Herend

Situated near Balaton, the biggest lake in Central Europe, close to the Bakony hills is Herend, Hungary's "porcelain city" with the biggest porcelain manufactory in Europe. Despite neck-and-neck competition in the tourism industry, we have approximately 100,000 visitors annually. In line with expectations arising from the touristic importance of Herend, visitors' needs were answered by opening in 1999 the Porcelanium – now operational in conjunction with the Herend Porcelain Museum, the largest collection of porcelain treasures on the globe – where visitors see the magic of technology unfolding behind the scenes. With the help of films, pot-throwers and professional painter, there are demonstrations by trained guides to reveal the secret of porcelain manufacturing. The Apicius Restaurant and Café is a culinary joy for any aficionado of gastronomy.

Regular wine-tasting events, the razzmatazz of Midsummer Night, temporary exhibitions and one-off events are all guarantees of quality entertainment and relaxation, no matter what the weather is like – sweltering hot and sunshine or romantic snowfall. Herend is there expecting friends and visitors all year round



Opening Hours
Minimanufactory

14 April - 25 October
Monday - Sunday 9.30 - 17.00

27 October - 11 April
Tuesday - Saturday 9.30 - 16.00
Sunday and Monday closed

Porcelain Museum

14 April - 25 October
Monday - Sunday 9.00 - 16.30

27 October - 11 April
Tuesday - Saturday 9.00 - 15.30
Sunday and Monday closed

Admission fees
Minimanufactory and visit to the Museum
and a cup of coffee or tea free of charge in the Apicius Café.
(except for those entitled to students' admission fee).

* Adult: 1700 HUF
* Student: 600 HUF (6-18 years)
* Family: 3600 HUF (parents with up to two children)

Free of charge

* children under 6 years,
* pensioner over 70 years, handicapped persons.

Visit to museum

* Adult: 500 HUF
* Pensioner: 200 HUF
* Student: 200 HUF

Photo and video ticket
HUF 1000 for all

Workshop
* Porcelain rose-making (30 min): 1300 HUF
* Herend motifs in watercolour painting (60 min): 1300 HUF
* Porcelain painting course (up to an one-day-course): 19000 HUF

Guided tours
Admission to the Mini-manufactory is only possible by guided tours. Tours start every 15 minutes. Individual visitors will be assigned to time slots reserved earlier for groups. Some additional waiting time is, therefore, possible.

* Due to MAINTENANCE CONSIDERATIONS, there are no guided tours in the Mini-manufactory at 12:30, 12:45 and 13:00.
* Visitors may choose Hungarian, English, German or Spanish language tours of the Minimanufactory.
* Films showed in the Mini-manufactory are in Hungarian, English and German or with English, French, Japanese, German, Italian or Spanish subtitles.

* The charge for guided tours in Hungarian is HUF 1,500 per group.
* The charge for guided tours in German is HUF 3,000 per group.
As for students' groups, one accompanying teacher is entitled to free-of-charge admission. In case of more than one teacher accompanying the group, the other teachers are entitled to students' admission rates in the Porcelanium.

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