Firm profile

Our Hungary Ltd is an internationally oriented firm based in London with aspirations to develop the tourism potential of Hungary since its accession to the European Union in 2004.
 
Elvira Kistamás's vision is to introduce tourists to the wealth of cultural experiences that have come from Hungary's glorious history during the Austro-Hungarian Empire as well as the rapidly developing contemporary scene.
 
During this summer she has travelled to many of the attractive locations in the capital city of Budapest and about the countryside in the different counties and terrains. Her compilation of original photographs provides a tantalising insight to these tourism opportunities.
 
The company website is at http://www.ourhungary.co.uk
This page presents an immediate access to six scenes of Budapest and seven scenes about the country.
 
Clicking the computer mouse on each photograph links to a further page with locations identified in English and in Hungarian translation. The language is so rare that it is an exotic tongue in Europe.
 
The next picture link is to the powerful River Danube with several interesting bridges. The Chain Bridge is a virtual replica of William Tierney Clark's Marlow Bridge design, built by Adam Clark, and shows that Hungary was at the forefront of design and industrial manufacturing.
 
The river is a major artery through the heart of the country and supplies the capital with an ever flowing pageant of riverboats and trade.
In September the expanse of water between the bridges is the venue for a daredevil competition of aerial acrobatics.
The backdrop to these is the celebrated Gellért Hotel and Spa.
 
Dining out in Budapest and throughout Hungary is an enormous pleasure with famous dishes, fine wines, beers and spirits. The distinctive and hearty fare of times past is joined with modern introductions for all tastes and cultures including cosmopolitan tastes and organic, vegetarian cuisine.
 
Many of Budapest's museums and art galleries competed historically with the best in London, Vienna and Paris. The grand and decorative styles of past centuries are preserved for modern times. The pictures on the museums and galleries web-page each link to the websites of the respective locations.
http://www.ourhungary.co.uk/museums.html
 
If leisure is your aim then the spas of Hungary are among the finest. http://www.ourhungary.co.uk/spaleisure.html 

Summer, Autumn, Winter or Spring, there is always time to relax and pamper the body and relax the mind at a Hungarian Spa.

Budapest is well served by airlines, rail and river with tour buses, trams and three underground
lines. The currency is at present the Hungarian forint but membership of the European Union ensures that the Euro will gradually be introduced as the economies of Europe are harmonised.
 
Of the seven destinations outside Budapest the first website link is to Szentendre which is a colourful Baroque town with picturesque streets, museums, little boutiques and confectionery shops. Historically it has been settled by people from neighbouring cultures as the waves of travellers, traders and settlers have each introduced something unique to the city.
 
Next is Visegrad. This historical site was used by regional kings for meetings with a secure location on the heights of the Solomon Tower and Castle overlooking the River Danube. Tourists can arrive by river cruiser.
 
For equestrian pursuits travel to Bugac Puszta which is part of the Kiskunsági National Park with village style accommodation, a protected environment for equestrian pursuits and angling lakes. Regional cuisine in can be found in a traditional Puszta restaurant - the Csárda.
The expanses of the flat landscape contrast with the mountainous regions.
 
Hungary has had the wisdom to collect excellent folk buildings of the country and to relocate then in the Open-Air Ethnographic Museum, or Skanzen. It is the largest such collection in Hungary with 340 buildings relocated from around ten regions. Folk handicrafts are displayed.
 
And so to Eger which has a Baroque town centre and a heritage of influences from its long history. There is also a spa culture and the surrounding area is a wine producing region.
 
Another idyllic setting is Hollókö which is a Unesco protected heritage site. It is a living museum with a Post House, Weaving House and Village Museum. Visitors may stay in several of the houses.
 
The seventh destination is Esztergom on the River Danube. The Cathedral was rebuilt in the 19th century in Classical style. The famous Bakócz Chapel was built of red marble. Mária Valéria Bridge has recently reopened a link with Slovakia across the River Danube. The new link to Slovakia strengthens ties that had existed when Budapest, Bratislava, Prague and Vienna competed for cultural supremacy.
 
Elvira Kistamás has served her apprenticeships with online travel and national carriers. She has added to her expansive knowledge of Hungarian culture a light hearted and dedicated understanding of the British way of life here in London. Now that Hungary is once again a full-blooded European partner it is a place to travel with much to see that has been lost over the last half century.

Catch up on what you have been missing, you can make a booking with Our Hungary Ltd today!

Welcome to you all.