For a taste of Budapest you’ll truly never forget, this month’s “Sweet Days” festival at Buda Castle will supply a gastro-cultural memory to last. September 16 to 18, a world of European sweets and other rarities will be offered up to locals and visitors to Budapest.
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Destination Hungary: Balaton Sound Festival 2011
Balaton will host the fifth Heineken Sound Festival at Hungary’s fanciest beach, Zamárdi. The festival takes place July 7-10, 2011.
Visit Hungary for the VOLT Festival 2011
The VOLT Festival (June 29 – July 2, 2011) is one of the most celebrated cultural events in Eastern Europe.
Summertime at Balaton: Tihany Lavender Festival
The Lavender Festival (Levendula Fesztivál) has been held here since 2005. This year, you can enjoy the blossomed lavender fields for 10 days, from June 19 to 29.
Carpathian Nations Agree Sustainable Tourism Deal
The seven Eastern European countries that share the Carpathian Mountains have made an important deal to jointly manage the development of sustainable tourism in the region, it has been announced. Sustainable tourism is of course, fundamentally important to the region, hence the countries willingness to adopt the UN Environment Program and UNWTO-drafted Protocol on Sustainable […]
Beer Festival 2011 in Békéscsaba
The Beer Festival and Knuckle Parade in Csaba will take place 9 to 13 June, 2011. The festival features 30 types of beer, traditional cuisine, live concerts and much more.
Tokaji Wine Festival 2011 in Full Swing
The Tokaji Wine Festival (Tokaji Borok Fesztiválja) is ongoing. It opened yesterday, and it will last till Sunday, May 29, 2011.
Invitation to Budapest: Duna Karnevál 2011
This year 11 foreign ensembles with nearly 400 artists will be performing at the carnival which will span Budapest and beyond.
Hungary President Schmitt Endorses Global Leaders for Tourism Campaign
Hungarian President Pal Schmitt last week became one of the first European leaders to sign up for the joint World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) and World Tourism Organization’s (UNWTO) Global Leaders for Tourism Campaign. Earlier this month, President Schmitt had been presented with a letter from the UNTWO Secretary General Taleb Rifai, which stressed […]
Wizz Air Strengthens Its Markets
Wizz Air announced a number of new flights and new operating bases for 2011.
Wintertime Is Spa Time in Hungary
Hungary has many wonderful cultural and natural wonders to entice visitors, but none more impactful than her warm spas and springs. For a Winter getaway, surely no place can be more appealing than a spa experience that is literally out of another world. Budapest’s warm spas will heal what ails you.
Fraser Residence Opens In Heart of Budapest
Frasers Hospitality announces the opening of their latest residences in Budapest. In what is a massive expansion initiative by the Singapore company, Eastern Europe becomes one focus of a global hospitality company’s outreach. Fraser Residences Budapest puts business and transient professionals in the heart of what is one of Europe’s biggest emerging economies.