Hungary’s capital, Budapest, carries a thousand years of Christian history in its domes, spires and riverbanks. In the year 1000, King Stephen was crowned as Hungary’s first Christian monarch, and the story of the nation’s faith began. A millennium later, that story remains close at hand, from the basilica raised in Stephen’s name to the coronation church on Castle Hill and the chapel cut into the rock of Gellért Hill. Set along the Danube, Budapest combines architectural grandeur with a quieter, contemplative side, making it a fitting destination for pilgrimage, prayer and reflection.