LISZT&WINE TOUR

A WALK COMBINED WITH WINE TASTING

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LISZT&WINE TOUR

A WALKING TOUR COMBINED WITH WINE TASTING

Uncover just how connected Liszt was to the city of Budapest!

The Liszt&Wine Tour takes you closer to the amazing personality of Liszt through visiting spots related to his life in Budapest, followed by tasting excellent Hungarian wines. Enjoy this unique intellectual and culinary tour in the footsteps of Liszt who truly admired the music, wine, and gastronomy of Hungary.

The Liszt&Wine Walking Tour package includes

  • a 2-hour walking tour of 10 stops in the city center to bring you some highlights of the Liszt-related classical musical memories of Budapest, followed by 
  •  a 2-hour wine tasting event in the Tasting Table wine bar, home to excellent Hungarian wines.

The 2-hour walking tour will introduce you the outstanding figure of Hungarian music and cultural history, the internationally renowned musician, piano virtuoso, and composer Franz Liszt while visiting spots connected to him. With the help of small stories, surprising titbits of information, or legends you will get familiar with his life and oeuvre. You can get closer to his multifaceted character i.e.: the virtuoso, the deep Christian thinker, the teacher & school-founder, the composer, and his Hungarian roots. Liszt’s art and personality will be presented in an international context while highlighting his deep connection to his homeland, Hungary. The walk ends in the Tasting Table Wine Cellar & Bar, a bar led by a Hungarian wine expert Gabor and his American gastronomy expert wife Carolyn, the author of Food Wine Budapest book, whose mission is to showcase Hungarian wine and culinary culture

The 2-hour sommelier-led wine tasting event features a carefully curated selection of five (winter edition*) or eight (summer edition*) great Hungarian wines, among them the famous Tokaji Aszú. The event distills the wide range of Hungarian wine into a comprehensible story for you to get a good overview. Food pairings are served for each wine. 

* Fall/Winter edition (15 October – 31 March) accommodates the “Wine, Cheese, & Charcuterie Tasting” with a selection of 5 different wines.

* Spring/Summer edition (1 April – 14 October) accommodates the “Essentials of Hungarian Wine” tasting exhibiting a selection of 8 different wines (for further details please, consult the Information Sheet).

Please, bear in mind when considering booking this tour that it is against the  Hungarian law to serve alcohol to people under 18.  The size of the group is intentionally left small, i.e. no more than 15 people can join.

DURATION

4 hours

LANGUAGE

English

MEETING POINT

In front of the Liszt Academy of Music Building (1061 Budapest, Liszt tér 8.). WHAT3WORDS: frocks.votes.cage. Advance booking is required. Please, note, that owing to third-party obligations booking is closed 24 hours prior to the announced starting time.

TOUR ENDING POINT

Tasting Table Wine Bar –  1088 Budapest, Bródy Sándor utca 9.

DATE AND TIME

Winter schedule (from 15 October to 31 March) at 13.00 on selected Saturdays;

Summer schedule (from 1 April to 14 October) at 16.00 on selected Saturdays.

Please, check the Calendar for available dates.

NUMBER OF STOPS

10, among them remarkable concert halls, museums, memorial places, statues with unforgettable stories to tell + Wine Bar.

COST

75€/person (25€/person aged 14-18; 5€/person under 14) (winter edition)

95€/person (25€/person aged 14-18; 5€/person under 14) (summer edition)

 

 

Info

INFORMATION SHEET ON THE LISZT&WINE TOUR

Did you know?
The national composer of Norway, Edvard Grieg often recalled Liszt's advice about the critics. Liszt said to him when he was 25 and finished his Piano concerto: "Keep boldly on. I tell you. You have the ability and - don't let them get you down!"
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Did you know?
The composer of the famous Jacques Prévert poème Les Feuilles mortes (Autumn Leaves) was Hungarian-born Joseph Kosma (József Kozma), an alumnus of the Liszt Academy of Music. He revolutionised the songwriting of France.
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Did you know?
Ahn Eak-tai the composer of the song Aegukga - which is considered as the Korean national anthem - studied composition in Hungary from Zoltán Kodály in the 1930s.
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Did you know?
Liszt was a true promoter of the Hungarian wine, especially the red wine from the Szekszard Wine Region. He introduced this wine to dignities all across Europe.
Did you know?
Acclaimed Portuguese pianist, teacher and composer José Vianna da Motta was one of the last pupils of Franz Liszt.
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