Time Travel - horse drawn cart tour with jam and syrup tasting and a farm to table lunch
Time Travel - horse drawn cart tour with jam and syrup tasting and a farm to table lunch

Time Travel - horse drawn cart tour with jam and syrup tasting and a farm to table lunch

Family-friendly activity Horse-cart ride Tourist program

About

Location: Harghita County, Corund/Korond/Fantana Brazilor
Destination: Salt Land
Program price: 
  • the tour starts with a minimum of 6 participants
  • if the group consist of 6 to 24 people, price is 59 EUR/pers. 
  • if the group consist of 25 to 50 people, price is 52 EUR/pers 
The price includes everything except the arrival to the center of Fântâna Brazilor/Fenyőkút.
 
Description:
We travel with covered horse-drawn carriages or sledges to the amazing plateau of Fântâna Brazilor/Fenyőkút and Valea lui Pavel/Pálpataka, where we gain insight into the animal husbandry lifestyle of self-sufficient family farms that have remained unchanged since the time of our grandparents.
In one of the farms the owners are waiting for us with a cold lunch. Homemade bread, boiled eggs, 5-6 kinds of spicy smoked homemade cheese, orda (cottage cheese, made from whey of cow milk), butter, bacon, sausage, brandies (pálinka), jams, tea, coffee are on the table.
We visit the Fântâna Brazilor/Fenyőkút Peat Bog, a strictly protected habitat that preserves Siberian flora, which has been unchanged for 10,000 years.
We will also visit the local Tofigem manufactory, where a presentation will be given on the herbs and medicinal effects of forest fruits and medicinal plants from the surrounding grasslands. You can taste more than 100 types of products, most of which are made from wild fruits and meadow herbs collected from the wild.

All our tours require a reservation:
 
We also offer guided tours in nature reserves:

Program overview

Culinary Culture Trekking Nature Horse-cart ride

Language

English German Hungarian Romanian

Duration of the program

1 day/zi/nap

Tour guide

Pál Zoltán

Region

Odorheiu Secuiesc and its surroundings

City

Fântâna Brazilor

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