PROGRAMS IN BUDAPEST AND EXCURSIONS FROM THE CAPITAL
PROGRAMS AT LAKE BALATON
PACKAGE TOURS, PROFESSIONAL
PROGRAMS
HALF-DAY
SIGHTSEEING
FULL-DAY
SIGHTSEEING
In addition to
the sights in the half-day sightseeing, a stroll in the historical Castle
District, visit to the National Gallery (collection of Hungarian painting and
renowed works of art). Refreshments in a romantic pastry shop.
Hungarian
National Gallery – Collection of Hungarian paintings and sculptures
Hungarian
National Museum – History of the Hungarian nation, The Hungarian Coronation
Reglia
Museum of Fine
Arts – Paintings and sculptures
IN HUNGARY
Light and
classical music concerts, opera, the venues of Budapest Spring Festival,
folklore events, dinner with wine-tasting and folklore program, wine-tasting in
a cellar, disco, visits to youth clubs, fun-fair, swimmingpools, spa, boat trips
on the Danube, visit to the Pálvölgy stalactite caves, night clubs.
Boat trip
accompanied by a one-hour film to see the illuminations of Budapest. As the boat
sails past the buildings along the Danube Embankment, guests can see the sights
of Budapest on film. (The program can be heard in 12 languages with earphones).
The program can be ordered from 1 June to 30 September.
Guests can
admire the unique setting of Budapest, with a ride on the chair-lift and the
children’s railway. Lunch in a tradicional small restaurant.
Visit to an
industrial plant, agricultural cooperative or institute. Lecture, demonstration.
Refreshments on request.
Organization of
friendly meetings or matches in any sport (ball games: football, handball,
basketball, etc.). Refreshments served.
DANUBE BEND BY COACH
Visit to
Esztergom, the oldest Hungarian royal seat and church centre (Basilica,
Christian Museum, Treasury). Guests can admire the breath-taking panorama of the
Danube Bend from above Visegrád. Visit to Szentendre, a town steeped in the
atmosphere of the Middle Ages. Hungarian lunch. Program can be ordered
throughout the year.
Half-day
excursion by bus to the captavating small Baroque town of Szentendre, one of the
centers of the Hungarian fine arts.
Visiting the Museum of Margit Kovács, the Ferenczi Museum and the Open Air
Village Museum.
This program is available all year round. The town can be reached also by a
commuter train.
Full-day
excursion to the north shore of Lake Balaton. Visit to the famous Tihany Abbey.
Badacsony. After lunch, bathing if the weather is fine. Wine sampling in a
romantic inn in the Balaton wine region on the way back. Program can be ordered
from 1 April to 31 October.
Guests are welcomed with a drink in the cellar of the Patkó Inn in Tök. Horse
show, horsherds’ demonstration, five-in-hand, stampeding the herd, opportunity
for riding and carriage rides (sleigh rides in snowy weather). Lunch with wine
sampling accompanied by Gypsy music in the inn. Programm can be ordered
throughout the year.
TRADITIONAL WEDDING
Guests see a
high-standard presentation of folklore, a tradicional peasant wedding feast in
the village’s favourite inn. Entertaining recreation of a big family celebration
with lots of fun. The copious wedding supper is served to the accompaniment of
traditional sayings. Program can be ordered throughout the year.
- EXCURSION IN THE PUSZTA
- PONGRÁCZ MAJOR
The detailed programs in Kunpuszta, Kunszentmiklós see under the ’Great Plain’
heading, horse show.
The scenic beauty of the Danube Bend by boat. Visit to the sights of Esztergom (Basilica,
Christian Museum, Crypt). Refreshments served on the boat.
Visit by coach
to the mediaeval Hungarian royal seat (Royal Palac e, Salamon’s Tower). Panorama
of the Danube Bend from the Citadel.
Szentendre,
a
small town founded by Serbs, a place where many artists work and live.
