Villány is one of Hungary’s top wine regions, known for its reds and rosés. Hungary’s most southern wine region has long and hot summers with abundant sunshine, followed by a mild winter. Thanks to this sub-Mediterranean climate wines from Villány are full-bodied and spicy and of the highest quality. The majority of Hungary’s award-winning wines are produced in the Villány region. According to archeological finds winemaking traditions in the region can be traced back to Roman times.
The program
DURATION: 10 HOURS
PÉCS
Heading to the Southern part of Hungary, after 2 hours exciting journey across Trasdanubian hills and valleys we first reach the 5th biggest city of Hungary called Pécs, located on the slopes of the Mecsek Mountains in the south-west of the country. Stops of the sightseeing:
- The old town, that is part of the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage
- Roman burial valuts
- An original mosque
- Barbican gate tower
- Tall minaret from the 16th century left from the period of the former Ottoman Empire
- Zsolnay Porcelain Manufacture and Museum
- Csontváry Gallery
- Vasarely patterns
- Public buildings and statues decorated with Zsolnay Porcelain called "eozin" that has a special greenish colour
VILLÁNY
The next stop is at the city of Villány, centre of the great Villány wine region, Hungary's first-class red-wine producing areas
Arriving to Villány, optionally you can visit the Gere Winery’s vineyards with picturesque slopes and can get acquainted with the winery’s viniculture philosophy and wine-production.
Afterwards we will invite you in the winery’s traditional, centuries-old cellar, where you will hear about the wine region’s and the winery’s history, winemaking traditions and can taste splendid wines.
Lunch at a local restaurant.
After a memorable day in joyful, rural atmosphere we return to Budapest.
Tours to Hungary’s Wine Regions
