Hungary Eyewitness travel guide from Dorling Kindersley is a lavishly illustrated book concerned with providing the visitor with detailed background information to sightseeing in the country & a broad cultural introduction. Popular historical buildings & museums are often described with cutaway diagrams allowing you to view ...

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- ” The DK Eyewitness Hungary Travel Guide” is your indispensible guide to this beautiful part of the world.
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The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see & do, plus detailed itineraries & comprehensive maps for exploring Hungary. Experience luxurious spas, wander the historic Castle District in Budapest or explore the immense Hortobagy National Park: everything you need to know is clearly laid out within colour-coded chapters. Discover the best of Hungary with this indispensable travel guide. Inside DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Hungary:- Over 30 colour maps help you navigate with ease- Simple layout makes it easy to find the information you need- Comprehensive tours & itineraries of Hungary, designed for every interest & budget- Illustrations & floorplans show the inside of the Royal Palace of Goedoello, St Stephen`s Basilica, Esztergom Basilica, Pannonhalma Abbey, Budapest`s striking Memento Park & more- Colour photographs of vibrant cities, historic churches & castles, pretty rural towns, spectacular architecture, serene countryside & more- Detailed chapters, with area maps, cover Budapest, Szentendre, Esztergom, Northern Transdanubia, Szekesfehervar, the Bakony, Sopron, Pecs, Southern Transdanubia & the Northern Highlands
- Historical & cultural context gives you a richer travel experience: learn about Hungary`s history, way of life, architecture, diverse cuisine, festivals & events, thermal springs & baths, winemaking tradition & more- Essential travel tips: our expert choices of where to stay, eat, shop & sightsee, plus useful phrases, & transport, visa & health information DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Hungary is a detailed, easy-to-use guide designed to help you get the most from your visit to Hungary.DK Eyewitness: winner of the Top Guidebook Series in the Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards 2017. ” No other guide whets your appetite quite like this one”
- The Independent Planning a city break? Try our DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Budapest. About DK Eyewitness Travel: DK`s highly visual Eyewitness guides show you what others only tell you, with easy-to-read maps, tips, & tours to inform & enrich your holiday. DK is the world`s leading illustrated reference publisher, producing beautifully designed books for adults & children in over 120 countries.

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Hungary at 1:400, 000 from Freytag & Berndt, with large, easy to read print, extensive index of place names including their post codes & street plans of central Budapest & Debrecen. Road network

Includes:: small local roads & shows motorway facilities, full & limited interchanges, intermediate distances on most roads, gradients, roads closed to or not recommended for caravans, & scenic routes. Railway lines & ferry connections on the Balaton are included. The map also shows the country`s administrative divisions with names of the provinces. National parks & other protected areas are highlighted & symbols mark various places of interest, including campsites & golf courses. Topography is indicated by subtle relief shading with colouring for main forested areas. Names of main cities are in large print & other place names are correspondingly larger than on many maps. The map has latitude & longitude lines at intervals of 30`. Map legend

Includes:: English. Extensive index is in a separate booklet attached to the map cover & gives postcodes for all locations, including places in adjoining areas of the surrounding countries. The booklet also contains street plans of central Budapest & Debrecen.



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Hungary Supertouring Road Atlas from Freytag & Berndt in a glovebox size spiral-bound format, presenting the country at 1:250, 000, with additional pages at 1:1, 000, 000 for route planning. Picturesque towns & other places of interest are highlighted. Detailed presentation of the road network

Includes:: minor local roads & selected cart tracks, with names of motorway junctions, services, toll routes, gradients, seasonal closures, roads not recommended for caravan, etc. Driving distances are shown on most local roads. Scenic roads & special tourist routes are highlighted. Railway lines are shown with stations, local airports are marked, & across Lake Balaton ferry connections are indicated. Picturesque towns & villages are highlighted & symbols indicate other places of interest including campsites & youth hostels, cultural & historical sites, etc. Topography is indicated by relief shading with spot heights. The maps have latitude & longitude grid at intervals of 10’. The index lists locations with their postcodes. Multilingual map legend

Includes:: English. Also provided is mapping of the whole country at 1:1, 000, 000 for route planning.



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Pocket spiral-bound Road Atlas of Hungary from the Budapest based Cartographia, presenting the country at 1:330, 000, with enlargements for the environs of the capital & for Lake Balaton, a distance table & diagrams of motorway interchanges. The atlas shows Hungary at a scale slightly better than used in most folded maps of the country. The number of place names, presentation of the topography & of the road & rail networks is the same as in the publishers’ road atlas at 1:250, 000 in an A5 format, but simply reduce in print size. This pocket version does not, however, indicate locations of petrol & LPG stations. Picturesque locations are prominently highlighted & symbols indicate campsites, youth hostels & various interesting sites. The maps have no geographical coordinates. The index

Includes:: names of geographical features & places of interest. Map legend

Includes:: English. The atlas also contains enlargements showing in greater clarity at 1:250, 000 the environs of Budapest & Lake Balaton, a comprehensive distance table, plus over 50 diagrams of motorway junctions.



