Tarcal: Hotels and Accommodation

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Nature

The 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 visiting route must be coordinated with the nature conservation authority.

Culture

The UNESCO World Heritage Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape includes Tarcal as one of its settlements. King Kálmán’s cellar in Tarcal is documented as having existed as early as 1110.

Tarcal’s Reformed Church is a Gothic church from the 15th century that was being used by the Reformed community by 1562 at the latest. The Reformed Church held synods in Tarcal’s Reformed Church 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 the Ascension of Our Lord in Tarcal has Gothic origins dating from the 14th century, was rebuilt in the Baroque style in 1776, and features a Rococo interior from the mid-18th century. Terézia Chapel is a station on the Mária Way, which passes through Tarcal.

Tarcal Synagogue is privately owned and, following its restoration, is partially open to visitors as the Tarcali Galéria, where temporary exhibitions are held. The restored Rákóczi Szüretelőház in Tarcal is open to visitors as an exhibition venue and is also intended to serve as an event venue in the future.

Wine

Basilicus offers guided wine tastings that include a visit to a 200-year-old cellar; the wines tasted range from dry Furmint to Tokaji Aszú. Another Basilicus wine experience includes a cellar tour, information about grape varieties and winemaking, and a tasting of nine wines. The Basilicus Borkultúra Központ in Tarcal organizes wine tours through the Tokaj-Hegyalja region.

Kikelet Pince 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. It offers guided wine tastings with a cellar tour; advance booking is required.

The 2022 Bűbájos Hétvége program included open cellars, vineyard walks, master classes, open-air cinema, stargazing, and concerts by local bands. The Tarcali Bűbájos Hétvége was organized for the seventh time in 2022 by the Tarcal Wine and Culture Association.

Getting Around

The Áldó Krisztus statue consists of five granite blocks, is 8.5 meters high, and weighs almost 50 tonnes. Together with the promenade surrounding it, it is a station on the more than 1,400-kilometer-long Mária Way. The Áldó Krisztus Promenade can be reached via two access paths measuring 561 meters and 377 meters in length, respectively; it also includes a staircase with 130 steps. Visitors can visit Tarcali Bányató near the Áldó Krisztus Promenade.

On weekends and 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.

Route I is a 70-kilometer road cycling loop from Tokaj via Tarcal and Mád, as well as other settlements, back to Tokaj. In Tarcal, Route I passes the Terézia Chapel, built in 1750.

Other places: Szegi, Tiszaladány, Erdőbénye, Bodrogkeresztúr, Tokaj.

To the overarching travel overview: Tokaji.