |
 Széchenyi (Chain) Bridge and the Danube south from Castle Hill |
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 Széchenyi (Chain) Bridge from Castle Hill |
 Szent István Bazilika (Basilica of St Stephen) from Castle Hill |
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 Parliament from Fisherman’s Bastion |
 Parliament from Castle Hill |
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 Panorama of Parliament and Szent István Bazilika (Basilica of St Stephen) from Castle Hill |
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 Margaret Bridge and Island from Castle Hill |
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 Margaret Bridge, Margaret Island and Parliament from Castle Hill |
 Fisherman’s Bastion |
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 Panorama of Fisherman’s Bastion and Margaret Island |
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Children’s Railway (Gyermekvasút) |
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 Hungarian flag |
 Track and end of platform at Hűvösvölgy station |
 Arriving train at Hűvösvölgy station |
 Crew and disembarking passengers |
 Moving the engine to the other end of the train |
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 Children’s railway plaque at ??? station |
 Children’s railway mural |
 Carriage and passengers |
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 Left-hand bend |
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 Youthful crew |
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 Young and older station staff |
 Disembarking from the Children’s Railway at Széchenyi-Hegy station |
 Embarking on the upper station of the cog railway at Széchenyi-Hegy |
 Cog railway train |
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Budapest Walk |
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 House of Terror, Andrássy útca |
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 Dreher beer |
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 Liberty Monument on Gellért Hill |
 Liberty statue |
 Citadella and Liberty monument |
 Citadella |
 View to the south from Gellért Hill |
 View further to the south from Gellért Hill |
 View south from Gellért Hill |
 View along the Danube north from Gellért Hill |
 Széchenyi (Chain) Bridge, Margret Bridge and Island, and Parliament from Gellért Hill |
 Szent István Bazilika (Basilica of St Stephen) from Gellért Hill |
 Parliament and Margaret Island from Gellért Hill |
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 Royal Palace from Gellért Hill |
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 Royal Palace and Parliament from Gellért Hill |
 Panorama of view north from Gellért Hill: Royal Palace, Széchenyi (Chain) Bridge, Margaret Island, and Parliament |
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 Erzsébet Bridge from Gellért Hill |
 Parliament from Gellért Hill |
 Freedom Bridge from Gellért Hill |
 Museum of Ethnography |
 Parliament |
 Parliament and tram |
 Southern end of Parliament |
 Equestrian statue of Rákóczi Ferenc and Parliament |
 Parliament and Royal Palace from Margaret Bridge |
 Parliament from Margaret Bridge |
 Tram stop in middle of Margaret Bridge |
