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  Practical tips for planning your trip. The majority of travellers arrive in picturesque Budapest, which has a lively arts, cafe and music scene, and is host to a range of cultural and sporting festivals. To venture outside the capital is to travel through plains, resort-lined lakes, Baroque towns, and rustic villages. Other attractions include sampling its quality wines, 'taking the waters' in a relaxing thermal spa, or bird-watching in some of the best spots in Europe.

Though it can be pretty wet in May and June, spring is just glorious in Hungary. The Hungarian summer is warm, sunny and unusually long, but the resorts are very crowded in late July and August. Like Paris and Rome, Budapest comes to a halt in August (called 'the cucumber-growing season' here because that's about the only thing happening).

Autumn is beautiful, particularly in the hills around Budapest and in the Northern Uplands. November is one of the rainiest months of the year, however. Winter is cold, often bleak and museums and other tourist sights are often closed. Animal lovers will also want to skip this season: half the women are draped in furry dead things throughout the winter

Visas: Citizens of the USA, Canada, New Zealand, Asian countries and most European countries don't require visas. Other nationals require visas, which are valid for between 30 and 90 days.
None Time: GMT/UTC plus one hour (winter); plus two hours (summer)
Electricity: 220V, 50 Hz
Weights & measures: Metric
Tourism: 20 million visitors per year

Hungary's major celebration is the Budapest Spring Festival (March), a two-week cultural extravaganza of local and international performances, conferences and exhibitions. Other important events include: the Budapest Film Festival (February), which premieres new Hungarian films; Busojaras (Mohas; February also), the nation's top Mardi Gras; Sopron Festival Weeks (Sopron; June/July), showcasing ancient music and dance performances; the Folk Arts Festival (Nagykallo; August), one of the biggest and best events of the year; and Jazz Days (Debrecen; September), which is Hungary's top jazz festival.

Official holidays: 1 January (New Year's Day), 15 March (start of the 1848/49 revolution and war of independence, national holiday), Easter, 1 May (Labour Day), Whitsun, 20 August (foundation of state, celebration of King Saint Stephen, national and state holiday), 23 October (start of the 1956 revolution and war of independence, date of the declaration of the Republic of Hungary in 1989, national holiday), 1 November (All Saints' Day), 25-26 December (Christmas)

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