Private Wine Country Day Trip to Villány (from Budapest)

Begin your private tour with a pickup from your central Budapest hotel and meet your wine-expert guide. Then, relax aboard your private air-conditioned minivan as you travel to Villány, a scenic wine region in south Hungary. Feel free to ask your guide to customize your itinerary to fit any personal preferences you have, and ask any questions that come to mind.

As you travel, listen to fun facts about Hungarian wine and discover why the beautiful wine is often hard to find outside the country. Listen, too, as your guide explains how Villány’s sub-Mediterranean climate is key to producing its robust red wines, and how it centers on 11 winemaking villages that produce red wine from cabernet franc grapes.

On arrival in Villány, admire the vine-coated landscapes and, through the morning and afternoon, visit three wineries carefully chosen to give you a balanced picture of the region’s traditional, experimental and modern wines.

Take a vineyard walk to see the grapes close up, and at each winery, sample between five and eight samples of wine, including cabernet franc, cabernet sauvignon and portugieser reds, and whites such as olaszrizling. As you sip, gain fascinating insights into each wine with your winemaker host. Between wineries, see some of Villány’s wine villages, including Villány itself, and view traditional wine cellars, many of which are still in regular use.

Around midway through your tour, stop at a local restaurant for a 3-course lunch. The venue and its menu may change, but lunch typically includes staples such as a hearty broth and a roast followed by strudel.

At the last winery, complement your tastings with tasty local cheese and meat. Afterward, return to Budapest where your private tour ends with a hotel drop-off.