Tourism

Our annual program calendar 2nd Saturday of May: Dutra Meeting – Celebration of the old agricultural machines (every second year organized)      Dutra-meeting 2nd Saturday of June: Goulash festival as well as herdsmen and highwaymen meeting      Goulash festival Last Saturday of June: Gala of zither chapels with Hungarian folklore, professional presentation, following …

Spas In the region about Bócsa several spas can be found where you can enjoy not only bath experience but bathers can also recover by the help of medical care services. Children can find their own amusement, too: giant slides, splash basins and animators can do for entertainment. The open air strands at the alkaline …

Lavender — in the Great Hungarian Plain A herb which reactivates a kind of medieval atmosphere on the Hungarian sandy soil. That is: Tuscany in Pannonia! The lavender with its blue, purple and white blossom feels really at home on the sand. These plants like loose ground and lots of sunshine. A local countrywoman set …

Way to Transylvania Bócsa has a good relationship with the Transylvanian village Torockó/Rimetea for the 1990s. The township is located in a scenic mountain region. More tourist groups from Bócsa travel there every year to dedicate some days for adventure tourism and mountain hiking. http://Festival in Torocko (Rum: Rimetea)

Trips, festivals Come and visit Bócsa anytime, there is always something to do in the region. From January to March balls and carnival celebrations are organised, then people go outdoors: the children programs begin, then adult programs follow such as fishing competitions, senior and hunters’ celebrations, summer festivals related to beer and wine. In autumn …

Folk music In the farmhouses music and singing did for the fun and joy already hundred years ago. Zither (Hun: citera) is a stringed instrument which sounds well on its own as well as in an orchestra. Ancient Hungarian folk songs are always performed, sung and joined in at village festivals.  

Cheese and salami These are kinds of food which were produced personally at home at time of our grandmothers. Yes, and in many households in Bócsa also nowadays! Without artificial ingredients, with natural methods and original rural flavour!  Cheese is made in a modern workshop, the meat products at a cozy festival in November. It …

Wine tasting Bócsa is situated in the wine region „Kunsági“. One of the largest Hungarian wine undertakings named Weinhaus Ltd is found in the village. The best award-winning wines of the region are famous in Hungary as well as all over Europe such as Thousand-good / Ezerjó, Blue Frankish / Kékfrankos, Kövidinka, Irsai Olivér, “Woodcutter”/Cserszegi …

Conference tourism In the modern conference centre of Bócsa the following services are available: a large hall with at most 300 seats (with or without desks) smaller dissection rooms in the first floor ( no elevator) Internet, computers, printer, scanner, beamer, canvas loud speaker simultaneous interpreter device dining options on the spot or at a …

Dutra meeting Or otherwise: Agricultural machines from the past get together. This meeting is organized in Bócsa every second year. Dutra used to be a Hungarian tractor type which was manufactured for the Eastern bloc countries until 1975. Nowadays there are only some dozen specimens in the village, but Dutra-fans come with their own vehicles …

Country house In a small village alley, there is a farmhouse where the village museum can be found for 40 years. Old tools, articles for personal use, school facilities and mammoth bones are shown in the exhibition. After the guidance the visitors can take part in a playful competition.

Fishing In the region numerous fishing lakes can be found where you can try your luck. Carps, pikes, grass carps and chubs swarm in the water. In the restaurants you can find the best local fish dishes on the menu. Of course the visitors have the opportunity to have the caught fish prepared on the …

Rural tourism If you want to participate actively in the rural lifestyle, or you would like to enjoy the silence simply, you can spend some days in modernized farmhouses.  You get up early, listen to the birdsong at dawn, watch deer and rabbits on the meadow, or you can enjoy the sunrise on the lowlands. …

Hunting In the region around Bócsa there are good hunting facilities. Deer, stags, wild boars, fallow deer, rabbits, pheasants and ducks can be shot. The local hunting party Hubertus provides guidance and organization. Raised hides, feeding troughs, cornfields offer good shot facilities while the accompanying wives can enjoy a city tour with some shopping spree. …

The national park Bócsa is partly located in the national park ‘Kiskunság’. There you can find various landscapes of the protected countryside: meadow, alkaline steppes and ponds, dunes, desert-like sand meadows, forests and bushes. A particularly valuable area is the ancient juniper berry bush landscape which you are allowed to visit only on the tourist …