The oldest
holiday centre of Express, completely refurbished and modernized in 1990, is
located at Verőcemaros on the left bank, at the foot of the Börzsöny Mountains.
Set in the natural environment of a 46-hectare park, the Epress holday village
offers opportunites forrest and recreation.
The castle
tournament held for guests in the court of the royal palace in Visegrád, 14th
century capital of the Hungarian kings, the most beautiful spot in the Danube
Bend, revives the age of chavalry (archery duels, elopement). The program can
also be combined with lunch. Program can be ordered throughout the year.
The “Hungarian
sea” is the largest lake in Central Europe (598 km2). The average depth is 3-
BALATON-HOLIDAY
VILLAGE
H-8242
Balatonudvri-Fövenyes
Open: May
lst-September 30th
80 apartments.
Restaurnt, brasserie, own beach, tennis court. Supervised car parking. The
International Holiday Centre the edge of Balatonudvari on the north shore of
Lake Balaton near the picturesque Tihany peninsula, is located right beside the
lake and has its own sandy beach.
ARANYPART
HOLIDAY HOTEL***
H-8600 Siófok,
Beszédes József sétány 82
Open: All year
round
158 rooms with
bath, radio, TV (with satellite programmes), telephone, refrigerator.
Air-conditioned restaurant and coference room, tennis court, fittnes centre,
sauna. Car park.
PANNONIA HOTEL
NEPTUN***
Open: May
lst-October 15th
40 rooms with
bath, 160 rooms with shower radio, TV (with satellite programmes), telephone,
refrigerator (in 40 rooms). Restaurant, cocktail bar, night bar, own garden,
open-air pool, tennis court, sauna, solarium. Supervised car parking.
H-8623
Balatonföldvár, Rákóczi u. 32-40
Open: April 20th-October
18th
320 rooms with
bath. Restaurant, brasserie, cocktail bar, night bar, own beach, tennis court,
fitness centre. Supervised car parking.
The hotel is
located right on the shore of Lake Balaton and has its OWN BEACH set in gardens.
H-8313
Balatongyörök, Petőfi út 4-8
HOTEL
PANORÁMA**
H-8313
Balatongyörök, Petőfi u. 5.
H-8600 Siófok,
Erkel F. u. 53.
H-8273 Tihany,
Rév u. 3
Open:
Marc-November
330 rooms with
bath, 160 Danish timber cabins, radio, TV (with satellite programmes), telephone,
minibar, refrigerator. Restaurant, brasserie, winebar, cocktail bar, night bar,
conference room, own beach, swimming-pool, tennis court, fitness centre,
billiards, squash, volleyball, KID CLUB. Own car parking.
H-8230
Balatonfüred, Deák F. u. 25.
Open:
April-October
388 rooms with
bath, radio, TV (with satellite programmes), telephone. Restaurant, brasserie,
cocktail, night bar, own garden, own beach, covered and open-air pools, sauna,
solarium. Supervised car parking.
H-8230
Balatonfüred, Széchenyi u. 20
Open: All year
round
25 rooms with
bath, 27 two-rooms suites, radio, TV (with satellite programmes), telephone,
minibar. Restaurant, night bar, conference room, own b each, tennis court,
fitness centre. The communal areas are air-conditioned. Supervised car paking.
H-8230
Balatonfüred, Széchenyi u. 26.
Open:
April-October
349 rooms with
bath, radio, TV (with satellite programmes), telephone, refrigerator in some
rooms. Restaurant brasserie, cocktail bar, night bar, own garden, own beach,
covered pool, tennis court, sauna, solarium. Supervised car parking.
Visit to the
old royal town of Veszprém Castle Hill, Gizella chapel, Bishops’ palace, James
church). Visit to the museum of the famous porcelain factory.
VINTAGE PROGRAM
Guests are
welcomed on one of the wine-growing hills in the historic wine region to join in
the vintage. Picking and pressing grapes, tasting the juice. The cheerful work
is followed by a well-deserved lunc or supper in an inn, with a folklore
performance. Program can be ordered in September and October.
