Discover Szegi on the Bodrog
Accommodation in Szegi
Szegi combines the Bodrog’s tree-lined banks with a heritage of historic cellars on the border with the neighbouring village of Szegilong. These themes offer different points of interest when choosing a destination: peaceful relaxation by the river and a glimpse into the history of a complex based on medieval mines. There is also a tourist water base and a combination of cycling and canoeing described for 2024. These specific features help put Szegi into context without reducing it to a single excursion or water-based activity.
Bodrog riverbanks and water base
The tree-lined banks of the Bodrog in Szegi are an important tourist destination and offer peaceful relaxation for local residents and visitors to the village. The tourist water base is described as offering river travellers accommodation, food and cooking facilities, and tent pitches. The rental equipment described at the tourist water base includes kayaks and canoes for shorter trips. Access to the base is inadequate. Factor this limitation into your plans and check in advance which services will be available during your travel dates.
A cycling and canoeing trip to consider
A Szegi cycling and canoeing trip described for 2024 ran from the Tokaji VĂzitĂşra Központ along a new cycle path beside the Bodrog to the Szegi VĂzibázis. From there, participants paddled back to Tokaj. On the return trip, they could stop to refresh themselves at the Bodrog-parti Lebuj-kanyar. Since the trip was described for 2024, check current dates and whether it is running when planning a visit today.
The Hatalos-hegy cellar complex
The Hatalos-hegy cellar complex lies on the border between Szegi and Szegilong and was created in the 1960s from medieval mines. Its origins therefore span two widely separated periods: the medieval mines that served as its starting point and the complex’s construction in the 1960s. Alongside the river landscape, the history of this cellar complex offers another specific point of interest in Szegi.
In the wider destination of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
Beyond Szegi’s connections to the river and its cellars, the wider destination of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén offers further landscape and historical themes. The Tokaj Wine Region is legally protected as a protected wine-growing area; its climate, soil quality and slope exposure are suitable for growing grapes. Cellar complexes in other places offer further points of interest: the Ungvári cellar labyrinth in Sátoraljaújhely connects at least 27 cellars and covers a ground area of 50,000 square metres. Beneath the park of Rákóczi Castle in Sárospatak is a cellar complex about 2,000 metres long, with two rooms for wine tastings.
Natural and cultural heritage are also part of this wider destination. The Baradla-Domica Cave System is part of the UNESCO World Heritage site of the Caves of the Aggtelek and Slovak Karst. The short Aggtelek cave tour is one kilometre long, takes 60 minutes and is rated easy. The Zemplén Landscape Protection Area is part of the Zemplén Mountains; the area’s landscape influences its plant and animal life. To the north, the Eperjes-Tokaj mountain range continues into the Carpathians in Slovakia.
Discover more destinations: Tokaj, Erdőbénye, Tarcal, Tiszaladány, Bodrogkeresztúr.
Go to the overview of the wider destination: Tokaji.
