Tour

Pannonia and A region with a great cultural past

from € 315,-

The name of Pannonia dates . Continue on to Nagy- de a good insight into the former back as long ago as the cenk to visit Széchenyi Man- life of a fishing village. The Accommodation: Roman times and has always sion, the home of Count István afternoon is to your disposal in 3 star accommodation been a region of great cultural Széchenyi (1791-1860), an out- the spa Heviz (“hot water”), Two good hotels of 3 star achievement and culinary standing politician in the ‘Era of whose thermal springs have standard await you in indulgence. Pannonia, with Reforms’ before 1848. From the been attracting visitors for more and on the Northern shore of ’s biggest lake mansion’s Gloriette you can than two centuries. You may Lake Balaton respectively. in its centre, has something to enjoy a magnificent view over enjoy a walk through the village offer for every liking: dining, Lake Neusiedl. Drive back to or a dip in the thermal bath. In Included in price: bathing, hiking, castles & fort- the vicinity of Sopron for a the late afternoon drive to • 2 nights accommodation including breakfast in a resses and, of course, lots of horse-drawn carriage ride and Tapolca – the area of Tapolca middle class hotel in good wine! snack before returning to your has a splendid landscape, 14 Sopron/surroundings hotel. Overnight in Sopron or hat-shaped basalt hills covered • 2 nights accommodation Day 1: surroundings. with vineyards encircle the including breakfast in a Arrival in Sopron. In the after- small town, and is the perfect middle class hotel on the noon, guided walking tour Day 3: setting for wine tasting and a northern shore of Lake through Sopron, the small Drive from Sopron to Pannon- ‘Goulash Party’ Overnight on Balaton town situated right on the halma. The Benedictine Abbey the Northern shore of Lake • 2 x dinner in the course of Austro-Hungarian border. A of Pannonhalma, ‘the most an- Balaton. half board at the hotel climb of the ‘Firewatch Tower’, cient Hungarian house’, is a • 1 x wine tasting and ‘Goulash Party’ the symbol of the city, is an treasure trove of Hungarian Day 5: • 1 x half day guided tour in architecture on the hill of St. Departure. absolute must, as you’ll enjoy Sopron Martin and as such is a listed a fantastic panorama from its • 1 x admission to Esterhazy top with all the remains of monument on the UNESCO Castle in Fertöd Sopron’s ‘Golden Age’ at your World Heritage List. The library • 1 x ride by horse-drawn feet: City Hall, Storno House, hosts one of Europe’s wealt- carriage ride and snack the Goat Church, where coro- hiest monastery libraries. Con- • 1 x admission to the abbey nations and parliamentary tinue on to Herend to visit one of in Pannonhalma sessions took place, the Holy the oldest porcelain factories, • 1 x admission to the Trinity Statue and the neo-got- once fulfilling the orders of se- Herend Porcelain hic Ursuline Church. Dinner veral European royal courts. Manufactury and overnight in Sopron or Dinner and overnight on the • 1 x guide for full day tour surroundings. Northern shore of Lake Balaton. on the northern shore of Lake Balaton

Day 2: Day 4: price per person: Full day guided tour in the direc- Full day guided tour along the Double room: € 315,00 tion of Lake Neusiedl. Visit the north-western shore of Lake Single room largest and most splendid baro- Balaton, beginning with the supplement: € 105,00 que mansion in the country, peninsula Tihany, which is one Esterhàzy Kastély, the ‘Hunga- of the most popular holiday Minimum of 15 paying rian Versailles’ in Fertöd. Here resorts with its characteristic participants the composer Joseph Haydn twin-towered church, built over spent more than a decade as the crypt of King András, foun- Dates: the court composer of the Ester- ded in 1055. The open air mu- May – September 2008 hazy family, one of the most seum, as well as the surviving (During public holidays and influential dynasties of imperial buildings of the old town, provi- congresses on request only)

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