Coah trip to
Keszthely, the “capital” of Lake Balaton (Festetics mansion, Georgikon farm
museum) and Hévíz, Europe’s largest hot water lake (thermal bathing).
Keszthely –
Visit to thes Festetics Chateau.
Hévíz – Bathing
in the thermal lake.
Badacsony,
Tihany – Visit to the Abbey, walk in Balatonfüred.
The programme
may be ordered with or without lunch included.
The festie
peasant wedding table is set up in the courtyard of an inn at Lake Balaton. The
dances of the ceremomy, traditional Hungarian sayings and games and the
traditional bride’s dance are presented on the outdoor stage, followed by a gala
supper. Program can be ordered from 1 May to 31 October.
SÁRI PUSZTA
Sáripuszta is
located a few kilometers from Lake Balaton.Guests are welcomed with brandy and
Hungarian scones, the visit the stud farm watch the stampeding of the herd and
the Koch five -in –hand and enjoy carriage rides. Visit to the blacksmith’s
forge with a demonstration of horseshoe making and horse shoeing.Lunch or supper,
folk dance performance.Program can be ordered from 1 May to 31 October.
EQUESTRIAN
PROGRAM
Guests are
welcomed with a drink at the log tbles of the Ménes Inn then ride in carriages
to the track. One-hour horse show-Koch five-in-hand, carriage demonstration,
horseherds’ tableaux, folk horse games. After the show a visit to the
exhibitions in the farm centre (aquarium, folk art, painting, Kőhegy vineyard).
Program can be ordered from 1 May to 31 October.
SIGHTSEEING BY
BOAT
ON THE LAKE
BALATON
Enjoy a glass
of champagne or just rela for an hour on board of sightseeing boat on the lake
Balaton.
SZENTBÉKKÁLLA
KÁLLA WEDDING
The bride is
welkomed in the Pegazus Inn at Szentbékkálla with brandy, a carriage, the
ringing of bells and singing.Dances and traditional sayings are followed by
tasty outlaw’s supper and then the bride’s dance.
Program can be
ordered from 15 March to 10 November.
TASTE THE
CUISINE/FLAVOR
FROM THE PAST
CENTURY
The main course
will be a lamb or a piglet roasted on the spit prepared according to the old
recipe in the open air in wood burning oven.
The fish dishes
will be prepared from fresh fish directly from the Lake Balaton.
Boath to your
lunch and dinner taste the famous wines of the region.
A gipsy band
provides for the entertainment while you enjoy your meal.
SOPRON AND
DISTRICT
EXCURSION
Sopron (Inner
City – Goat churc, Storno house), Fertőrákos (stone quarry). Fertőd (Eszterházy
mansion), Nagycenk (Széchenyi mansion and museum).
KŐSZEG –
SZOMBATHELY
AND DISTRICT
EXCURSION
Kőszeg (historic
town and its monuments, visit to the Jurisich Castle). Szombathely (remains of
the Roman town of Savaria: Iseum, ruins), Ják (13th century
Romanesque church), Sárvár and Bük (thermal bathing), visit to the Őrség
ethnographic region.
GYŐR –
PANNONHALMA – ZIRC
EXCURSION
Győr, the city
of four rivers (Herma of St. Ladislas – one of the masterpieeces of medieval
handcrafts, baroque cathedral, Pharmancy Museum). Visit to the famous church
library and art gallery in the 12th century Pannonhalma Abbey built
on Castle Hill. Visit to the baroque abbey churc and the former Cistercian abbey
in Zirc. Stroll in the arboretum.
PÉCS AND
DISTRICT
EXCURSION
Pécs (visit to
the Cathedral, the mosque of Pasha
Hassan Yakovali, Vasarely Museum), Siklós (visit to the 15th century
border fortress), Harkány (thermal spa resort), Mohács (visit to the National
Historic Memorial Site).
