Mauritius a bastion of high-end tourism in the Indian Ocean

The current season in Mauritius is winter this time. This means a pleasant warm 28 degrees with bright sunshine. First impressions are always important and I am extremely curious. The breeze gently moves the sugar cane plantations along the roadside, the first thing that ...

Hungary, Uzbekistan connected by direct flight from Sunday

Hungary and Uzbekistan are to be connected by a direct flight from Sunday; there will be two weekly flights between Budapest and Tashkent from September, three from January and four from 2025, Peter Szijjarto, the minister of foreign affairs and trade, said on Saturday.

Madagascar’s Hidden Eastern Jewel – the Sainte-Marie Island

We have an image of Madagascar: sky-high baobab trees in the setting sun, ring-tailed lemurs everywhere and of course the tropics and the ocean... All of this is true, but Madagascar is a huge island nation and each corner of the island is famous ...

Reliving revolutionary days in Timișoara

It's great to be here again and take part in the celebratory “Timișoara, European Capital of Culture 2023” events plus see the tourism sites. But I also feel compelled to write about another living-memory matter that strongly relates to this splendid city, for it ...

grätzlhotel Belvedere, Vienna

New to the neighbourhood

Belvedere usually means one thing for visitors to Vienna – the 18th-century grouping of not one but two Baroque palaces with their famous art collections, all in a lovely park that has an orangery and stables. More prosaically, when looking for a place to ...

Menczer welcomes new Ningbo-Budapest flight

The new Ningbo-Budapest flight operated by Shanghai Airlines is "of extraordinary importance" in view of the war in Ukraine, Tamas Menczer, state secretary at the foreign ministry, told a ceremony at Budapest's international Liszt Ferenc Airport marking the departure of the first flight late ...