Searching for the original Dracula

Should you be in Romania and have an interest in Dracula but wish to avoid the tourism boom of Transylvania with its overly spooky Castle Bran and the flutter of its obvious vampire clichés, especially when at the souvenir shops, there is an alternative ...

Beyond the obvious in Montenegro

Bluest of water, greenest of terrain in land of the “black mountain”

Hungarans love their “inland sea”, and rightly so, but for the real thing – for the tang of salt air and a limitless blue, blue horizon to further excite the senses – there is a world beyond Balaton and it’s necessary to press on ...

Hunguest Hotel Sun Resort, Herceg Novi, Montenegro

A Hungarian welcome in splendid Montenegro

Sensibly, hotels like to promote themselves as a “home away from home” to attract guests. And the Hunguest Hotel Sun Resort in Montenegro has something of a head start when it comes to enticing Hungarians visiting this scenically outstanding country. As a property owned ...

AnadoluJet launches Budapest-Istanbul flight

AnadoluJet, a regional airline owned by Turkish Airlines, will operate direct flights between Budapest and Istanbul three times a week from June, Liszt Ferenc International operator Budapest Airport said on Thursday.

Lithuania

‘Kaunastic’ is the word for city in continental spotlight

International entertainers of the calibre of Muse, Blue, Robbie Williams, Tom Jones, Sting, Placido Domingo, Nickelback, Bryan Adams, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Prodigy and Scooter have put up at the Radisson Hotel Kaunas, and it is also the hotel of choice for the organisers ...

Veszprém getting ready to be a European Capital of Culture 2023

My brief visit to Veszprém took me to one of the oldest cities in Hungary, dating as far back as the Chieftain Árpád dynasty of the 10th century. According to local legend, this historical reference point was founded on seven distinct hills, which are ...