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Relaxed Indian style at Mandragora Boutique Hostel, Budapest
The Mandragora Boutique Hostel is a home-from-home of the Pest side of the Hungarian capital, Budapest, decorated in modern style with a nod towards India and super friendly and helpful staff – read on...
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Sour cherry soup at Salföld in Hungary
On our recent holiday near Lake Balaton in Hungary, we ventured away from the lake a little to the picturesque village of Salföld, where I had a chance to try this Sour Cherry soup. We found a pleasant...
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Memento park – Icons of Budapest’s communist past
What do you do with all your iconic communist statues when they’re no longer welcome in the squares and parks of central Budapest? At Memento Park they’ve found a great solution – banish them to the...
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Hotel or Art Gallery? – review of Art’otel, Budapest – video
Art’otel Budapest, on the banks of the River Danube, is a hotel that wears two faces. From the front you’ll enter a flat, modern stone and glass frontage similar to many a modern city centre hotel. But...
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Thermal springs and rubber rings at Hévíz – in Hungary
It was a somewhat surreal experience floating around in warm water of the the thermal lake at Hévíz in Hungary, among the drifts of water lillies with a sulphurous waft of rotten eggs in the air. We...
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The Festetics Palace and the marzipan museum at Keszthely – in Hungary
During our family holiday at Lake Balaton in Hungary, we took a day trip to Keszthely, an elegant resort on the shores of the Lake Balaton where the main tourist attraction is a pretty 18th century...
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My Top 10 sights in Budapest with the help of the Eyewitness Guide from...
For short European city-breaks, one of my favourite guide books has to be the Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Top 10 series – read on for my review of the Budapest Guide and some of the things we enjoyed...
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Lángos and other street food – in Hungary
If you’re visiting Budapest, you might be looking for a cheap and tasty snack that’s typically Hungarian – look no further than the Lángos, pronounced Lang-gosh (I’m sure the Hungarian speakers out...
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Hungarian goulash and other one pot cooking
Every night of our family holiday at Hullam Hostel on the shores of Lake Ballaton in Hungary, we ate the stew that the hostel served up, cooked in a huge cooking pot over the open fire. The weather was...
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Boot slapping, skirt twirling, Hungarian folk dancing – at the Festival of...
On our visit to Budapest in August 2010, we did the usual tourist thing of visiting the main sites of the Castle district and came across the Festival of Folk Arts that’s held in the area around the...
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Lake Ballaton days at Hullám Hostel in Hungary
When travelling with our teenagers, we often choose a private room in a stylish and family-friendly hostel over an apartment or hotel, which is how we came to select Hullám Hostel in Révfülöp for our...
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15 Hungary holiday podcast – Budapest and Lake Balaton
In Podcast No 15 in my travel podcast series, you’ll hear about my week’s holiday in Hungary starting and ending in Budapest with a few days in between at Lake Balaton, a large freshwater lake that’s a...
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Where Heather will be travelling in Spring 2013?
With 2012 behind us it’s time to look forward to exciting travel plans for 2013 – doesn’t everyone like to have something to look forward to? I want to share with you where I’ll be heading this spring...
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If it’s Friday it must be….a weekend in Budapest with Avios
If it’s Friday it must be …. Budapest? I’m lucky to live close enough to Heathrow Airport to escape for a weekend break and a change of scene as the fancy takes me. Somewhere like Budapest, for...
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Just back from Budapest – my photo diary
I’m recovering of a whirlwind long weekend in Budapest – my motto is that if you only have a short time to enjoy a destination, pack in the fun and have a rest when you get back home! A big thanks goes...
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From Cold War Canteen to Literary Salon – Five great places to eat out in...
For three sisters who’d escaped our families and kitchens for a weekend away, eating out in Budapest was an easy decision. The restaurants are gloriously affordable by UK standards and whether you want...
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Luxury and location – our spring break at the Intercontinental Budapest – video
For me, a wonderful hotel is an essential ingredient of a city-break like the one I’ve just returned from in Budapest. I sometimes hear people say “Just give me somewhere clean and comfortable to come...
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Folk art and Paprika – my souvenirs of Budapest
When I travel it’s my pleasure to shop for small souvenirs that create memories of my travels. They have to be light and fun, because who wants to be burdened with too much stuff, spend a lot of money...
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48 Hours in Budapest – top things to see on a spring break – video
Last time I was in Budapest it was summertime, with thunderstorms threatening to crack the warm humidity and we took the children to watch the Hungarian folk dancing for the St Stephen’s day festival....
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Culture and clubbing – my 18 year old daughter hits the town in Budapest
In this article, my daughter shares some of the things she enjoyed on a short break to Budapest, seen through the eyes of an 18 year old. Of course Sophie-Anne and her friend Emma spent their evenings...
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