It was a crisp, cold and a couple of wet days last week. It was also a first time travel in the winter months in Europe and this time, the travel destination was Budapest. There are many travelogues on the beautiful city of Budapest, but this my version where there will suggestions and my experiences.

This article is about our accommodation at Budapest with a focus on the location. I hope travellers to Budapest will find it useful. We arrived from Bangalore to Budapest by Lufthansa via Frankfurt and then took a prepaid taxi to reach the street called Veres Palne Utca where our serviced apartment was located. Booking was done through Booking dot com.

The apartment was a 2 bedroom apartment, with a dining and a kitchen area and a very small living area and with 2 bathrooms . The bathrooms were not attached though. The apartment was also heated adequately. The only negative was the dumpster that would come to collect the trash in the wee hours of the morning would create a noise! But the stay was otherwise comfortable and we also had a cleaner coming in once during the stay. Alex, the home owner was also responsive to our queries, though we never got to see him. He had given us a code to enter through the main door and a code to unscramble the locker where the key was kept. As Indians, we could find this odd as we have people at every step, but having travelled extensively, we are kind of used to the cultural differences.

However, I must mention that the location of the apartment was wonderful. It was a 5 minute walk to Fovam Ter which is a station for Metro as well as trams. And you also get good bus connections.

It is right next to the Liberty Bridge where we spent time that night after our long flight. The famous Central Market Hall is also close by and the area has a great selection of restaurants in a radius of a kilometre. Veres Palne Utca is named after Hermína Karolína Benická Verešová commonly known as Pálné Veres. She was an advocate for women and girls’ education and gave speeches and wrote articles about the importance of training to create mothers who could educate their children and students who would become productive citizens.

So do stay tuned for more and hit the subscribe button for notifications and I will leave you in a chocolate shop in the area. The shop owner started playing some Hindi music when she recognised that we were Indians. You can check that out on my YouTube channel, the link of which is provided at the end of the article. You could have a dekho!