Best of Budapest & Hungary

Since its inception, the annual Nemzeti Vágta (National Horse Racing) has drawn huge crowds to Budapest’s Heroes’ Square. The grand event, which this year celebrates its 11th anniversary, offers visitors many events on September 14-16: hussar and horse shows, archer shows, folklore programs and handcraft exhibitions, in addition to the races. The ‘Racing Prom’ will host a colorful cavalcade of even Hungary’s smallest villages’ most typical cultural, art and touristic characteristics. It is a representative ‘mini Hungary’. Do not miss the ‘Kitchen of Hungary’, extending from the Art Hall to the 1956 monument, where show jumping, polo, special coach-driving races and free horse riding will be available.