Eastern Europe Things To Do

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Eastern Europe’s attractions are diverse – ancient monuments, stunning religious sites, and fairytale castles share space with great museums and memorials to the Holocaust and the Soviet Occupation. Meals are washed down with some of the world’s best beers and wines.

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Gellert Baths
Budapest’s spring-fed baths are gloriously ornate and the over-the-top opulence of the Art Nouveau Gellert Baths (located in the eponymous hotel) are no exception with their artistic mosaics, stained glass windows, and sculptures.
Kelenhegyi út 4; Budapest; 011-36-1-466-6166; www.gellertbath.com
Tags: international travel | architecture | history | art
Fishermen’s Bastion (Halászbástya)
This fanciful architectural folly comprised of arches, stone towers, columns, and walkways offers jaw-dropping views over Pest and the Danube bridges. Free during off-season; small fee during peak season.
Just off Szentharomseg Sq.; Budapest
Tags: family | architecture | outdoors | view
Budavari Palota (Buda Palace)
Dating from the Mongol invasions of the 13th century, this enormous edifice has expanded through the centuries, and now houses the Hungarian National Gallery (011-36-1-375-5567; www.mng.hu/en) and Budapest History Museum (011-36-1-224-3700).
Szent György tér 2; Budapest
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Szoborpark Múzeum (Statue Park)
This unique collection of communist-era monuments is a worthwhile schlep from the town center for those interested in Budapest’s turbulent 20th-century history (or kitsch on a gigantic scale).
Balatoni Rd., Szabadkai St. corner; Budapest; 011-36-1-424-7500; www.szoborpark.hu
Tags: international travel | history
Varosliget (City Park)
With its grand plaza entryway at the end of Andrassy Avenue, this lake-studded park is perfect for an afternoon stroll and reveries of Austro-Hungarian grandeur.
Enter at Heroes’ Square; Budapest
Tags: international travel | outdoors
Aquincum
Explore the remnants of a Roman city, including a garrison, amphitheater, aqueduct, and baths. Located on the right bank of the Danube, just north of the city center.
Szentendrei út 139; Budapest; 011-36-1-250-1650; www.aquincum.hu
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Margaret Island
Occupying a slender sliver in the middle of the Danube, the capital’s most beautiful park is rife with recreational possibilities: swimming pools, sports courts, cycling – even beer gardens.
Buda, Pest; Budapest
Tags: family | outdoors
Lenin's Mausoleum
On the west side of Red Square, Lenin’s mausoleum, erected in 1930 to house the embalmed body of the deceased Bolshevik leader, presents an eerie reminder of the failed regime.
Red Square; Moscow; www.moscow.info/red-square/index.aspx
Tags: international travel | tour | history | outdoor
The Kremlin
The Kremlin’s impressive armory houses an abundance of tsarist relics from ancient weapons and Peter the Great’s boots to Catherine the Great’s ball gowns and carriages. There is also a separate, permanent diamond exhibition.
Sobornaya Ploshad; Moscow; 011-7-495-928-5232; www.kreml.ru
Tags: international travel | architecture | tour | history
The State Tretyakov Gallery
See the world’s largest collection of Russian art (130,000 works, some dating to the 11th century). Open since 1898, the Tretyakov has pieces in diverse styles, including Medieval, Socialist Realist, and Symbolist.
Lavrushinskiy Pereulok; 10 Zamoskvorechye; Moscow; 011-7-495-951-1362; www.tretyakovgallery.ru/english
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