New routes for Malev

Malev, the Hungarian Airlines introduced its new summer timetable, including some new routes or more frequent flights.
New routes :
St. Peterburg Russia, 2 flight weekly,
Iasi Romania, 5 flight weekly till Jun, than 6, that's a new OneWorld destination as well
Amman, Jordan 2 flights weekly

More frequent :
Hamburg 2 times daily
Rome 2 times daily
Zagreb 20 times weekly
Thesaloniki and Tirana 13 times weekly
and more flights to Helsinki, Buchurest and Varna

Codeshare flight to Moscow with Aeroflot Seremetevo airport 2 times daily

And new summer destinations : Malaga (2times weekly) and Split (5times weekly)

MotoGP track won't open in 2009

Tamas Suchman said today that the MotoGP race in 2009 in Balatonring is not a possible option.
The project is 50/50% between the hungarian state and the spanish investor Sedesa.
But Sedesa, whom wanted to finance the racetrack from bank loan, did not ask for a bank loan by that time, so the hungarian state see the project will have a delay until next year.

The MotoGP track, so called Balatonring is going to be build near the lake balaton, heviz bath and flybalaton airport. Originally planned to be able to host MotoGP race in 2009.
The original plans should have to be revised anyway, since Flybalaton airport is closed due to weak traffic, as Ryanair cancelled balaton flights during winter, but it won't be working from spring as it seems. The company behind the airport has huge depts, and Ryanair is not sure to reopen the balaton route. The hungarian tourism organization also decided to support bus tours in 2009, rather than flying.

Train in the skanzen in szentendre

New attraction in skanzen , szentendre

New vehicle will help to discover the Open Air Museum, called Skanzen, in Szentendre, which's lying on 60acres from 8th April.
The old Ganz mototrain will go around on a 2kms long track , there are going to be 5 stops, the first stop is the main entrance of course.
The train will be authentic , as the mototrain from the 1920s, the conductors, tickets all will be the same as in the 1920s.

And a good news : the train is totally accessable by babystrollers, by wheelchair so you'd better go and check out the new attraction on the Easter Holiday, as there will be much more to see and do in the Skanzen.

more on Easter
more about the Skanzen

Airshow in Kecskemet cancelled in 2009

Due to money saving, the minister of the hungarian military force cancelled the annual Airshow.
The airshow was a very popular summer event in Kecskemet, where people could see fighting planes, helicopters, aircommandos in action, not only western european or US models but good old soviets MIGs and MILs as well.
www.repulonap.hu

Conductors arrested in Budapest

Four conductor in the Budapest metro has been arrested today.
Police looked for the conductors for days now to catch them in action.
They were asked foreign tourists to pay fines to them, without any receipt/invoice, or give sold them fake tickets for high prices.

Police caught the conductors as they fined two foreign tourist for 6000 forints and as the tourists did not have only 5000, they took the money.

It is an ongoing problem in Budapest that conductors on underground,tram,buses did not speak languages and sometime they ask fake fines tourists. And if someone do not want to pay they go rude.
The Budapest Transport Co is using CCTV cameras and security stuff to keep the transit system safe both for passengers and employees.
Visitors,travellers should have to report all problem to local police station or their country's embassy in Budapest.

Ophelie found dead

Budapest police announced that they found a dead body in the danube, near the island of Csepel and the dead female body is Ophelie, the missing french girl.



Ophélie Bretnacher went missing on 4th dec, 2008. The girl was partying with other fellow students in the dohany street, when last seen. Several CCD TV film showed the girl as she's leaving her bag on the entrance of the Chain Bridge, but noone can say that she actually went to the bridge.
The hungarian police was searching for eyewitnesses partnered with french police investigators, the fellow students made search on the internet without success.
There were many phone calls to the police, that they saw the girl in Romania, different places in Budapest...but no clues. Until now, although if the body is Ophelie's , the reason is still hidding.

Low on budget high on experience

How to spend a relaxing week in 2009 to save money and have family fun?

Try rural holidays in Hungary!
Hungary has many really pretty and cosy villages, near or far from big cities, like you can get a nice village house near lake balaton or budapest as well, as you can get it in the eastern part of the country.



if you'd like to have more people around you, try one near the lake balaton.
These houses are well equipped, with full kitchen, tv, bathroom so nothing that rural.
And much cheaper than a hotel. A complete house around 10000 HUF per day (suits for 4-5persons). That is only 2000-2500 HUF per day only, which is nearly 20euro in these days (1EUR=300HUF).

If you prefer less noise and tourits, try a real rural area.
The people are nice and friendly (although do not speak maybe other language only hungarian), the natural surroundings are original and rich in forests, rivers, creeks, birds.
You can sleep well and wake up for song of the birds, can take shorter-longer walks, fishing, biking (usually can rent bikes from the owner), horse riding or simply discover the village and nearby cities, sights.

If you are interested in a low budget high experience holiday...
contact us for prices and possibilities.