Mother's Day

In Hungary, Mother's Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of May.
Mother's Day is a celebration honoring mothers and celebrating motherhood, maternal bonds and the influence of mothers in society.

We would like to wish Happy Mother's Day with this bouquet of flowers.

Pálinka Fesztivál 2012

2012 is the year of apricot

As a continuing tradition, apricot and apricot pálinka plays the leading role in the 7th Annual Pálinka Festival of Budapest between May the 10th and 13th, 2012. Our visitors will have the chance of tasting hundreds of different spirits. In addition to that, this year they can taste the Apricot Pálinka of the Year. This blend of the best pálinkas of Hungary will be available for tasting at the Castle of Buda for the first time.

Programs:

10 MAY - THURSDAY
6 pm PUF Akusztik                          8 pm Ocho Macho Akusztik

11 MAY - FRIDAY
6 pm Punnany Massif           8 pm Mystery Gang

12 MAY - SATURDAY
6 pm K2                                          8 pm Kowalsky meg a Vega Akusztik

13 MAY - SUNDAY
6 pm Balkan Fanatik            8 pm Fábián Juli & Zoohacker Orchestra    

Easter

Happy Easter to all!

Easter Programs in Budapest:

• The Easter Market on Vörösmarty Tér 
• The annual Easter Market at the Museum of Ethnography
• Easter in Buda Castle
• Special programs in the Budapest Zoo 

Easter Traditions in Hungary:

• Egg painting
• Egg decorating
• Traditional Easter meals include boiled smoked ham, horseradish, boiled eggs, potato salad and Easter bred 
• on Easter Sunday the Easter bunny brings presents for kids 
• on Easter Monday the boys visited the girls, recited a poem and doused them with buckets of water to ensure they become good wives and bare many children.
  

Design, shopping, Gouba!

Gouba? Yes, Gouba!

This wonderful event is a perfect for all fashion and design lovers in Budapest.

It's a unique free market organized every Sunday betwen spring and autumn, combined with entertaining street theater and music performances. Meet the best Hungarian designers who bring the myriads  of exciting hand-made accessories, handbags, decoration items and home-made culinary wonders, too.

Date: 25 March 2012. Sunday 10. a.m

Where: Gozsdu udvar (Király utca 13) can be found only 3 minutes walking distance from Best Western Plus Hotel Ambra.

3rd Handmade Hungarian Taste Fair

When: 9-11. March 2012

Where: Millenáris, B épület, Kis Rókus u. 16-20.

The third time organized fair will introduce gastronomy of the seven Hungarian regons and other Hungarian regions beyond the borders: Subcarpathia, Transylvania, and the Southern and Nouthern crossborder Hungarian regions.

Visitors can meet over 120 exhibitors with almost 5000 Hungarian tastes - serving the finest cheeses, hams, sausages, jams, honeys, dried fruits, chocolates, wines and spirits - masterpieces by Hungarian small-scale producers and artisan farmers.

More information about the programs at the reception desk.