Hotel Tip for Hungary

Posted by Amanda Kendle Sep 5, 2007

I'm just doing a bit of holiday daydreaming and a week in a Hungarian wine-growing region sounds just right at the moment. Work commitments and finances might keep me away, but perhaps I can vicariously travel there through a reader who loves this tip.

In the north east of Hungary, towards Ukraine, you can find the Tokaj-Hegyalja wine district, which is well known as the source of some great Hungarian wines. Head to a small town called Tarcal here and you can stay at the brand new Andrássy Kúria Hotel Wine & Spa resort, which has been built right in the middle of a winery. As well as nice accommodation, you can get a bit involved with the whole wine thing - there's tasting, of course, along with sessions where the owners show you something about the process of wine making there. And then ... well, some more tasting would be important, I think! The spa complex also sounds really relaxing and it's also wine (or grape) influenced - they have "vinotherapy" treatments which use cosmetics and other products made from grape and wine extracts, apparently.

Please try it out for me! You can check the English version of their website for more details. Let us know if you enjoy your stay.