Gyöngyös and Matra Region
GYÖNGYÖS, MÁTRA REGION, HUNGARY A Wine Town and the Hills Above It Gyöngyös sits at the foot of the Mátra, the point where the [...]
Brunszvik Castle
MARTONVÁSÁR, FEJÉR COUNTY, HUNGARY Where the Brunszviks Built a Garden for Beethoven Martonvásár sits on flat farmland in Fejér County, roughly 30 kilometres [...]
Balaton Lake
LAKE BALATON, VESZPRÉM COUNTY, HUNGARY Slow Down at the Hungarian Sea Lake Balaton stretches some 77 kilometres along Hungary's Transdanubian heart, wide enough [...]
Cistercian Abbey of Zirc
ZIRC, VESZPRÉM COUNTY, HUNGARY A Cistercian Abbey in the Bakony Hills Set high in the wooded ridges of the Bakony Mountains, halfway between [...]
Royal Palace of Gödöllő
GÖDÖLLŐ, PEST COUNTY, HUNGARY Where Queen Sisi Came Home Just thirty kilometres north-east of Budapest, where the wide plain of central Hungary rises [...]
Smolenice Castle
SMOLENICE CASTLE, TRNAVA REGION, SLOVAKIA A Romantic Castle on the Eastern Slope of the Little Carpathians Where the long ridge of the Little [...]
Čachtice Castle
ČACHTICE CASTLE, TRENČÍN REGION, SLOVAKIA A Hilltop Ruin and the Legend of the Blood Countess In the northern foothills of the Little Carpathians, [...]