AgroTourism is
a fast growing activity in the country. Since Hungary is an EU
member, farmers from EU countries might be interested to see,
how their Hungarian friends are doing, what is the real situation in the
Hungarian agriculture. Well, you can take advantage of the invitation of
AgroTourism Team and enjoy Hungarian farmers' hospitality, cottage
accommodation, food, wine, eco-tourism, meeting with farmers and many
more. Look at the following suggestion:
Day 1: Arrival
(by air or bus, or even by car)
Visit the Hungarian Agricultural Museum:
The
biggest agricultural museum of Europe was founded in the Vajdahunyad
Castle of the City Park, Budapest. The building itself is unique; too, for
its architect Ignác Alpár (his statue is seen on the way leading to the
entrance) merged various styles by using single parts of significant
buildings found in Hungary at the time. The building had originally been
built for the Millennium Exhibition and has given place for the Museum of
Hungarian Agriculture (founded in 1896) since 1897. The building is
divided into three different parts - Romanesque, Gothic, and
Renaissance-Baroque elements. Opposite to the lake-entrance there is a
statue of the famous notary public (Anonymus) of Béla 3rd, made by
sculptor.
Our
ancestors arrived to the Carpathean basin at the end of the 9th century as
a people dealing with land cultivation and animal husbandry. We can infer
to to their farming and daily life through relics found on archaeological
excavations.
Travel to Kozard, Nograd county
:
Kozard is lovely small village
with less than 300 inhabitants, at the Cserhat mountains, just 80 km
North/North-East from Budapest. The village is first mentioned in the 14th
century. In the past, the area was famous fruit and wine producer, but
nowdays vinyards are abandoned. However, new agri-enterpreneurs are
redeveloping fruit plantations as well as "green food and livestock
production". The new orientation is village/agro-and eco-tourism, and
participation in fruit handling.
Accommodation in Village Houses: Csipkehaz, Sunshine
House, Wildflower Guestrooms, Kodak House, Kozard
Recently renovated private houses,
bringing back traditional village family house construction style, but
equipped with all comfort for tourists. The project is one of the
prize-winner of the regional development authority.
Traditional
Hungarian Dinner
Day 2:
Visit Agroservice Ltd., Primagro Bio-Agriculture Inc.
and AgroKozard Farmers’ Cooperative.
Cereal,
oilseed and fodder production, Fruit project, Mangalica indigenous pig
farm (national in-situ breed conservation site). Presentation about the
Hungarian Agriculture, Integrated Rural Development programme and field
trip. Documentation and presentation in English
Meeting with the Major of Kozard village.
Village
development plan, discussions. (Please bring introductory materials from
your area, villages, farms etc.) Lunch in a local pub (snack)
Visit Holloko traditional North-Hungarian village,
UNESCO World Heritage. Visit nearby sheep farmers in Bokor,
tasting their local home-made sheep cheese - if time
permits only
Visit local goat
farmer in Felsotold, tasting local goat cheese and Hungarian wine.
Semi-hard goat cheese Ripened, semi-hard, "natur" goat cheese
Dinner with local farmers,
veterinary doctor, horticulture manager
Day
3:
Meeting with the Regional Agricultural
Extension Service and the Regional Development Authority. Visit large scale pig farm and private slaughterhouse in Paszto.
Pub lunch. Visit a successful private company
constructing cold storages in Hungary. Hungarian gastronomy: Dinner and
wine tasting in Kozard.
Day
4:
Visit the Agricultural High School Gyongyos.
The
idea of establishing agricultural educational institution in Gyöngyös
initially was developed more than a century ago. In 1871, the leaders of
the Gyöngyös Municipal Association developed the notion of a local
university for viticulture and wine growing in Gyöngyös. The Emperor of
the Austrian and Hungarian Empire, however, did not support the notion.
Therefore, the university was not developed at that time. At the same
time, the idea had been given birth and would emerge again when conditions
were more favorable.....
Pub lunch. Visit the
historical Eger city, which heroically stopped the Turkish Army in the 16th
century. Visit Bulls Blood wine cellars in Eger area. Dinner in a
traditional wine cellar (Hungarian food and wine)
Return to Kozard
Day 5:
Visit: Beef Cattle Farm in Hollokö, Meeting and consultation with the Director of TauroTrade Ltd.,
a cattle trading company.
Farm lunch. Travel to Budapest
Day 6: Enjoy
Budapest. Suggested program:
Medical/thermal spa, sight seeing, cultural events, galleries, good
restaurants, walk along the Danube and many more.
Day 7: Enjoy
Budapest. Departure
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Beef
Farm Study Tour, Hungary
Day 1
Arrival to Budapest
Transfer to Hotel in Downtown
1.
Sight seeing in Budapest by bus
2.
Welcome and Orientation session:
Hungarian agriculture,
livestock sector, beef production.
(Alternatively: visit at the Hungarian Agricultural Museum, the first in
the Continent)
Dinner: Budapest with folk music
Day 2:
3.
Travel to Trans-Danubia (West Hungary):
Limousin Beef Cattle Farm
4.
Visit the Belgian
Blue Beef Cattle Herd.
Lunch: Restaurant at the Balaton Lake with superb Badacsony Wines
5.
Hungarian Grey Cattle Farm
Alternatively: Angus
Beef Farm;
Dinner: Regional Fish Restaurant,
Return to Budapest
Accommodation: Budapest,
Day 3:
6.
Early morning: Travel to South Hungary: Quick stop in a
Charolais Beef Cattle Farm
.
7. Lunch:
Traditional Hungarian Farmers’hospitality
Accommodation: in a local Hotel, or in a Spa Hotel, Gyula. Medical Spa
programme
Dinner: in a
regional fish restaurant
Day 4:
8.
Travel to the Puszta:
Hortobágy National Park: Hungarian Grey Cattle (and other Hungarian
indigenous breeds: buffalo, mangalica pig, horses)
Lunch: Hortobagyi csarda, special Hungarian food for cattle heardsmen
9.
Visit Beef Cattle Farm
Dinner: Eger, (alternatively: Tokaj Vine Cellars)
Accommodation: Eger
Day 5:
10.
Visit: Beef Cattle Farm
Lunch in a
regional restaurant
Travel to
Ferihegy Airport
Departure
from Hungary:
Ecseg village at the
Cserhát region (Nógrád county)
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