SeeUinHungary.com - Szilvasvarad, Lipizzaner horses

Activity and ecotourism
biking, hills walking
horse riding, tour to caves
Try local grilled trout
waterfall of szalajka valley
Visit museums
prison museum
forest museum
Climb up to the hilltop to lookout tower

in Szilvasvarad
horse stables
waterfall of szalajka valley
caves
in Eger
Minaret
Wine Cellars
Eger castle
Minorite Church
Archibishop's Palace
in Mezokovesd (22km)
Local folklor museum
Open pool and thermal bath
Engine museum
Folk art house
in Aggtelek (40kms)
World Heritage Site
Baradla Karst Caves

Szilvasvarad

is a small village in the Hills of Bukk, around 20kms north from Eger.
The village is in a valley, surrounded by beautiful mountains and forests.

There are many things in Szilvasvarad to be famous for.

There are beautiful forests, as part of the Bukk National Park, you can take a short walk, or you can go even by horse cart to see Waterfall of Szalajka Valley.
You can even go further into the forest to discover Istallos ko, where once cavemen lived 35-40000 years ago.

Szilvasvarad also famous for its lipizzaner stables, you can see stables and horse carts all over the village. You can even try one!
The first lipizzaner horses came to Szilvasvarad at 1806. Nowadays around 250 lipizzaner horse live on the Bukk plains, by a short walking tour or bicycle ride you can see them in the wild, run freely on Bukk plains.

How to get there?
By car from Budapest (170kms)
Do not forget to buy the road toll on the highway

By car from Kosice (145kms)
By train if you can from Budapest or from Kosice way you have to change at Fuzesabony to Eger than from Eger to Szilvasvarad. Check train schedule