Tours in Hungary
All these tours are by vehicle, notes to the prices:
"In the footsteps of Sissi"
Excursion to Gödöllő - 5 hours (1/20 people, only by vehicle),
Price: Cat. I.: 260.- €; Cat. II.: 290.- €; Cat. III.: 310.- € ; Cat. IV.: 350.- €
"Baroque experiences and Hungarian equestrian traditions"
The
small town of Gödöllő is about 30 km-s north-east of Budapest. This excursion
consists of two parts:
1. First you will visit the famous 'Sissi Castle'
(Gödöllő). Sissi was the wife of the emperor Franz Joseph I.
2. After the castle we transfer to the Lázár
Equestrian Park to enjoy a horse show with Lippizaners, horse carriage drive
and a small zoo displaying Hungarian
domestic animals.) This programme
includes a traditional Hungarian style
lunch with wine and gypsy music.
Excursion to the Danube Bend duration 6 hours, ( 1/20 people, only by vehicle)
Price: Cat. I.: 335.- €; Cat. II.: 380.- €; Cat. III.: 455.- €
This tour includes three towns in the Danube Bend. Our route first leads to the former capital of Hungary, today's Archbishopric Esztergom where we visit the largest cathedral in Hungary with crypt and treasury. Followed a trip to Visegrád castle, and enjoy the spectacular view of the Danube Bend from above. The exemplary restored ruins of the stronghold and the castle tell us the history of the Hungarian Middle Ages. An optional lunch can also be scheduled in Visegrád, for example in the 'Rennessaince' restaurant. We make the last stop in the small baroque town of Szentendre. The small town with its Serbian Orthodox churches, art's gallerys and charming museums are must have seen places. The most visited museums: Margit Kovács ceramics collection; Marzipan Museum.
Excursion to the Hungarian Puszta 6 hours, 200 km, only by vehicle, 1/20 P.
Price: Cat. I.: 370.- €; Cat. II.: 415.- €; Cat. III.: 495.- €
(Kecskemét - city tour, horse show and lunch with wine in a farmstead)
This
excursion is very popular among our guests because it also offers a lot: real
Hungarian romance in the Great Plain, the experience of old horse breeding
traditions, a presentation of Hungarian horsemanship, folk music and special Hungarian food and drinks ... Although we
experience a program organized for tourists, everything is authentic: the horse
herders (Hungarian 'Csikós') wear their traditional clothes, show their skills
in riding as they did centuries ago; the gypsies play original Hungarian folk
songs,and you get typical Hungarian dishes and drinks on the table ... First we
drive to Kecskemét to visit a local farmstead. At the Varga Farm we are greeted
with barackpálinka (apricot schnapps) and pogatschen (savory biscuits). Then
there is a carriage ride into the area, a riding demonstration (about three
quarters of an hour) and a good, sumptuous, three-course lunch with an unlimited
amountsof wine. As part of the riding demonstration, we experience the famous
"Puszta-ten". The Puszta-ten (at the begining "Puszta-Five") is the most
dramatic and spectacular part of the horsemen's show. The idea came from
Austrian painter Ludwig Koch who painted an imaginary picture about five horses
and a horseman standing on the last two of them, driving them forwards. This
was a challenge to Hungarian horsemen who saw the painting, tried to imitate it
and thus invented a tradition.
The Csikós horseman then show us the art of whip-cracking with
the 2-2.5 m long Puszta-whip.