Travel after the pandemic #12: Slovenia
Pleasures of being, in a green and pleasant land
Neighbouring Slovenia is a diverse, green country and easy to reach via the M7 motorway. The capital, Ljubljana, 450 kilometres from Budapest, also makes a delightful sojourn before heading to the Adriatic coast, the Lake Bled region and elsewhere within the Mediterranean sphere.
Travel after the pandemic #11: Fibula Residence Hotel & Wellness, Pécs
One more jewel in the crown
Health, history and culture come together in downtown Pécs, Hungary’s fifth-largest city, when your base is Fibula Residence Hotel & Wellness, newly built in an area where the Roman emperor Diocletian once marched through with his army and on the spot where archaeologists unearthed ...
Visegrad Castle to be refurbished under government scheme
The castle of Visegrad and its surroundings will undergo comprehensive refurbishment under the government's Visegrad 700 programme, the government commissioner in charge of the scheme said on Monday.
Socialists appealing to Competition Office over high Balaton prices
The opposition Socialists will file an appeal with the Economic Competition Office over high prices at the beaches of Lake Balaton, Socialist MP and party director Zsolt Molnar told a press conference broadcast on Facebook on Thursday.
Travel after the pandemic #10: Venice, Italy
Tourist tide is out, for now
Venice in all its splendour hardly needs an introduction whether you have been there or not. It was always my family's ambition to one day go to the Pearl of the Adriatic. But we frequently held back, or at least I did, mainly due ...
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Birds-eye Budapest
There is often a sense of competition when it comes to taking the best panoramic photographs of this highly scenic capital. Certainly when light and weather conditions are right, one can take sensational landscape pictures from the illustrious Castle District, which always gives a ...
Number of Hungarian tourists to Croatia up 90 percent in Jan-June
The number of Hungarian tourists visiting Croatia has increased by 90 percent to 54,000 in the first six months of the year, compared with the same period in 2020, the director of the Croatian National Tourism Board Office in Hungary said on Tuesday.
Travel after the pandemic #9: By road in Bulgaria
Marvels come both natural and man-made
One of the Balkans' larger countries, Bulgaria makes an excellent place for road tripping. Enough of its wildness (literal and figurative) remains to guarantee a glimpse into the traditional way of life. A journey across the country includes a town famous for its mineral ...
Foreign visitors’ spending plunges 56 percent in Q1
Spending by foreign visitors in Hungary fell by an annual 56 percent to 164 billion forints (EUR 463m) in the first quarter, data compiled by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) show.
Travel after the pandemic #8: By road in Slovakia
National treasures along the highways and byways
Today’s trip involves a moderate drive from Budapest to Slovakia’s High Tatras mountains, taking in World Heritage sites, scenic roads, old mining towns, extra special wooden villages, a castle, lake and skiing centre along the way.
