What to bring from Budapest: gifts, souvenirs, cosmetics, all sorts of things

A trip to Budapest, certainly, can become a bright tourist adventure. Memories of this ancient European city with an amazing history and unique architecture will long remain in the memory of any traveler who visited the Hungarian pearl. However, before the guests of the city there is a difficult task: how to have time to take souvenirs from Budapest in between the tasting of local cuisine and seeing the numerous sights? What to choose as a gift to friends or relatives? You can, of course, go on the easiest way and fill travel bags with colorful magnets, posters and other trinkets with the inscription "Budapest". And, meanwhile, in this city you can buy a lot of truly unique things that have a true Hungarian flavor. Therefore, you should not miss the opportunity to please yourself and loved ones with outstanding "foreign" presentations. So, what to bring from Budapest as a gift to family, friends, colleagues or yourself in memory of the delightful "pearl of the Danube"?

Alcoholic beverages

One of the leaders in the souvenir market is Bulgarian wines and strong drinks. A real work of art - Hungarian liqueur-balm "Unicum" - is recommended to buy to all guests of the city. The drink is known as a powerful healing agent that has a beneficial effect on the circulatory, digestive, nervous, respiratory system, which gives strength and strengthens immunity. Recipe for "Unicum" exists for several centuries and is kept in the strictest secrecy. The only thing that is known - in the manufacture of liquor is used, no less than a little, forty medicinal herbs.

Another famous gift from Hungary is a vigorous local drink of a palinka, an analog of gorilka or vodka. Produced from a variety of fruits and berries: plums, apricots, pears, mountain ash, sweet cherry and others. Despite a decent palinka castle, 43 degrees, the drink is famous for its soft, pleasant taste.

And, of course, the main thing is what to bring from Budapest and you need - Hungarian wines. Different varieties of the world famous Tokay white wine, exquisite Riesling, sweet red wines from local vineyards can all be found in Budapest stores in large quantities and in the most unusual bottles and gift wrappers.

Paprika

Another, no less popular souvenir from the Hungarian capital is paprika, the main seasoning of the national traditional cuisine. Sometimes it seems that in Budapest there is a real cult of this amazing spice. Dried, whole, fresh, ground, marinated or processed in the form of a paste of paprika of different varieties, delivered from different parts of the country - from the variety of choice it is quite easy to get lost. You can buy paprika by weight, but it is best to buy spices in bright unusual packages: branded cans, kegs, canvas bags. Very beautiful will look and "garland" of dried peppers peppers strung on a string - both seasoning and decoration for the interior of the kitchen. As a rule, sellers can offer other agricultural goodies to the paprika pouch or a bunch of paprika: fragrant honey, fruits, fresh local cheeses, greens and beautiful bunches of odorous local garlic.

Meat delicacies

A visit to the Hungarian capital is a chance to surprise your guests with delicious meat delicacies. Truly the legendary server-server "Peak" produced by the factory of the same name (the town of Szeged), especially the firm "winter" salami, is something that is absolutely necessary to bring from Budapest. In addition, a delicate Hungarian pate of liver and sausage Chabay and Gyula is in great demand.

Clothing, textiles, embroidery

In the shops and markets of Budapest, a colossal selection of textiles. The main souvenir, which is invariably in demand among tourists, are items decorated with embroidery in the traditional Hungarian style "Matho" and "Kalochai": scarves, tablecloths, curtains, towels, bedspreads and so on. Also from Budapest you can bring high-end knitwear, delicate lace and quality printed fabrics.

An excellent gift for adults and children can be national clothes from Budapest, made exclusively of natural fabrics and decorated with exquisite embroidery. Blouses, vests, scarves, shirts, scarves, Hungarian-style dresses are worn by modern women of fashion.