VILLÁNY
WINE TASTING
Visit with an
expert guide to the winery of the Pannonvin Rt. in Villány, Hungary’s
southernmost region with a Mediterranean atmosphere. Visit to the wine museum,
wine sampling followed by Hungarian nacks. Program can be ordered throughout the
year.
GEMENC
HORSE SHOW
Horse show in
the excursion centre of the Gemenc nature reserve (puszta five-inhand, jumping,
horseherds’
displays, pony show). Carriage rides
followed by adelicious Hungarian lunch. Program can be ordered from 1 May to 31
October.
SZÉKESFEHÉRVÁR
AND DISTRICT
EXCURSION
Hungary’s first
capital, royal burial place in the Middle Ages (remains of the mediaeval town
wall, gothic Anna chapel, baroque churches, rococo pharmacy museum). A few
kilometres from Székesfehérvár, at
Tác, the excavated ruins ofthe lst-2nd century Roman town of Gorsium
can be seen.
This region
offers unforgettable experiences for guests in search of natural beauty.
Although the Mátra and Bükk mountains are only rarely suitable for skiing, they
are ideal for hiking and excursions with their caves and waterfalls.
The vines
cultivated in the Northern Mountains produce the famous Eger and Tokaj wines.
Folk traditions are still preserved in many parts ofthe region and the local
people are happy to present them for foreign visitors.
MÓR
WINE TASTING
Guests are
welcomed in the Wine Museum Restaurant of the Mór State Farm for a short talk on
the past and present of the historic wine region.
This is
followed by a visit to the farm’s cellars. A pleasant meal, wine tasting (five
different wines) and on request, also election of a wine general.
The program can
also be combined with a folk dance performance.
Program can be
ordered throughout the year.
TATA
EQUESTRIAN DAY
After a short
sightseeing (Old Lake, Sigismund Castle, gardens) guests are welcomed with a
bugle call and parade with banners in the Tata Riding School.
Talk on local
history in front of the Esterházy fireplace, then a horse show (show jumping,
ribbon race, acrobatics). Lunch in the hunting lodge of the riding school
carriage ride along the shore of Old Lake in the afternoon. Program can be
ordered from 1.April to 31. October.
HOTEL
SZIESZTA**
9-400 Sopron,
Lövér krt. 37
288 rooms with
bath, TV (with satellite programmes), telephone, minibar, refrigerator.
Restaurant, brasserie, cocktail bar, conference room, tennis court, fitness
centre. Own car park.
HOTEL IROTTKŐ
H-9730 Kőszeg,
Fő tér 4
12 rooms with
bath, 40 rooms with shower, radio, TV (with satellite satellite programmes),
telephone, minibar. Brasserie, cocktail bar.
HOTEL
CLAUDIUS***
H-9700
Szombathely, Bartók B. krt. 39
102 rooms with
bath, radio, TV (with satellite programmes), telephone, minibar. Restaurant,
cocktail bar, night bar, covered pool next to hotel, tennis court. Car park.
HOTEL RÁBA***
H-9021 Győr,
Árpád u. 34.
175 rooms with
bath, radio, TV (with satellite programmes), telephone, minibar, refrigerator.
Restaurant, bar, conference room, fitness centre. Car park.
HOTEL RÉVÉSZ
H-9026
Győr, Hédervári út 22.
HOTEL
PALATINUS***
H-7621 Pécs,
Király u. 5
100 rooms with
bath, radio, TV (with satellite programmes), telephone, minibar. Restaurant,
conference room, sauna, solarium. Car park.
H-7621 Pécs,
Rákóczi u. 3.
113 rooms wih
bath, radio, TV (with satellite programmes), telephone, minibar. Restaurant,
bar, conference room. Supervised car parking.
HOTEL EGER –
PARK***
H-3300 Eger,
Szálloda út 1-3
188 rooms with
bath, radio, TV (with satellite programmes), telephone, minibar, refrigerator.
Restaurant, brasserie, winebar, coctail bar, night bar, conferenc e room, own
beach, covered-pool, tennis court, fitness centre, “Recreation Centre”
physiotherapy department, air-conditioning. Supervised car parking.
