Budapest Environs
 

Can anybody recommend a beautiful, easily accessible place off the beaten path which is within an hour of Budapest?

I went to a little town called St. Andrews I don't know what the Hungarian name is. It is a very nice little town on the Danube bend and there is a terrific little museum which was the home of Margit Kovacs (sp?) that is full of her sculptures which she turned over to the state upon her death. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed her art. Its very original and beautiful. <BR>On the way back we stopped to check out some castle ruins and admire the beauty of the Danube. In case I've got the name wrong I would go to a TI in Budapest and ask which town the Margit Kovacs museum is in.

It's Szentendre and it's a 45 minute easy ride on the HEV rail line which you catch at the Red Line Metro stop of Bathyanyi Ter.

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Szentendre is great (as are Visegrad and Esztergom), but why not go by boat up the Danube?