Easter tour of Budapest for wordgame winner

Mondial will be taking the lucky winner of The Times wordgame series starting today on an Easter tour to the peaceful and bustling metropolis of Budapest.

Leaving Malta on April 9, the tour will also visit Austria on an optional full day excursion, passing by numerous important buildings such as the Belvedere Castle, the UNO City, parliament, the Opera House, Hundertwasserhouse and the imposing St Stephen Cathedral in the city centre. There will be a short stop at the Prater Luna Park to see the symbol of the city, the Giant Ferris Wheel.

In Budapest, the tour will visit the Danube Bend in an optional excursion. Driving through wonderful scenery, the coach will go to the Visegrad where the former Royal Palace is an attraction. The tour then continues to Esthergom, the centre of Hungary's Catholic Church. The basilica has gold religious items dating back 1,000 years. The last stop will be in Szentendre. The town centre is lively with buildings and shops preserved in vivid colours.

There will also be an optional excursion to Lake Balaton, also called the sea of the Hungarians, driving past picturesque countryside. At the centre of this popular summer resort, the national park and the abbey founded in 1051 will be visited.

There will be an optional half day city tour of Budapest. Passing by the parliament the tour will cross the Danube via Margaret Bridge driving to the Royal Castle on the Buda side, where the fishermen's bastion and the Mathias church will be visited. After a stop at the citadel, the tour will cross Elisabeth bridge and drive through the city park towards Hero's square.

To make the winner's holiday complete, the winner will also receive a Lm50 MIA shopping voucher to spend at the tax free centre.

The winner will also get a year's membership in the Scrabble Club.

The nine letter words of the series which ended last Saturday were underfoot, farmstead, contrived, rearguard, freelance and sweetmeat.