With the naked eye: Sopron and Northern Burgerland

Dear Participant!

Architect Continuing Education has previously launched a number of professional study trips abroad, which have been successful with great interest for years. In recent months, of course, these trips have been paused, but our plans and enthusiasm remain unchanged, and we sincerely hope that we will soon be able to make up for the longer, more distant journeys we have missed, as well as apply for new ones.

We are grateful for the encouragement of our former fellow travelers to continue. We don’t even see if we can reach our flying distances in the second half of this year or just next year. However, we don’t want the experience of joint discovery, the joy of time spent with our loyal frequent flyers, to be completely ignored this year.

We also owe it, because in recent years we have reached innumerable distant or even more distant landscapes and cultural regions, but we have undeservedly neglected the areas of our country in a narrow or historical sense. That’s why we want to give you the opportunity to have an experience with a few shorter new trips within the country or a little across the country. These trips are typically planned for 3-4 days, we travel by bus, and we do not move away so much that even a sudden future interstate travel restriction can cause inconvenience. In addition, we take strict care of health precautions, and we expect this from our partners.

Our first such trip - using a bit of the elements of the previously planned Castles along the Danube - will soon visit the sights of Sopron, the Fertő Cultural Landscape and the Castle District (or Őrvidék, Burgenland). With the expert guidance of Kornél Baliga, we can gain new knowledge that is certainly interesting for those who may have visited one of the places in the program before. The base of our trip is Sopron, returning here every night we can relax from the fatigue of the day and recall our previous trips together.

Date: August 27-30, 2020

Tour guide: Kornél Baliga, architect, interior designer
group attendant: Zsolt Szendrei


Planned program:

Day 1 (Aug 27, Thursday):
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07: 00-09: 00 travel time (154km / 1:38 ')
09: 00-11: 00 Csorna, Premontrei provost, church, library
11: 00-11: 45 travel (33km / 36 ')
11: 45-14: 45 Fertőd (Eszterháza) Esterházy Castle, puppet theater, orangerie, rose garden
14: 45-15: 00 travel (3km / 4 ')
15: 00-15: 30 Fertőszéplak Golgotha, All Saints Church
15: 30-15: 45 travel (8km / 10 ')
15: 45-16: 15 Coldness, Árpádian church
16: 15-16: 30 travel (7km / 8 ')
16: 30-17: 30 Nagycenk, Széchenyi Castle, Széchenyi Mausoleum
Sopron, free program
accommodation: Sopron

Day 2 (Friday, Aug. 28):
Sopron: Stornó house, Fabrícius house, Goat church and monastery, St. George's church, etc.
Sopronbánfalva: Pauline-Carmelite Church and Monastery (hotel), Mary Magdalene Church
Infectious Cancer: Episcopal Palace, Quarry, Mitras Shrine
Fertőmeggyes (Mörbisch): pedestrian border, walk
accommodation: Sopron

Day 3 (Saturday, Aug. 29):
09: 00-10: 00 travel (40km / 38 ')
10: 00-12: 00 Forchtenstein: Esterházy Castle
12: 00-12: 30 travel (27km / 23 ')
Eisenstadt:
12:30 to 14:00 lunch break
14: 00-17: 00 Esterházy Castle, sightseeing
17: 00-17: 20 travel (14km / 14 ')
17: 20-19: 30 Rust: sightseeing
19: 30-20: 00 trip back to Sopron (20km / 23 ')
accommodation: Sopron

Day 4 (Sunday, Aug. 30):
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08: 00-09: 00 travel time (53km / 53 ')
09: 00-09: 30 Our Lady (Frauenkirchen): Basilica
09: 30-09: 45 travel (6km / 6 ')
09: 45-11: 00 Half-tower (Halbturn) Harrach, then Habsburg Castle
11: 00-12: 00 travel (56km / 44 ')
12: 00-13: 30 Schlosshof: Savoy-Habsburg Castle
13: 30-14: 00 travel (17km / 15 ')
14: 00-15: 30 Eckartsau, Habsburg Castle
15: 30-15: 45 travel (13km / 12 ')
15: 45-16: 30 Bad-Deutsch Altenburg: Marien Kirche
16: 30-16: 45 travel (4km / 7 ')
16: 45-18: 00 Hainburg: downtown walk (+ nursing home)
18: 00-20: 30 trip home to Budapest (210km / 2: 14 ')
approx. 20:30 arrival Budapest XI. Technical University quay

(Program details are subject to change.)


The expected participation fee of the trip is approx. 52,000 HUF / person, which includes:
- travel by bus throughout the journey
- accommodation in a mid-range downtown hotel, in double rooms, with breakfast
- professional guide and aids
- use of a guide set
not included:
- day care
- museum and other tickets
- travel insurance, which can be taken out separately at our company

We hope you enjoyed our itinerary.
This news is used to assess interest. Please let us know as soon as possible if you would like to join the trip.

We are waiting for your application so that we can travel together again.


Best regards:
Architect Continuing Education Nonprofit Ltd.
epitesztovabbkepzo@chello.hu
phone: 30 / 647-1415, 1 / 784-1791