Cross the railway lines and walk off your meal with an amble through Schnelli Park, just a short stroll from the medieval magnificence of the Old Town.

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Opposite the entrance to the baths is a walk up Gellert Hill, through a park where you can hear nightingales in early summer.

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To get to the gorillas, my fellow tourists and I walk through farms to a low stone wall that marks the entrance to the park.

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