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Day 1: Vizsoly

In Vizsoly, you first occupy your accommodation, where a small jar of honey awaits you in addition to the crispy bed linen. After packing out, you take a few steps to the apiary of Gergő Mézes to visit the Honey Museum on a guided tour. There is many a museum in the country but none of this kind... The visit starts with the life of the hive but you will also see old and modern-day beekeeping tools, vintage documents and newspaper articles. If you want, you can put on the beekeeper's garment and make a wax candle that you can take home with you. You can taste special honeys in the shop of the Honey Museum and you can also buy everything related to honey and health. In the honey-yellow mini-bistro of the Honey Museum, you will find syrups, honey beer, and snacks if you feel hungry or thirsty and feel like having lunch. The church guarding the Vizsoly Bible is just a ten-minute walk away; there you can view one of Hungary's most precious treasures of church and cultural history, the oldest surviving complete Bible translated into Hungarian. If you like, you can look up the following lines referring to bees from the heavy facsimile edition, "Kind speech is like sweet honey: sweet to the soul and healing to the body." Delicious home-made flavours await you for dinner, accompanied by a toast with mead.

Day 2: Regéc - Göncruszka – Vizsoly

The morning programme is a visit to Csonkás Farmstead, where you can get to know the self-sustaining farm and the kind family that runs it. People from far away places return for their honeys. A walk in the meadow where they guard the herd – surrounded by lots of wildflowers and herbs that bees love so much. It is here in the greenery that you can experience the unspoilt nature bees need if they want to do a good job. Once you are here, you shouldn’t miss the Castle of Regéc built around 1300. This is where Ferenc Rákóczi II, the great prince of Hungary, lived the first years of his childhood. The memory of this outstanding figure of Hungarian history is preserved by an exhibition in the Visitor Centre and you can also admire the hills of Zemplén from the panorama viewpoint. Lunch under the shady trees at Csonkás Farmstead: the hostess offers stuffed cabbage of Zemplén and cottage cheese bags baked in the traditional oven; she has created an enchanting world here in harmony with nature. Returning to Vizsoly, you can try the soothing-healing atmosphere of the tiny buzzing hut of the Honey Museum, surrounded by trees and filled with the air of the bee hives, whose inhabitants fly around under the hut. In the spirit of slowing down, you can walk around the farm, soak in the views of the land, relax on the sun terrace, read under the trees of the garden or you can choose to take a dip in the wooden pool or use the sauna. Dinner in a special place: at the restaurant of the Reformed congregation of Göncruszka called Tejjel-Mézzel (Milk and Honey). The congregation obtained its fame with beekeeping and founded its extraordinary talent care school. Before lunch you are shown around the „empire” made of honey and the apiary, learning about their unique story and mission. It is a heart-warmingly positive story, where financial income is not just profit but a means to realise their community, mental and talent care programmes. At this programme, you can be assured and you will be convinced that every forint spent goes to the right place, making the world a little better.

Day 3: Tokaj-Hegyalja Market

After breakfast let’s head to Tokaj-Hegyalja Market. Local producers and craftspeople offer their goods at famous Yellow Winehouse outside Disznókő Winery on the first Sunday of every month. You should try the honey cones of Mézes Huta but their honey jams are also very popular. When you’ve made a generous shopping of gifts, supporting local producers, you can also get hold of some of the tasteful ceramics to store honey, made by visually impaired people in the workshop of Búzavirág Foundation. Optional tasting at the market or lunch at the pleasant restaurant of the Yellow Winehouse.

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