HOTEL FLÓRA***
H-3300 Eger,
Fürdő u. 5
136 rooms with
bath, 60 rooms with shower, radio, TV (with satellite programmes), telephone,
minibar, refrigerator. Restaurant, brasserie, cocktail bar, conference room,
covered-pool, tennis court, fitness centre, health serices. Car park.
HOTEL
UNICORNIS*
H-3300 Eger,
Hibay K. u. 2
16 rooms with
bath, 3 rooms with shower, 23 rooms with washbasin, radio. Restaurant, cocktail
bar, night bar. Car park.
HOTEL JUNO***
H-3519
Miskolctapolca, Csabai u. 2-4
100 rooms with
bath, radio, TV, telephone, refrigerator. Restaurant, cocktail bar, night bar,
conference room, business centre, tennis court. Cave-pool and public beach in
vicinity of hotel. Car park.
EGER
SIGHTSEEING
Visit to the
Eger Castle, the casemates, the Turkish minaret, the Fazola wrought-iron gates
and Dobó Square, the College and Cathedral. On request an organ concert can be
arranged in the Basilica during the sightseeing.
EGER
WINE TASTING
Visiting one of
the most famous wine regions of Hungary, the Valley of the Beautiful
Women – SZÉPASSZONYVÖLGY. Spend a memorable time there with wine and snacks
evetually with lunch or dinner.
SZILVÁSVÁRAD
HORSE SHOW
Horse show in
the home of the Lipizzan stud on the Bükk plateau, visit to the herd and the
herd and the equestrian museum. Carriage rides. Hungarian lunch or supper.
Program can be ordered throughout the year.
MISKOLC AND
DISTRICT
Visit to the
Avas church built in the 13th-15th centuries and the
Diósgyőr Castle. Stroll in the famous resort of Lillafüred. Bathing in the cave
baths aat Miskolctapolca.
TOKAJHEGYALJA
WINE TASTING
Wine sampling
(40-60 cl wine) in the world famous wine region, in the wineries of Sárospatak
or Tokaj, with the opportunity to buy wine. Snacks served in the cellar. Visit
to the vineyard and bottling plant with an expert guide. Program can be ordered
throughout the year.
The Great Plant
and the “puszta” remind visitours of the romantic life of past centures, the
cattlemen and shepherds, the grazing herds of cattle and flocks of sheep which
once roamed this countryside. Memories of this past age can now be found only in
the national parks and there are also the traditional peasant dishes. Many
visitours are also attracted by the workshoops and products of thfolk artists
who still work in this region – potters, lacemakers, blue-dyers and woocarvers.
HOTEL
ARANYHOMOK***
H-6000
Kecskemét, Széchenyi tér 2
70 rooms with
bath, 43 rooms with shower, radio, TV, telephone, minibar. Restaurant, café,
casino, fitness centre.
HOTEL HÁROM
GUNÁR***
H-6000
Kecskemét, Batthyány u. 1
45 rooms with
shower, radio, TV (with satellite programmes), telephone, minibar, refrigerator.
Restaurant, brasserie, cocktail bar, bowling alley.
HOTEL NAPFÉNY**
H-6728 Szeged,
Dorozsmai út 4
18 rooms with
bath, 24 rooms with shower, refrigerator. Restaurant, tennis court. Supervised
car parking.
HOTEL
ARANYBIKA***
H-4025
Debrecen, Piac u. 11-15
220 rooms with
bath, 33 rooms with shower, radio, TV (with satellite programmes), telephone,
minibar, refrigerator. Restaurant, brasserie, winebar, cocktail bar, night bar,
disco, conference room, air-conditioning. Supervised car parking.
KECSKEMÉT
SIGHTSEEING
Welcome in the
Town Hall. Visit to the Kodály Insitute, the Folk Art and Local History Museum,
the Games Museum and the Fancy Palace.