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Hungary at 1:380, 000 on an indexed, waterproof & tear-resistant road map with topographic & tourist information, published by Reise Know-How as part of their highly acclaimed World Mapping Project. The map is double-sided to provide the best balance between a good scale & a convenient size sheet. Road & rail networks are easy to see on a clear base which presents topography by altitude colouring with contours, spot heights & names of mountain ranges. Road network

Includes:: small local roads, shows driving distances on main & secondary routes & indicates locations of border crossings. Coverage

Includes:: Vienna & Bratislava. National parks & protected areas are marked & symbols highlight various places of interest: picturesque towns & villages, UNESCO World Heritage sites, museums, churches & monasteries, viewpoints, etc. Many towns are shown with their old historical German names (Pécs/Fünfkirchen). The map has a latitude & longitude grid at intervals of 30’ & an index of localities. Map legend

Includes:: English. *” World Mapping Project”* is an extensive series of maps at varying scales, aiming to provide coverage of countries & regions worldwide using clear, well presented cartography with both topographic & tourist information.





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Hungary Road Atlas at 1:200, 000 from Cartographia, the country’s leading map publisher, in a large format, with detailed presentation of the road network, convenient coverage of Lake Balaton & the environs of Budapest, etc. The atlas provides detailed classification of the roads network &

Includes:: cart tracks & selected local footpaths. The maps show toll roads, scenic routes, sections closed to motorized traffic, gradients, locations of LPG fuel supplies, & driving distances on most local roads. Railway lines are shown with stations & stops. Narrow gauge lines, funiculars & ski lifts are included & on Lake Balaton ferry routes are marked. Picturesque towns or villages & other places of interest, including national parks & protected areas, are highlighted. Symbols mark locations of campsites & youth hostels, castles & churches, folk museums, spas, swimming pools, etc. The maps have no geographical coordinates. The atlas has an extensive index of towns & villages plus a separate section listing main geographical features & places of interest. Where appropriate, locations outside Hungary also indicate their historical Hungarian names. Map legend & index explanations include English. Special pages, also at 1:200, 000, show Lake Balaton & the environs of Budapest, including Visegrad & Esztergom, to provide a more convenient coverage of these areas. Also included is an administrative map of the country, plus a map & a table with road distances.

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Walking in Hungary by Tom Chrystal & Beata Dosa is a Cicerone walking guide to one of central Europe’s most accessible & ideal walking countries. Hungary’s Great Plain often dominates walkers’ image of the country & as a result many visitors are unaware of the ridges of the Matra & Borzsony or the limestone outcrops of the Bukk which dispel the myth that Hungary is flat. Hundreds of tracks & trails which were once used by the Roman legions, medieval miners, Turkish janissaries, pillaging Hussites, herders, beekeepers, charcoal burners & foundry workers zigzag across the highlands. These ancient trails now form a network of walking path which the guide explores extensively. Valuable information on accommodation in rural Hungary, public transport & the intriguing ‘little forest trains’ are all included. The author also gives an insight into the history & geology which have shaped the landscape & supplies tips on how to survive the countryside. Useful Hungarian words & phrases as well as a glossary of Hungarian topographical terms are also featured to aid map interpretation. Detailed route descriptions are accompanied by line drawings mapping the routes as well as colour photographs illustrating the highlights of the route. ...

How has Hungary, a country once in the vanguard of political & economic reform under Communism, become a chilling example of the new threats confronting democracy in Central Europe? The return of Hungary`s demons of the past
- nationalism, ethnic hatred, deeply-rooted corruption & authoritarian tendencies
- has engendered international concern. Since winning a two-thirds majority in parliament in the spring of 2010, the dynamic right-wing populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban has embarked on a sweeping & ruthless concentration of power & has sought to reshape the state in his own image. A new constitution & a sweeping series of laws & decrees
- radical changes in the judicial & electoral system & the dismantling of constitutional safeguards ensuring the autonomy of the executive branch & the freedom of the media
- seem destined to ensure a long-term hegemony of the far right. Meanwhile a campaign of vituperative nationalist rhetoric & the granting of voting rights to 2.5 million ethnic Hungarians living in neighbouring countries are bound to increase tensions in this volatile corner of Europe. Lendvai offers readers an unsparing & dispassionate account, based on his intimate personal knowledge of Hungary`s major political figures & its political culture, of the turbulent events since the collapse of the Communist regime which affect not only Hungary, but also the political & economic stability of the Danube basin.



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