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The village of CSOPAK , 9km down Route 71 towards Balatonfüred, has
made a name for itself in recent years for its wine , and this is the
main reason for visiting. Arriving by train, walk up the main street,
Kossuth utca, to the old village, or, to get to the strand and the
resort area, walk across Route 71 and then along Fürdo utca; the ferry
is a couple of minutes' walk beyond. The only tourist office is
Csopaktourist at Veszprémi út 33, in the old village near the top of
Kossuth utca (June-Aug daily 8am-8pm; tel & fax 87/455-025,
www.csopaktourist.hu ).
There are numerous wine cellars around the old village, and many houses
advertise dens where you can pop in to taste - and buy - the local hock.
Csopak wines are mainly white, of which the best-known is Olaszrizling ;
most locals sell it straight from the barrel. The co-operative Csopak
Kistermeloi Pinceszövetkezet bottles the wines of a thousand small
vineyards in the area and sells them at the large factory-like building
behind Csopaktourist (Mon-Thurs 7.30am-3pm, Fri 7.30am-2pm, Sat
8am-noon). Smaller cellars, where you can also eat as you taste the
wines, include the Linczy Pince at Berekháti utca 34, a few minutes'
walk up from the train station (May-Oct daily 11am-11pm), and the Söptei
Pince at Istenfia utca 5, fifteen minutes' walk west along Füredi utca
(June to mid-Oct daily 11am-11pm). Csopak's Wine Week ( Borhét ) takes
place in the third week of August, with wine, singing and dancing down
by the waterfront at the entrance to the strand .
Accommodation is available down near the waterfront at the Rozmaring
Panzió , a series of low buildings spread over large pleasant grounds by
the strand at Ifjúság sétány 4 (tel & fax 87/446-583; 5000-7000Ft;
May-Sept) - there is also a small camping area here. The Youth Resort ,
a large complex a few minutes' walk east of the strand at Sport utca 9 (
Ifjúsági Üdülo ; tel 87/446-505; 3000-7000Ft; May-Sept; no IH discounts
in July & Aug), has rooms with showers, and sports facilities to cater
for the big groups that stay here; while the Hotel Piroska next door at
Sport utca 5-7 (tel 87/446-576; 7000-10,000Ft; mid-May to mid-Sept) is
outwardly unappealing but has nice rooms with balconies overlooking the
gardens. Two pleasant places to eat , both with outside seating and
serving traditional Hungarian cuisine, are the Dobó Restaurant at the
top of Kossuth utca near Csopaktourist, and the Malom Csárda in an old
watermill ten minutes' walk up at Veszprémi út 3, on the northern edge
of the village (daily 11am-11pm).
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