I'll just throw in a couple me toos. Went to Prague and Budapest recently and enjoyed both of them quite a bit. I've mentioned before that Prague may be more fun as a one-off but Budapest seems to have more to offer if you work at it. If I had to choose would go back to Budapest before Prague. Would recommend a good guide or guide book to help get the most out of the city. Try to stay off the tourist path for the best food. Great coffee shops. Make sure you hit a bath. Széchenyi bath was fun with good mixture of locals and tourists. I took the train in from Vienna to Budapest (about 3 hours if I remember correctly) and a night train to Prague (about 9 hours).
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Cupart
I totally disagree.
Go to Prague if you want to see how American's have exploited a city which had it going for it (no offence to our American cousins). I went a few years ago to stay for 3 nights but left after one day. Not nice at all...
Go to Budapest if you want culture and excellent food (including the best café’s in the world). There is a reason for why it's called little Paris... ^
Go to Vienna if you want culture but at a price...
Umm, okay. Now back to your regularly scheduled reality. Spent 4 days in Prague and I could count on 2 fingers the other Americans I met. Prague was packed.....with people from the 450 million strong EU that surrounds the city.