Eger Hotels - Reviews and Rates

After a few phonecalls on the way we finally found some rooms at the quaint little Hotel Arany Trofea in the older section of Eger. The roms were quaint, yet of good size, there were beds for 4 people in our room. We unpacked and then walked down to the city centre for a quick snack, my stomach wasn't still the best so I stuck to some light frie...

This quaint town is known for its gallons of wine that are at anyone's disposal which was a fun change for the Shaffners since we had not had good wine in a while. However, there are a few other nice attractions in the city too. We had to take a bus to Eger because the train system was on strike for some reason in Budapest. Teresa had no problem...

We caught a rickety old train to the country town of Eger... We knew we were in the country when people just started exiting the train at non-existent stations onto the grass beside the track and walking to their homes in the plains... The part of Eger where the station is in must be the most rundown part of the 35,000 populated town, as Pete an...

We headed out to Eger for some of their famous wine. Eger is famous for it was the furthest point the Ottomans made it into Central Europe. During the Battle for Eger, the King of Eger fed his soldiers red wine, the Turkish saw this and thought it was Bulls blood so still today they call the Red wine from Eger "Bulls Blood". Today the wine is so...

So after tearing ourselves away from Budapest- we would have stayed at least 3 more days if we could spare the time, we left for the small town of Eger, a couple of hours away by bus. Eger is famous for wine, theres not much else to do there and it was raining the whole time, so we were forced to spend most of our time there working our way thro...