Budapest is generally a safe city, but like any capital, you have a risk of pickpockets. It’s possible to put your phone in your pocket for 30 seconds only to find it gone when you reach back in.

Nov. 17, 1873, saw the union of Buda, Pest and Óbuda, creating modern-day Budapest. The city is divided by the Danube River, with flat Pest to the east and the hilly Buda and Óbuda regions to ...

But my wife, Eileen, and I instead chose a “road cruise” from Budapest to Vienna to Prague last September. And we’re glad we did.