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Biking

You may be a “professional” or a beginner cyclist wishing just to have some exercise you will enjoy a whole-day bike-tour in the bikers’ paradise from Matra to lake Tisza or from there to Bukk. But the bike routs and trails in Eger and its vicinity can offer you unforgettable hours and surprises.


Horse riding

Besides refreshing your body and soul, horse riding will provide you with the unique experience of friendly relationship between human and an intelligent animal. The numerous riding schools and stud farms in Heves county offer horse fans high level accommodation , delicious food, and well equipped stables for the horses. Explore the region on horse drawn carriages in summer or on sledges in winter. Riding schools and stud farms:
Lovasudvar Kisfüzes
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Egedhegyi Lipicai Lovastanya
Tel: 36-36/ 312-804
(Egedhegyi Stud Farm)
Állami Ménesgazdaság Szilvásvárad
Tel: 36-36/ 355-155
(stud farm, Szilvásvárad)
Egeres völgyi Lovastanya Felsotárkány
Tel: 36-36/ 434-170
(Egeres völgyi stud farm)
Csapó Sportistálló Bekölce
Tel: 36-36/ 485-648
(Csapó riding school in Bekölce)
Nagyszállási Lovastanya Poroszló
Tel: 36-36/ 535-011
(Nagyszállási Stud Farm Poroszló)
Mihók Ménes Lovasfarm Ostoros
Tel: 36-36/ 410-596
(Mihók Stud Farm, Ostoros)

Winter sports

When the mountains and hills are covered with glittering snow get on the sledge or ski on the slopes. The best ski slopes can be found in Mátra
(Kékestető “west” slope: 2,2 km; Galyatető: 690 m;
Mátraszentimre: 340 m;
Mátraszentistván: 540 m)
all of them with ski-lift. Lovers of ski-running will find excellent well-kept trails in Mátra.
Information about snow and weather:
Kékestetői Meteorologiai Állomás
Tel: 36-37/ 367-038

Water sports

Lake Tisza is a heaven for water sport fans: You shouldn’t miss boating, surfing,
jet-skiing, canoeing.

Angling/fishing

With some luck and skills you can catch a big fish in the fisherman’s paradise of
Lake Tisza
Lake Markaz
Lake Verpelét
Lake Egerszalók

More information: Horgászegyesületek Heves Megyei Szövetsége
Tel: 36/ 313-689
(Heves county association of fishing soeties)

Hunting

Shooters and hunters find big game – stag, deer, boar, fox – in the thick wood of Mátra and Bükk, and wildfowl in the southern region.

Information: Magyar Országos Vadászkamara Heves Megyei Szervezete
Tel: 36/ 316-512
(Heves County office of the Hungarian chamber of shooters)

Hunting programmes:
Eger Jagdreisen

Hotel Fauna,
Besenyőtelek-Tepélypuszta