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Budapest Airport Eclipses Passenger Traffic Expectations

2019-12-29 by Argophilia Travel News

Budapest, Hungary

Budapest Airport just welcomed its 16-millionth passenger, marking the highest-ever number of passengers served in the airport’s history.

Tags: Budapest, Budapest Airport, Budapest flights, Budapest travel, Budapest trips, Europe airports, Hungary flights, Hungary Travel, Kam Jandu

Budapest Airport Offers Up VIP Services

2018-02-06 by Argophilia Travel News

Budapest Airport has opened a new VIP service which offers exclusivity, relaxation, comfort and the personal touch, and more.

Tags: Budapest, Budapest Airport, Budapest flights, Budapest travel

Wizz Air Launches New Budapest to Frankfurt Flights

2017-02-14 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Wizz Air

Budget airline Wizz Air has announced daily service from Frankfurt to Budapest. The Hungarian capital welcomed some 800,000 visitors last month, which was an all time high for January. So the expansion of Wizz Air service is more good news.

Tags: Budapest, Budapest flights, Frankfurt airlines, Frankfurt flights, Wizz Air

See the Széchenyi Baths with a Touch of SPArty

2016-04-28 by Mihaela Lica Butler

Cinetrip SPArty

Thermal bath parties are the new Budapest craze, and the trend gets hotter and hotter.

Tags: Budapest, SPArty, Széchenyi Baths

Wizz Air Announces New City Connects

2016-03-02 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Wizz Air

Travelers headed from Budapest to Sofia will be able to book Wizz Air flights starting November 1st. According to news from the airline, the new service will connect the two capitals three days a week.

Tags: airlines, Budapest, fights, Sophia, Wizz Air

Top Festivals in Budapest This Spring

2015-04-13 by Mihaela Lica Butler

Budapest cherry blossoms

Palinka festivals, music, arts and crafts, and other interesting events are waiting for you in Budapest this Spring.

Tags: Budapest, festivals, Spring

A Perfect Day in Budapest

2014-09-06 by Argo Contributor

Out over the Danube - courtesy Alina Lisina

Can you imagine a massive restaurant inside a huge museum? Well that’s Budapest – a city of food and history. You will fall in love with it right away, after just a leisurely stroll along the Danube embankment, with its magnificent views of the Buda Castle , the Parliament and other historical buildings or after walking down the pedestrian street Vaci Utca, full of tempting mouth-watering smells from hundreds of cafes and restaurants.

Tags: Boscolo Hotel, Buda Castle, Budapest, Budapest attractions, Budapest tourism, Halászbástya, Hungary Travel, Mamaison Hotels, New York Café, Széchenyi Baths

This Week Sziget Festival “Island of Freedom” Beckons

2014-08-11 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Sziget Festival Official

Beginning today and lasting through Sunday, the Sziget Festival – Island of Freedom kicks off with a stellar lineup of entertainers. Hundreds of thousands will invade Budapest for one of the biggest party/cultural celebrations on Earth.

Tags: Budapest, Budapest events, Budapest music, Europe events, music fests, Sziget Festival

Budapest’s Sziget Festival 2014 Celebrates Berlin

2014-07-30 by Mihaela Lica Butler

Sziget Festival

The popular Sziget Festival opens its gates on August 11, 2014, becoming one of the main reasons for you to visit Budapest this Summer.

Tags: Budapest, festivals and events, Sziget Festival, Visit Budapest

Hungary’s 4th TeSzedd Mozgalom (YouPick Campaign)

2014-05-10 by Aleksandr Shatskih

This weekend Budapest kicks off their part of the Europe-wide Let’s Clean Up Europe initiative with it’s own TeSzedd Mozgalom (YouPick) campaign. Organized by Hungary’s National Waste Management Agency is running the 4th segment of anti-litter initiative with this year’s. An all volunteer event running 9-11 May, the campaign descended on the City Park.

Tags: Budapest, Budapest cleanup, Budapest events, Hungary events

Budapest and Riga Offer Best Christmas Markets in 2013

2013-12-13 by Aleksandr Shatskih

2010 Patricia LTD, Riga

According to Post Office Travel Money’s Christmas Market Barometer 2013, Budapest (Hungary) and Riga (Latvia) are the best value destinations for a festive city break.

