THERE are more ways than ever to explore a holiday destination – trams, horse-drawn carts, Segways, vintage cars, bicycles – but there are some streets that should be seen on foot so pack your walking shoes and prepare to pound the pavement. Budapest Budapest’s Andrassy Ut stretches 2.5km from Heroes Square to Erzsebet Square withContinue reading “Where to wander …”
Category Archives: Hungary
Hotels with history …
THERE’S a trend in Melbourne – well, a mini trend, at least – with the Victorian capital’s newest hotels moving into territory that once served a different purpose. The shiny new Sheraton Melbourne Hotel (below) sits on the Little Collins St site of the bygone Naval and Military Club, a 127-year-old institution that once counted SirContinue reading “Hotels with history …”
Danube River …
Where … Budapest, Hungary When … August 16, 2009 What … The view along the Danube River to Chain Bridge and the Hungarian parliament building from the deck of Uniworld’s River Beatrice at the start of an eight-day cruise north to the German city of Passau. Visit the Uniworld website … posted March 14, 2015
Far Near Or Here 