Consider a Budapest Stag Weekend

Along with all the other jobs of the Best Man (you know, making sure your mate actually makes it to the Church on time, remembering the license and the ring since he'll forget it all) is planning the standard send-off from single life into matrimonial bliss - the Stag Do. If that's your job - and you're looking for a stag do idea that's high above standard, you'll need to look a bit further afield than the typical stag weekender tourist cities. Budapest is one of the new stars on the horizon. With the dissolution of the Eastern Bloc, Budapest has emerged from its drab cocoon and metamorphosed into a sparkling butterfly of a city with a great deal to offer any traveler. A stag weekend in Budapest could be just the thing to lift your stag's do above the typical and into the forever memorable.

Budapest stands as the crossroads between the East and West, making it easily one of the most intriguing and alluring cities of the world. In truth, it is three cities in one, created in the late 1800s by the joining of the cities Obuda, Buda and Pest on the banks of the Danube River. Each part of the unique city has its own flavor -

and they are all unmistakably European and unabashedly beautiful.

A Budapest stag weekend would be like no other anywhere in the world. Budapest boasts over 80 natural hot springs, and the city's bathhouses offer a full menu of luxurious afternoons for the stag who deserves the kind of pampering he's not likely to see again for a very long time. There's nothing quite like the Bachanalian Spa to provide that sort of pampering - Roman baths, topless masseuses and the simmering, seething waters of the natural spring to heat things up. Budapest's night life is sparkling and varied. From the aptly named and trendy Fantasy Club to the Bohemian Piaf, there's a music style and partying profile to suit any Budapest stag weekend.

The daytime activities in Budapest are just as enticing as Budapest's night-time romp-till-the-sun-comes up parties. With an average of 2,000 hours of sunshine each year (that's about 270 out of 365 days), there's lots of sun-loving, fun-loving outdoor romping to fill up a Budapest stag weekend. The nearby Pills Mountains provide the perfect spot for the adventuresome stag party goers, with off-road karts, trail biking, rally driving and more. If you'd rather be on the water than in the hills, you can rent a party boat to tour the Danube - and bring along your own entertainment in the form of a dancer or four to keep the afternoon lively into the night.

Budapest is still a relatively undiscovered stag weekend venue, making a Budapest stag weekend one that is truly memorable and unique.