Keeping up standards
Palais Hansen Kempinski Vienna
Tempus fugit, and all that. Suddenly, four years have flown by – where did they go? – since The Budapest Times spent a few days at the Palais Hansen Kempinski[…]
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Beside the seaside
Return to Sri Lanka, Part two: down the coast
Slowly, deliberately, a Sri Lankan man is climbing the long thin trunk of a palm tree. Ropes have been tied around the trunk to give him hand-holds and foot-holds but[…]
Memories are made of this
Return to Sri Lanka, Part one: Colombo, the capital
Sri Lanka lays out its welcome mat as our big bird, flight QR 200 from Budapest, descends to Bandaranaike International Airport at Colombo. The mat is woven from the green[…]
A Moment in a Cyprus taverna
Paphos’ year of culture gets off to an unplanned start
An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman walk into a bar … or, in this case, five Hungarian journalists walk into a taverna in Cyprus … It’s not a joke,[…]
Paphos 2017: a dazzling capital of culture
Town is legendary birthplace of Aphrodite and a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Debrecen, Eger, Miskolc, Tokaj and Veszprém are listed as potential candidate cities for when Hungary next hosts the European Capital of Culture in 2023, the country’s next turn after Pécs[…]
Tying the knot on the island of love
Hearts and history are a match made in heaven on Cyprus
It is early afternoon. The sun is gently shining over the azure sea. About 15-20 people are spread around this part of the seaside. They are walking about while busily[…]
Once you’re in, it’s hard to get out
Spirit Hotel, Sárvár – The wellness ‘emporium of waters’ in our west country
I can’t honestly recommend a weekend or even a long weekend stay at this hotel and spa, not because there is anything wrong with it – on the contrary, chances[…]
The Plain and the not-so-plain
Beyond the capital, Hungary’s secondary cities have their own considerable rewards. Part 3: Kecskemét
There are some lovely towns to discover around Hungary beyond Budapest, in any season. This week The Budapest Times visited Kecskemét, home town of Kodály and the horsemen of the[…]
Sights to see – and hear
There are some lovely towns to discover around Hungary beyond Budapest, in any season. This week The Budapest Times visited the country’s second-largest city, Debrecen. If you want to know[…]
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