Highlights:
Contact Backpacker's Guesthouse to find out which Saturday in the month the rave in the men's only bath is on.

Hop on a bus to Statue Park, a bit out of Budapest, home to old banished Communist statues, cheesy t-shirts and dodgy CDs with Commy anthems.

Visit Siofok, one of Lake Balaton's many resort towns to take part in windsurfing, sailing, and a lively nightlife amid highrise buildings.

Sample Balatonfured's curative mineral springs before taking a bike ride to Hungary's first national park, the Tihany Peninsula.

Check out the castle in Eger and head to Szepasszony Valley (The Valley of the Beautiful Women) to sample the region's wines, including Bull's Blood, in a crawl down the street between private cellars.

Visit the cellars of Tokaj, home to the dessert wine of the same name, which get their flavours from the volcanic soil and a peculiar type of mold in which the vines grow. [an error occurred while processing this directive]