During a recent trip to Budapest I became somewhat enamoured with the city, and thanked my travelling companion for bringing me over there. On a previous visit my friend had become rather more enamelled than enamoured in the city having visited to undergo dental work! It may sound like a strange sort of tourism but health tourism is on the up and up and Budapest is currently a mecca for those travelling abroad to get their teeth fixed. Fortunately for me I have teeth which don't currently need any sort of work, otherwise I might be tempted to pack my toothbrush and head for the Hungarian capital. A wealth of spas and fantastic architecture provided a sublime backdrop to the city and in the greying crepuscular light we waltzed through the streets exposing our teeth to the locals, mine having been in place rather a long time, my friend's a new addition to their cheeky, ever expanding grin. The thermal spas in the city have been an attraction to maurading foreigners such as myself since the Romans tapped the warm springs to the West of the Danube. It seems that health tourism has more of a relationship with the history of the city than at first appears, a history shared by Roman emperors and neurotic middle-aged women whose penchant for red wine and cigarettes is written all over their mouth, sorry, was written all over their mouth. The grandest of these spas is Gelert spa and hotel, with it's Art Noveau interiors and elegant decadence we were able to relax in style in this complex, drinking our drinks through straws to avoid the inevitable human decay!