There are some lovely towns to discover around Hungary beyond Budapest, in any season. This week The Budapest Times visited Szeged, the home of paprika and fish soup. Don’t expect[…]
With the increasing popularity of experiential travel, people are looking for more creative ways to get involved with the local culture and heritage of the places they visit. Offering the[…]
As a country with close ties to the equestrian world, it comes as no surprise that horse riding in Hungary is a prime attraction for visitors. From the Southern Great[…]
Malta may be among the smallest countries in the world but it is a powerful magnet with its hours of sunshine, warm winters, wide use of English, EU membership, a[…]
“You would not be aiming to break any speed record with this?” I ask the man putting his rucksack into his rickshaw. “Speed record I would not break, yet I[…]
There are many ways to achieve seeing the Danube, and not necessarily by boat. Alex Stemp often chooses to do so by bicycle. The Danube, as it is known in[…]
Pápa lies between the Hungarian Plain and the Bakony Hills: a small baroque town with the Esterházy Castle, famous students and the third-largest synagogue in the country. And there are[…]
Hilton Budapest is a city landmark with its uninterrupted and up-close Danube River views, but in the bigger picture it is just one of Hilton Hotels & Resorts’ more than[…]
What would summer be without music festivals under a blue sky? They are as inseparable from the season as ice-cream and sun lotion. In our series we are taking a[…]
When I said we were going to Georgia for a long weekend, people assumed we were heading to the capital, Tbilisi. I told them that we were going to the[…]
