European hotel rates on the rise

The average hotel price in Europe for a standard double is €102 in February 2010, according to research from price comparison site Trivago.- 11/02/2010, News & Advice

Lisbon retains its position as top hostel spot of the world

Portugal's capital was home to five of the top ten worldwide hostels recognized at this year's "HOScars".- 27/01/2010, News & Advice

Champions League preview: Liverpool and Arsenal key battles

Liverpool face a must-win game against Debrecen in Budapest on Tuesday as they look to keep alive their slim hopes of Champions League progression. here or click the image to launch our guide. Meanwhile Arsenal need just a draw against Standard Liege at the Emirates Stadium to book their place in the last 16. Here we take a look at the key ...- 23/11/2009, European

The Paper Bridge: A Return to Budapest, By Monica Porter

Paper is the great tool any writer must use to build bridges, and the bridges Monica Porter must build are many and complex. Chief among them is one between her chosen life in London and her cultural heritage from that historically beleaguered nation at the meeting point of east and west, Hungary. - 22/11/2009, Reviews

Skal Ecotourism Awards presented to the greenest in tourism

The 8th annual Skal International Ecotourism Awards were given November 9 to highlight the best practices in ecotourism around the world among tour operators, accomodations and transportation providers, corporations and more, both public and private.- 14/11/2009, New Articles

Head east for Christmas shopping bargains, says survey

Britons banking on pre-Christmas shopping bargains should head for the former Eastern Bloc countries, it was revealed today. Twenty years on from the fall of the Berlin Wall, shopping in the German city is cheaper than in Paris, a survey by Post Office travel services showed. And items in cities such as Prague and Budapest and the Polish cities of...- 11/11/2009, News & Advice

Album: Brahms, Symphony No 1/Variations... (Channel Classics)

Lest there be any confusion over how Ivan Fischer views Brahms, this disc begins with his highly spiced, string orchestra arrangement of Hungarian Dance No 14. - 18/10/2009, Reviews

Proud to be plastic: The 'improved' beauty contest

It had to happen: a beauty contest for the surgically enhanced. The inevitable took place in Budapest on Friday night, when the city staged Miss Plastic Hungary. And, since behind every cosmetically amended woman there is a surgeon, there were prizes for the scalpel-wielders, too.- 11/10/2009, Europe

Prom 44: Budapest Festival Orchestra/ Fischer, Royal Albert Hall, London

The woodwind and brass of the Budapest Festival Orchestra gave advance notice of their prowess in a tiny madrigal-like offering – a sort of musical monogram - before the main event. Did it, I’m wondering, incorporate their own national anthem? Or some other nationalistic tune fashioned in the bygone style of the nation’s birth? ...- 19/08/2009, Reviews

48 Hours In: Budapest

Click here for 48 Hours In...Budapest map With influences as diverse as ancient Rome, Austria and Turkey, the city astride the Danube has many absorbing dimensions – from confectionery to communist relics. While Britain cools down, Hungary's capital will prove welcoming and warm well into autumn – ideal for spending a day on eit...- 15/08/2009, 48 Hours In

Massa leaves Brazilian hospital after tests

Injured Ferrari driver Felipe Massa left the hospital in Sao Paulo yesterday after a series of medical tests ruled out the need for further surgery, his personal physician said. Massa, who fractured his skull and suffered concussion following an accident during qualifying at last month's Hungarian Grand Prix, underwent the tests after arriving...- 05/08/2009, Motor Racing

Massa leaves hospital after accident

Injured Formula One driver Felipe Massa left a Budapest hospital after nine days of treatment today, boarding a private jet home to Brazil on his own feet. Ferrari's Massa, who fractured his skull in an accident during qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix, was seen smiling and shaking hands with officials at Budapest's Ferihegy Internationa...- 03/08/2009, Motor Racing

Five luxury Bauhaus hotels

Set just outside Aspen, this sleek resort boasts spectacular views of the Rockies and summer walking trails along nearby Roaring Fork River. The hotel's simple, modern d�cor echoes the white cubist exterior, the creation of an Austrian Bauhaus architect in the 1950s. The recently renovated suites have a subdued neutral d�cor and floor-to-ceil...- 01/08/2009, Europe

Massa to return home on Monday

Injured Formula One driver Felipe Massa is doing "very well" and will be flown back to Brazil on Monday, his personal physician said today. "Felipe continues to improve. He is doing very well and we already decided to go back home (Brazil) on Monday," physician Dino Altmann told reporters in front of Budapest's AEK military ho...- 31/07/2009, Motor Racing

Glock eyes Hungary podium repeat

Timo Glock is hoping this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix can kick start his season back into life, exactly as it did a year ago. Approaching the race in Budapest at the start of last August, the 27-year-old had failed to score in nine of the first 10 grands prix. But Glock secured the first podium of his career at the Hungaroring with second ...- 23/07/2009, Motor Racing