What is the cultural centre of Budapest?

I'm going to plan a short visit to Budapest (maybe a weekend).

I always use a well known site to rent an apartment with cheap price, and I have to choose the apartment seeing a map.

So which is the cultural centre of Budapest, where would be recommended to rent the house?

EDIT: as cultural centre i mean the major points of the city where people meets, like pubs, discos, baths etc etc...

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Best Answer

Budapest is literally a divided city. The Danube river separates the older Buda from the newer Pest.

The heart of Buda is the Fisherman's Bastion which is also known as the Buda Castle. Within it there is a large concentration of restaurants and bars, plus a number of hotels. This where we chose to stay and everything is a short walking distance away.

Pest is much more ample and has more of everything but not quite as close. Much restaurants and bars are located within a few blocks of Andrassy Boulevard, particularly in the first kilometers starting at the Danube. The boulevard ends in a huge park which holds the Szechenyi thermal baths. By that level though, the concentration of restaurants and bars has diminished. Parallel Kiraly road is also full of bars and restaurant.