Footloose Travel offers a number of walking and cycling tours around Central Europe. Two of these, one cycling and one walking, depart from Budapest in Hungary. This picturesque city is known as the Paris of the East and with good reason. Rumors suggest the Eiffel Tower was once offered to Budapest as if suggesting the […]
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A site not to miss along the Danube Bend is the Visegrad Castle. Meaning “High Fortress,” Visegrad Castle is an imposing ruin best seen from the opposite bank, the left bank of the Danube, the side of the river the bicycle path follows on its way from Vac to Estergom. Visegrad offers the finest panorama
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Cycling the Amber trail from Budapest to Krakow, a rewarding route that leads through Hungary, Slovakia, and Poland, does not necessarily require you start cycling from Budapest. While Budapest is indeed a worthwhile city to explore, which could also be done on a bicycle, it makes sense to consider establishing your base on the outskirts
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