Budapest has re-awakened, and while it is still stirring after a long sleep under communist rule, the city has kept the Old World charm that make it such an attractive place to visit. There are two moods of Budapest, representing the old and the new: the pleasantly lazy lifestyle of cafes, thermal baths, simple living [...]

It’s tempting to take the easy way to the top in Budapest, plunking down less than a dollar to ride the funicular to the height of the city’s ancient and charming Castle District. But if you walk instead, up a winding series of stone stairways, you will not miss the glorious views of the Danube [...]