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Pest is the eastern side of the Danube River in Budapest, Hungary. Main tourist places concentrated for downtown, Andrássy út (Central Pest), neighborhood of these, and Városliget area.

The downtown northern part includes the Parliament, Szent István Basilica and some museums, the south part mostly high class accommodations, night life area and the National Museum.


 * The Jewish Quarter. This area is the biggest part of the Erzsébetváros (district VII.). See more at Central Pest



Get in
Coming from Buda, you can cross the Danube with Metro line 2 or Metro line 4. Important stops of are Kossuth Lajos Square (get off here to see the Parliament), Deák Ferenc Square (major transport hub), and Keleti pályaudvar (railway station). Trams 4, 6, 47 and 49 are also good options.

Pest has two railway stations, the aforementioned Keleti pályaudvar, and Nyugati pályaudvar, from where you can continue your journey on Metro line 3 : or tram 4/6.

Downtown (District 5th)
See in Belváros

Terezvaros, Erzsébetváros, and Józsefváros (Districts 6th,7th and 8th)
See in Central Pest

Angyalföld and Újpest (Districts 4th and 13th)
See in North Pest

District 16
District neighborhoods: Árpádföld, Cinkota, Mátyásföld, Rákosszentmihály and Sashalom. The 16th district of Budapest located on both banks of the Szilas Creek, where meeting the plain of Pest and the Gödöllő's Hills. It is bounded by Csömör from north, Kistarcsa and Nagytarcsa from east, the 17th district from south-east, the 10th district from southwest, the14th District from West, the 15th district from northwest. - On the Northern part of its is Árpádföld,-former separate Árpád and Anna settlements, which belonged to Cinkota village before was created Great Budapest (1950's). Cinkota south western part (now east Árpádföld) include the Naplás Lake, the Small Forest of Cinkota, Cinkota Cemetery (Szabadföld Road). Mátyásföld also began as an independent settlement. - Mátyásföld located to East of the former terminal of the eastern (Gödöllöi) suburban rail (HÉV), near to Kelti Railway Station,-on a plateau which is on same level as the Gellért Hill. Rákosszentmihály was named (earlier) Pusztaszentmihály. Owned by the nuns community of Nyulak Island (now Margaret Island). Sashalom belonged for a long time to Cinkota and it was known as Postás (Postman) and later Cinkota-Ehmann Colony.

Ferencváros
Ferencváros is traditional name of the IX. district. The postal code is H-109X. Here is the north end of the longest Street in Budapest, the Üllői Street is about fifteen kilometer long. Its old name was 'Road to Szolnok' and it connects five districts.

Churches in Ferencváros




Other sights in Ferencváros

 * Central Market (Központi Vásárcsarnok
 * Central Market (Központi Vásárcsarnok
 * Central Market (Központi Vásárcsarnok



Kőbánya
Kőbánya is traditional name of the X. district. The postal code is H-110X.

Zugló
Zugló (Mediaval name: Szugló, German: Lerchenfeld) is the official name of the 14th district of Budapest. The postal code is H-114X. So called Pest's lungs because there is located 240 hectares of green space. Access to the district is easy; the southern end is easily accessible with the main M2 subway line, with its terminal station being the largest hub in the city at the border with Kőbánya. The northern part is accessible with M1 subway line. The district has got two railway station: the Rákosrendező and the Zuglói Train Stop. By suburb rail its has also good connection with eastern suburbs such Csömör, Kerepes, Kistarcsa, Mogyoród (Hungaroring, Formula One Race Track), Gödöllő (Royal Palace) settlements.

City Park and Area












Museums in City Park and Area

 * Geological Museum of Budapest (Magyar Állami Földtani Intézet (tervezte Lechner Ödön)





Baths




Buy
Váci utca is Hungary's premier shopping street and consequently very expensive. In general, prices for big-name goods in Budapest tend to be at least the same as in Western Europe, but rarely cheaper. Much of this due to the relatively higher rate of purchase tax (VAT), which in Hungary is set at 25%.

Malls and department stores






Eat
There are two areas packed with cafés, restaurants and disco clubs:



Mid-range




Wine tasting
There were several huge free wine tasting facilities on Buda Hill; these are now closed though still listed on many sites. One new one is in a catacomb at the cliff at the end of the main street on the hill. You pay a fee for the tour based on how many and which wines you will taste at the end of it.

Budget
Pest has a huge number of backpacker hostels.

Internet

 * Wi-Fi hotspot points of Budapest