My favourite bridge in Budapest, partly because it reminds me of the bridge across the Bosphorus (which I've seen) and the Golden Gate (which I haven't). The original bridge standing here was blown up during WWII and the new cable bridge was built between 1961 and 1964 based on the designs of Pal Savoly. They proved to be a bit shaky and the heavy tram lines got removed from the bridge in the seventies, today the bridge is crossed by the main bus line of the city, served by numbers 7/173 and their express counterparts. Before crossing into Buda with the bus, you should drop in to Jégbüfé (http://www.jegbufe.hu) on the corner of Ferenciek square for some oldschool Hungarian pastries. Beware of little old ladies blocking the queue while being unable to decide whether to get rákóczi túrós (http://chiliesvanilia.blogspot.com/2006/03/hungarian-curd-cheese-square-rkczi.html ) or francia krémes. Or how many of them to get. And yes, right next to their feet there is a tiny little dog. And yes, it bites.
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