Eger

I was here with my girlfriend and it was wonderful!

A calm, small city with the breeze of history on every little alleys.

Total relax.

travelled out to Eger in 93, coincidentally at time of the wine festival. the festival was a mix of english jazz band, austrians filling up drums of gallons of wine at next to nothing, stalls selling automatic weapons and home baking. town was well worth the trip out from budapest – for the baroque churches alone

This is the first place we ever stayed in a local’s guest house (no hostels here!) and it was a fantastic experience. A lovely, small town to walk around with delicious local wine.

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Eger is a very small (but attractive) town that is famous for its vinyards. Eger produces Egri Bikaver Wine- literally translated as ‘Bulls Blood’.

Bikaver is a strong red wine, commonly known by the cheap imports that are sent to Europe & North America (3.50 EUR a bottle in Holland). There are many good Bikaver wines, but you will only find them in Hungary.

If you are in Budapest, Eger is a nice day-trip- but you will probably run out of things to do if you spend too much time there. If you are healthy, don’t forget to visit the Turkish minaret in the centre of the city- watch out for the steep stairs.