Australia’s TFE Hotels welcomes A by Adina to Europe  

With the opening of A by Adina Vienna Danube, Australian hotel group TFE Hotels is celebrating the European debut of its premium apartment brand, A by Adina. The new 120-room apartment-style hotel, which will open in April in the impressive 180-metre-high DANUBEFLATS skyscraper in ...

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Marrakech now only four hours away

Known for its colourful culture, rich history and stunning landscapes, Morocco is now accessible by direct flight from Budapest. WizzAir's direct flights to Marrakech depart twice a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays, making it easy to discover this magical place.

Lisbon, the city of oceans’ conquerors

Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, is a city rich in history, culture and stunning landscapes, a unique combination of tradition and modernity, the combination of which makes it so attractive to visitors. On the edge of Europe, on the Atlantic coast, the city has ...

Adding some style to life

With 262 rooms spread across eight floors on two wings, the Danubius Hotel Helia right next to the Danube riverbank is one of the biggest, most imposing buildings in Budapest’s District XIII. A full renovation taking some years is very nearly complete, and has ...

Ministry: Liszt Ferenc International Airport ‘in top form’

Budapest's Liszt Ferenc International Airport is "in top form", with a nearly 20 percent increase in passenger transport and 50 percent increase in cargo registered in the first eight months of this year compared with the same period of last year, Mate Loga, a ...

Armenian Rhapsody – a brief introductory guide

Direct flights from Budapest to Yerevan finally take-off

Lesser known Armenia is a very scenic and welcoming place, and I had the great pleasure of spending a few days there this summer. Not knowing what to expect and with only a few minor impressions to go on beforehand, I made my way ...

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A symbolic impression of Ukraine's second city in suburban Pest

Little Kharkiv tucked away in Thököly Road

A place I was fortunate to travel to this year between pandemic lockdowns was Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city in the east of the country. And it's interesting that since my return to Budapest there have been certain moments back home when things suddenly spring ...

Szolnok with an unexpected Estonian twist

A tale of two Tallinns

This wintery, restricted-action January I yearned for a day out. It did not matter where. In haste, I took the first train out of the city and went to Szolnok. I had no real aim in mind other than to be the mere tourist ...

Tower top matches famous Hollywood film

A touch of “Vertigo” at Polish church

With all respect to the Polska Parafia Personalna w Budapeszcie, which translates as the Polish Personal Parish in Budapest, whenever in line of sight of this Kőbánya landmark it is the tower top that gives the surreal but impulsive take I always have here ...

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Tower top matches famous Hollywood film

A touch of “Vertigo” at Polish church

With all respect to the Polska Parafia Personalna w Budapeszcie, which translates as the Polish Personal Parish in Budapest, whenever in line of sight of this Kőbánya landmark it is the tower top that gives the surreal but impulsive take I always have here ...

Travel after the pandemic #2: Bratislava, Slovakia

Bratislava blues a little more promising now

The enticing motto “Bratislava, the 72 Hour City”, as newly devised by the Bratislava Tourist Board, not only offers a warm welcome to this alluring river city but also suggests much to see and do in the three-day time frame. My response to this ...

Travel writers organisation returns to the road

Promoting tourism in post-plague times

It was a case of “worth the wait” when the Croatian sector of the Fédération Internationale des Jounalistes et Ecrivains du Tourisme (FIJET, World Federation of Travel Journalists and Writers) held its annual Marco Polo awards ceremony in Zagreb on December 9, having had ...