Acerca de Budapest 20/06/08
Budapest
Budapest, the capital of the Hungarian Republic, lies in the centre of the Carpathian Basin in Europe, on both sides of the river Danube. It has an area of 525 square km. It's population of about 2 millions is 20 per cent of the country's total. Due to a fault line shaping the course of the Danube valley, a great number of thermal springs came to the surface at Budapest. Budapest's reputation as a spa is based on these wells. Budapest is the world's only metropolis, where there are more than 130 thermal springs and wells. Budapest's twenty public baths from Turkish and wave baths, over open-air swimming-pools and hydrotherapeutic establishments to spa hotels, offer a wide range of services. Yearly temperature is 11 grade Celsius, the average July temperature being 22°C, and the January one: -1°C. The average yearly rainfall is about 600 mm. It is a meeting point of North and South, East and West. The intercrossing cultures are blended into a unique synthesis, while remaining characteristically Hungarian. You may acquire maximum firsthand experience of this every March, at the Budapest Spring Festival where in 100 venues, there are 1000 events to be seen and heard, from concert to traditional fairs, from exhibitions to mime shows, from computer competitions to folkdancing parties.
