Hungary, Budapest, Budapest, Pest
"Enormous, central and luxurious, the Kempinski Hotel surprises with a warmer welcome than its glittering facade suggests."
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Hungary is brimming with a strong sense of Magyar pride, evident from the grand buildings of Budapest and refined elegance of Pecs and Eger right down to the smallest hamlet. Famed for excellent wines, thermal spas and luxury hotels, it also has a rich cultural heritage of art galleries and museums.
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Hungary, Budapest, Budapest, Pest
"Enormous, central and luxurious, the Kempinski Hotel surprises with a warmer welcome than its glittering facade suggests."
From EUR 340.00
per room per night
Hungary, Budapest, Budapest, Buda
"Intriguing architecture and panoramic views over Budapest's grandiose centre elevates this luxe hotel from the Hilton standard."
From EUR 190.00
per room per night
Hungary, Budapest, Budapest, Pest
"Clubby spa hotel on the Margaret island, quiet and out-of-the-way"
From EUR 120.00
per room per night
Hungary, Budapest, Budapest, Pest
"In embassy-land a little out of the centre, attractive rooms and large, luxurious suites"
From EUR 150.00
per room per night
Hungary, Budapest, Budapest, Pest
"Grand old Austro-Hungarian pile, well-renovated, good value, good business facilities"
From EUR 130.00
per room per night
The Baths of Budapest | Dea Birkett | Hungary, Budapest, Budapest
Aaaaah. Mmmmm. I was in ecstasy. My body felt exquisite, my limbs as loose a rag doll's. My skin was as soft as a Persian carpet. I was indulging in the torrid heat of a thermal bath...
'Bruderscaft' Sneezing in Budapest | Vitali Vitaliev | Hungary, Budapest, Budapest
"Ah-tishoo!" I was woken by my own sneeze and realised, with horror, that I had the 'flu. I looked out of the window. It was early morning. My train - 'Pannonia Express' - was stationary. A sign with a frightening word 'Szekesfehervar' was in front of me. A station name like that could exist only in one country - Hungary.
Budapest: The Shock of the Old | Neville Walker | Hungary, Budapest, Budapest
I drove into the city as a rosy dusk was settling over it, my destination a hotel on the riverbank facing directly the city’s famously extravagant parliament building
Budapest: Know Before you Go | Graeme Harwood | Hungary, Budapest, Budapest
More than any other European capital city, Budapest is horribly easy to get wrong
Budapest | Simon Busch | Hungary, Budapest, Budapest
A visit to the statue park is memorable not only for the bitter-sweet atmosphere of failed utopianism emanated by these monuments, like the last surviving beasts of a redundant species corralled in a zoo
'Hallo' and Goodbye | Ben Mallalieu | Hungary, Budapest, Budapest
Going to Hungary for their royal train service, Mallalieu finds a country speaking their own language, but only barely succeeding
The Many-Hued Danube | John Borthwick | Hungary, Budapest, Budapest
The dining options veer from veal paprikash to, well, Burger a la King. Meanwhile, the background music might be Franz Liszt or a busker doing goulash Johnny Cash. Oddly, nowhere do I hear the Blue Danube Waltz
Hungarian Csikos | Jasper Winn | Hungary, other regions of Hungary, Hungarian Plains
In the dusk we heard the distant snare-drum roll of hooves. A herd on the horizon galloped towards where we stood by a water-crane, a barn and a small hut
Where the Land Meets the Sky | Jasper Winn | Hungary, other regions of Hungary, Hungarian Plains
Theirs is an operatically flamboyant outfit; though any temptation to poke fun at the csikós' costume tends to die on the lips when one notes their three-meter, heavy-lashed whips
Just Plain Riding | Jasper Winn | Hungary, other regions of Hungary, Hungarian Plains
A single tree, a grazing bull, even a large bird, can landmark the straight-running skyline like a sudden jump in a flat-drawn line. It makes for Europe's ultimate riding country