{"id":8204,"date":"2025-05-28T09:07:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T09:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kidstravelworld.com\/?p=8204"},"modified":"2025-05-28T09:07:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T09:07:50","slug":"budapest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kidstravelworld.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/28\/budapest\/","title":{"rendered":"Budapest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We spent a month in this magical city and fell in love with it! The city is divided by the Danube river with Buda being on the left bank and Pest on the right. Buda is dominated by Buda castle spanning the hill overlooking the river. While Pest is the more lively side of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Jewish Quarter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We stayed in the Jewish quarter in Pest in the centre of all the action. In 1944-45, the Nazis (and their Hungarian counterparts) forced all the Jews into a 1 km neighborhood (ghetto) where 3-4 synagogues were located and built a wall around it. 10,000 people were killed within the ghetto and many, many more were killed in concentration camps (namely Auschwitz). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We stayed in a historic building in the ghetto which was one of the stops on the walking tour. Here are some photos of our building and the surrounding synagogues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Despite its sad past, the Jewish quarter now is where all the action is – it is absolutely teaming with cafes, bars and restaurants – there are literally hundreds of them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We had a lot of fun walking around the neighbourhood and meeting up with friends for dinner, coffee and wine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Basilica<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We were also only a short walk from the basilica – the main cathedral in Budapest. I had the opportunity to attend an amazing organ concert there one night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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