KECSKEMÉT
VISIT TO THE
KODÁLY INSTITUTE
Professional
program for music teachers. Participation in a singing or music lesson. Video
presentation on the life of Kodály and the Kodály method.
KUNPUSZTA
Near
Kerekegyháza at Ponrácz manor guests are received with fresh scones and palinka
followed by a horse show. Tourists can also see the animals kept in the open air
of the puszta. After the show tourists visit the live Vörösmarty farm by carts
where the hosts receives the group with fresh doughnuts, wine and zither music.
After this event the group returns to Pongrácz farm where the programme ends
with Hungarian dishes and wines from the sandy soil of the plain.
PONGRÁCZ TANYA
PUSZTA PROGRAM
Welcome in the
Kecskemét Town Hall (gifts), short sightseeing. In Bugac guests ride in peasant
carts to the site of the horse show (games of horsemen’s skill, puszta
five-in-hand), presentation of animals. Delicious puszta lunch in the Bugac Inn.
Program can be ordered throughout the year.
KUNSZENTMIKLÓS
“CUT-THROAT”
PUSZTA PROGRAM
The Cut-throat
Inn at Kunszentmiklós in the alkaline puszta of the Kiskunság National Park was
once an important stage for rest and gathering news on the postal route between
Budapest and Belgrade. The full-day program begins with a welcome in the Inn
Museum, (“lángos” baked in a traditional oven, with sour cream, friut brandy,
wine). Visit to the Virágh manor and the Selyem farm museum. Authentic
hospitality with dishes made to shepherds’ recipes. Presentation of ancient
Hungarian domestic animals (long-horned grey cattle, long-horned sheep, bacon
pigs, crean-coloured halfred horses), carriage ride in the puszta. Program can
be ordered throughout the year.
KALOCSA PROGRAM
Welcome and
stroll in the small town that is almost a thousand (Chatedral with organ concert,
Archbishops’ Palace, Paprika Museum). Lunch in the ferry inn of the archbishops’
estate (Aunt Juci’s Inn). The folk artist-housewives of
Kalocsa demonstrate their skills-wall painting, embroidery, egg painting,
sewing. Folklore performance with a lesson in folk dancing. Program can be
ordered throughaut the year.
HAJÓS
FOLKLORE
PROGRAM
Reception in
the unique cellar village on the Great Plain, a stroll with dancing and music by
the folk ensemble of Hajós with a glass “hung around the neck”, visit to a
cellar with wine sampling. Folklore program with accordian accompaniment.
Initiation of wine order pages. Supper in the Cabernet Inn. Program can ordered
throughout the year.
SZEGED
SIGHTSEEING
Visit to
Széchenyi Square, the University, Cathedral Square and teh Cathedral, and the
Synagogue. Stroll along the bank of the Tisza River, in warm weather bathing in
the Tisza.
SZEGED
OPEN-AIR
FESTIVAL
Attendance at a
performance, followed by supper in a fishermen’s inn with wine sampling.
DEBRECEN
SIGHTSEEING
Reformed Great
Church College, the University. Stroll in the nearby Great Forest. Visit to the
Déri Museum.
HORTOBÁGY
PUSZTA
EQUESTRIAN PROGRAM
Equestrian
program on the largest single expanse of puszta in Hungary. Carriage ride,
horseherds’ display, stampeding the herd, glimpse into life on the puszta (herd
of long-horned Hungarian grey cattle). Meal in the neo-classical Kadarcsi Inn.
Program can be ordered from 1 May to 31 October.
Due to its
hydrogeological features, four fifths ofthe territory of Hungary is very rich in
mineral and thermal waters. The Hungarian mineral and thermal water is a
significant natural resource even in Europe. The bathing culture developed in
Hungary goes back to the Roman and Turkish times.
The number of
thermal wells with a temperature over
We would like
to introduce some popular and well known thermal hotels where, in addition to
the medical treatment available to the guests, there is also a great choice of
leisure programmes.