Crystal, porcelain, ceramic products

If it comes to porcelain, the first thing that all tourists tell is Hungarian "white gold" - Herend. The factory for the production of this famous porcelain begins its history from the middle of the XIX century. Services, tableware, figurines of this brand to this day completely, from start to finish, are made by hand. Fine delicate porcelain of milky color is painted by professional artists. It is worth such a souvenir is not cheap. Products from Herend are often bought by well-off people: millionaires, successful businessmen, members of European royal families.

Another producer of porcelain, no less famous in European countries, is the Hungarian Zholnai plant. The products of this brand have repeatedly received recognition at international exhibitions. Founded, like Herend, two centuries ago, the plant produces not less quality, but more affordable at its price porcelain, as well as an incredibly beautiful painted tile - majolica.

Ringing Hungarian crystal is much more affordable, but such a souvenir can also become a real family relic. But the main thing that even a tourist with a small budget can bring from Budapest is a surprisingly beautiful and diverse Hungarian pottery: bright painted jugs, plates, mugs, medallions, bells and much more. A very original gift from Hungary will be mugs "with a secret", statuettes with national coloring, dishes with a picture of paprika and an unusual black pottery from Nadudvara.

Hungarian dolls

Do not hesitate for a long time to think about bringing a small child from Budapest. A bright unusual toy will be an ideal gift for the baby. Yes, and adults probably will be happy to receive as a souvenir national dolls from Hungary. They are made of porcelain, made of wood, made of cloth, doll clothes are often decorated with traditional Hungarian embroidery. Particularly popular dolls in national Hungarian costumes and funny dolls are "witches", which our compatriots jokingly call "Babka - Yozhka".

National crafts

It is worth paying attention to products of original Hungarian folk crafts. In the markets and in souvenir shops, there is more than anything to be found: articles of leather, wood, stone, clay. Woven leather belts and whips, bags and wallets of the same material, traditional "peasant" jars of wood, trimmed with leather and fur, clay smoking pipes, folkloric buso masks, small wooden utensils and so on are in great demand.

Sweets, sweets

The perfect sweet gift is delicious sweets and confectionery figurines from marzipan. Marzipan sweets are not only colorful and have excellent taste. Confectioners create real artwork from this malleable material. The inhabitants of the Hungarian capital consider these sweets to be one of the symbols of the country and are proud of the fact that such a variety of figures from marzipan raw materials can not be found anywhere else. In addition to marzipan, in the capital of Hungary you can buy chocolate sweets, made by hand in small confectioneries.

Cosmetics

Excellent investment - natural cosmetics from Budapest. The most famous Hungarian products of cosmetology:

• Elite cosmetic products Omorovicza based on thermal water from mineral springs. Under this name, products for skin care, men's cosmetics for shaving, sunscreen products, correctors and foundation creams are produced.
• Classics of Hungarian cosmetology - Helia D, natural products, based on valuable oils and mineral components.
• Natural cosmetics Pandhy's.
• Cosmetic products for children "Gaby", "Kaomila."
• Lavender soap.

Fashion Clothes and Shoes

Stolichnaya Vatsi street and the largest shopping center called Arena Plaza are places where the maximum number of branded stores of the most popular brands is concentrated. Fashionable clothes and shoes from Budapest are much cheaper than in similar boutiques of Russian cities.

Separately it is worth mentioning about jewelry and accessories. The Hungarian capital is the place where you can easily buy a souvenir in the form of watches or jewelry of the most famous European companies. In Budapest, shops of the legendary Swiss watch brands Breget and Bretling, jewelry boutiques of the French houses Busheron and Sartier, elegant Italian brand Bulgari, are successfully operating and in demand.

Antiques, antiques, art objects

The largest and most famous in Europe "flea market" Echeri in Nagykoryoshi street, as a magnet attracts true connoisseurs of antiquarian objects to Budapest. The range of products on these counters is amazing: they sell everything from vintage toys and clothes to military decorations and antique furniture.

It is especially important that all sorts of things, bought for relatively little money, can later turn out to be an expensive artifact. Antique items can be found in specialized shops in Budapest, but to make purchases in Echeri, by the recognition of inveterate collectors, is much cheaper and more exciting.