Tarcal: Hotels and Accommodation
Accommodation in Tarcal
Tarcal is one of the settlements included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Tokaj Wine Region – Historic Cultural Landscape”. Tarcal is characterised by viticulture, historic cellars, churches and designated natural areas.
If you would like to book a hotel in Tarcal, you can take this preference into account directly when selecting your accommodation.
Wine and Culture
King Kalman’s cellar in Tarcal already existed in 1110. At Basilicus, guided wine tastings are combined with a visit to a 200-year-old cellar; the wines tasted range from dry Furmint to Tokaji Aszú. The Basilicus Borkultúra Központ also organises wine tours through the Tokaj-Hegyalja region. Another wine experience offered by Basilicus includes a cellar tour, information about grape varieties and winemaking, and the tasting of nine wines.
Kikelet Pince offers guided wine tastings with a cellar tour, for which advance booking is required. It operates in a characteristic cellar several hundred years old with an adjoining maturation area and cultivates 4.5 hectares of vineyards on the outskirts of Tarcal.
Nature
Tarcali Turzó-dűlő is a nationally significant, individually designated nature reserve in Tarcal covering an area of 10.74 hectares. It protects natural loess-slope steppe vegetation as well as populations of protected and specially protected species. The nature reserve is freely accessible on foot via the field paths; for groups of more than 20 people, the visitor route must be coordinated with the nature conservation authority.
Trails
At weekends and on public holidays, the municipality provides older people and visitors with reduced mobility with a free electric vehicle at the car park on Könyves-Kálmán Street for the ascent. The Áldó Krisztus statue consists of five granite blocks, is 8.5 metres high and weighs almost 50 tonnes. Together with the promenade surrounding it, it is a station on the more than 1,400-kilometre-long Mária Way.
The Áldó Krisztus Promenade can be reached via two access paths measuring 561 metres and 377 metres in length, respectively. It also includes a staircase with 130 steps. Visitors can view Tarcali Bányató near the Áldó Krisztus Promenade. The Terézia Chapel is a station on the Mária Way, which passes through Tarcal.
Route I is a 70-kilometre road cycling loop from Tokaj via Tarcal and Mád and other places, returning to Tokaj. In Tarcal, Route I passes the Terézia Chapel, dating from 1750.
Churches and History
The Reformed Church of Tarcal is a Gothic church from the 15th century that was being used by the Reformed congregation by 1562 at the latest. The Reformed Church held synods there in 1562 and 1564. The present Reformed Church of Tarcal was built in 1773–1774 in the late Baroque style.
The Roman Catholic Church of Urunk Mennybemenetele in Tarcal has Gothic origins dating from the 14th century and was rebuilt in the Baroque style in 1776. Its Rococo furnishings date from the mid-18th century.
Other Places to Visit
The synagogue of Tarcal is privately owned and, following its restoration, is partially open to visitors as the Tarcali Galéria, where temporary exhibitions take place. The restored Rákóczi Szüretelőház in Tarcal is open to visitors as an exhibition venue; in future, it is also intended to serve as an event venue.
The programme of Bűbájos Hétvége 2022 included open cellars, vineyard walks, masterclasses, open-air cinema, stargazing and concerts by local bands. In 2022, the Tarcali Bűbájos Hétvége was organised for the seventh time by the Tarcal Wine and Culture Association.
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