Budapest Castle and it's surrounds are our entertainment for Sunday. We arrive at the base and have the option of waiting in line for the funicular or paying a few Forints more and taking a six person golf cart - leaving in three minutes. We choose the golf cart (walking up, though possible, was never under discussion). :-)
The driver drops us off in front of Matthias Church and Fisherman's Bastion. The church is closed to visitors for the next few hours so we pay for a ticket to walk around Fisherman's Bastion. It is a terrace which provides us with good views of Pest and of the church. We jostle our way through the tourists to enjoy the views and to take our photos. After we descend the stairs from the terrace we find another terrace. This one is closed except those who choose to use their café. For the price of two coffees we get even better views of Parliament and the bridges joining Buda and Pest - and we do not have to fight to avoid tourists in our photos. Wish we knew that in advance!
Caffeinated, we walk to the castle (really the ruins of the castle), the former royal palace and the Budapest History Museum. We spend about 90 minutes walking through learning some of the history, then decide to start our way down. Following the walls of the castle we locate a staircase which takes down to the bank of the Danube and next to the Castle Gardens. From here we pick up the bus again which returns us back to the Pest side.
A late lunch/early dinner at a sidewalk cafe is a nice way to cap off our day of being tourists.
A late lunch/early dinner at a sidewalk cafe is a nice way to cap off our day of being tourists.
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