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Wine Round Trip in Hungary

the wine cellars. Taste the elegant red well. Dinner and overnight at the hotel in TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
wines of Eger, in particular the Bikavér Balatonfüred.
blends at a family-run wine cellar. After the Budapest
program return to Budapest. Dinner and Day 06: Danube River
overnight at the hotel. Cultural programs and wines around Pécs Godollo
After breakfast you will drive to Pécs. Eger Castle
Day 04: Pécs’s architecture is a wonderful mixture
Around Lake Balaton of Turkish, Habsburg, Muslim and Catholic Lake Balaton
In the morning you will visit Veszprém, styles. In 2010 Pécs was chosen as the St George and Gizella Chapels
a majectic city. Sites to visit: St George European Cultural Capital. During the city Pécs
and Gizella Chapels, Holy Trinity Square. tour you will see the Cathedral, the Cella Cathedral, the Cella Septichora
Afterwards you will visit Zirc, the capital Septichora, the Zsolnay Quarter. Do not
of the Bakony Hills, and stop by the miss the Gyugyi Collection. In the afternoon
monumental building of the Abbey. You can you will visit Villánykövesd, part of Villány- OPTIONAL
visit the arboretum and can take a closer Siklós wine region. Overnight at the hotel Wine Tour
look at the fauna so typical of this area. in Pécs.
At present, there are nearly 600 tree and
shrub species here, including a number Day 07:
of pine species. You continue your trip to Departure
Lake Balaton, and get to know the famous Before leaving Hungary, you can also
wines of the lake at a well-known winery. discover the wine region Szekszárd. During
Complete this day with a boat trip on the the visit you can taste the best wines of
lake, and admire “Balaton-Riviera”. Dinner this region.
and overnight at the hotel in Balatonfüred. End of our service.

Day 05:
Hills of Lake Balaton
After breakfast you will visit Tihany located
on the Tihany Peninsula. The center of
the district is the Benedictine Abbey. You
will continue the trip to Szigliget, and
enjoy a wine tasting at in a cellar, situated
at the foot of Szigliget Castle Hill. In the
afternoon you will visit Keszthely, capital of
Lake Balaton. In the city of Keszthely you
have the possibility to visit the Festetics
Palace. On the way back to Balatonfüred
you will visit the Lake Cave in Tapolca. This
way it became the first electricity-installed
cave of Hungary, serving touristic aims as
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