October 10, 2011

Hungary: Central Europe's family favourite - Europe, Travel - The Independent

Hungary: Central Europe's family favourite - Europe, Travel - The Independent
Our fortnight ends in Hungary's north-west corner, where the town of Sopron is closer to Vienna than Budapest. The opulence of nearby Ezterhazy Palace – Haydn's home for 24 years – reflects the former empire's "Austro" side. We lunch at the Raspi restaurant, with a different estate wine for each course. Then we take to a canoe and explore Lake Ferto. Water snakes wriggle across our bows and kingfishers zip along reed corridors, as guide Balazs Molnar explains how this wetland stretches into neighbouring Austria.

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