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Sobolc -Szatmár-Bereg region

As a result of its special characteristics, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County used to be full of once impenetrable dense forests. There was plenty of wood, which is why it was used as the most common building material for construction in addition to adobe. The local carpenters were famous far and wide for their craftsmanship. The region is […]

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  • Day 1: Nyíregyháza – Szatmárcseke -Túristvándi
In Nyíregyháza, Sóstó Museum Village presents the typical traditions of rural architecture of the region. You will visit its traditional, carved porches and artisan workshops. Lunch at excellent Fenyves Hotel. Then you will travel on to Szatmárcseke, a unique cemetery with boat-shaped grave markers, which you will visit accompanied by the maker of the grave markers, master carpenter István Korpás. The master carpenter will also take you to his workshop and show you the traditional tools, how letters are engraved in the wood and introduce you to the symbolism of the grave markers. From there, you will go to Túistvándi, where the wooden water mill is a masterpiece of carpentry. The age-old tree in front of the water mill also deserves attention. Dinner at the accommodation.
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  1. Cégénydányád – Szamosújlak – Fehérgyarmat - Tarpa
The park of Kölcsey-Kende Mansion in Cégénydányád used to be one of the most beautiful English parks in the country. One of the country's oldest plane trees stands in the middle. The village garden of native fruit trees is located next to the church. In Gyügye, you will visit a church with painted coffered ceiling, famous for its woodwork, and then András Ármós will present his value preservation work in Fehérgyarmat. He renovates old rural furniture and manufacture new pieces based on the original set of motifs. Lunch in Fehérgyarmat. In the afternoon you will travel to Tarpa, where particularly beautiful, traditional gates and fences have been preserved. At dusk you will take an excursion along the educational trail of Tarpa Hill. From the top of the hill, you can see all the way to the Carpathians in clear weather. Tarpa was famous for its forests and carpenters, its traditional "kissing" gates are still admirable. Its dry mill with wooden shingles is also a masterpiece of carpentry. Dinner at a village house.
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  1. Mátészalka
You will view Szatmár Museum and its exhibition of horse carts in Mátészalka. Then you’ll go on to the palace in Vaja, where the woodworks of the staircase and the building are uniquely beautiful. You will have your lunch in the excellent restaurant of Fenyves Hotel in Baktalórántháza.