Tags: Brussels, Budapest, cheapest european city, cheapest european city break, cheapest winter city break, Christmas Market Barometer, Lille, Prague, Riga

Discovering Budapest, Europe’s Top Budget Travel Destination

2013-12-04 by Argo Contributor

Budapest and the Danube

The city has everything from naturally occurring hot springs, to enormous ornate buildings, the beauty of the Danube and a thriving night scene.

Tags: Budapest, budget travel, Bulgaria, destinations, Europe

National Gallop to Start in Budapest on September, 20

2013-09-17 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Hungarians are really proud of their equestrian traditions and Budapest holds an annual cultural event celebrating it. The National Gallop will take place this year between 20-22 September in the Heroes’ Square. The event is the biggest Hungarian equestrian festival and the program is quite colorful. The participants will be able to taste specific Hungarian […]

Tags: Budapest, equestrian festival, equestrian show, Hungary, National Gallo

Wizz Air Launched New Budapest-Malta Low Cost Route

2013-01-24 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Wizz Air aircraft.

Low-cost airline Wizz Air, one of the top players in the low-fare market of Central and Eastern Europe, has announced the addition of a new route to its flight map, the Budapest-Malta route. Flights between the Hungarian Capital and the island of Malta will debut on May 17th, 2013, and the route will initially be operated twice a week.

Tags: air travel, airlines, Budapest, flight routes, Malta

The Best Europe You’ll Ever See: Courtesy the Blue Danube

2013-01-19 by Phil Butler

Avalon Panorama Sky Deck

Winter has set in for everyone in the Northern Hemisphere on Mother Earth. And for the traveler, visions of the next great journey away from inherent cabin fever are surely arising now. Discover Europe! Your sixth travel sense may be saying, and what better way than traversing most of it, in comfort, and style. Is this a sales pitch? Well no, we don’t work for Avalon Waterways, we just know travel. Read on, this is good stuff.

Tags: Amsterdam, Avalon Waterways, Bratislava, Budapest, Cologne travel, Danube cruises, Europe cruises, Europe travel, Hungary Travel, River Cruises, Slovakia, Vienna

The Art Market, Budapest – 8th to 11th November, 2012

2012-10-30 by Aleksandr Shatskih

View of Buda side of Budapest with the Castle

The Art Market, Budapest, Hungary is an annual event staged every year. Be sure to visit the 2012 event which is held between 8th to 11th November.

Tags: art, Budapest, event, Hungary, market

OLT Express Courts Dresden – Budapest Tourists

2012-10-29 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Palais im Grossen Garten

Budapest has seen several air carries fly in to the Hungarian capital of late. The most recent new carrier, OLT Express, having arrived from Dresden just the other day. Budapest was last connected with the southeastern Germany city decades ago via recently defunct Interflugand Malév.

Tags: Budapest, Budapest travel, Dresden, Dresden travel, Hungary tourism, Hungary Travel

Reasons to Visit Eastern Europe Now

2012-04-18 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Albanian Beach

Europe is fascinating, complex and diverse but also a place of contrasts and sometimes mysteries. Less popular and unjustly undervalued, the East of Europe actually provides an authentic travel experience from the different ranges of cultures and historical landmarks here, to surprising landscapes, warm hospitality and undiscovered places. Like so many undiscovered treasures, Eastern Europe is all set to enthrall new-found friends.

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U.S. Traveler’s Guide to Eastern Europe

2012-04-12 by Guest Author

St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.

It may be named as simply another section of the European continent but Eastern Europe holds a unique history and an appeal all its own for travelers from the United States. Plagued by conflict and with its people heavily oppressed for much of its history and until as few as 20 years ago in some regions, Eastern Europe in 2012 is a beautiful place of humble and hearty people amidst some of the most breathtaking backdrops, from cityscapes to country roads, in the world.

Tags: Budapest, Eastern Europe, Hungary Travel, Latvia, Latvia travel, rail travel, Riga, Russia travel, St. Petersburg, U.S.S.R.

March’s Most Popular Eastern European Destinations

2012-03-26 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Europe’s largest hotel search website, Trivago.com has recently launched March report regarding European hotels prices. According trivago Hotel Price Index (tHPI), prepared each month, spring season shows an increase as regards Eastern European destinations.

Tags: Budapest, Bulgaria travel, Croatia travel, dubrovnik, Eastern Europe hotels, Eastern Europe travel, Estonia travel, Hungary tourism, Istanbul, Krakow, Ljubljana, Poland travel, Sarajevo, Sofia, spring events, Tallinn, Turkey Travel

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