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Horse riding and horse riding holidays.

Location & Weather

Hungary is a land locked country in central Europe. It joined the European Union in 2004 and Budapest is its most famous and most often visited city.

Directions from budapest:

Take the M3(E71) out of Budapest heading east.

Stay on the M3(E71) for 69 km then take the 70km junction for Gyongyos and head North on road number 3. In Gyongyos take a left at the junction toward Parad and Matrafured on road number 24.

Stay on the 24 over the mountains for 25 km. Follow the 24 into Parad and take the first left in the village marked "Bodony" follow this road for 2 km and our cottages are on the main street of the village. They are numbers 22 and 24 Hunyadi Ut.

Weather

January and February: Cold, usually with lots of snow. We can offer horse drawn sleigh rides through the forest, winter walking up into the hills or you may wish to ski or snowboard on the slopes of Kekes or St. Istvan. Average temperatures are around 1°c although it can get much colder.

March: There can still be snow around right up until the end of March although it is more usual for it to be gone by the end of the month. Temperatures start to rise reaching an average of 8°c.

April: This is usually the month when spring starts to arrive here. The trees start to bud and the grass is starting grow again. Temperatures are between 10°c and 18°c with showers.

May: Temperatures are up between 18°c and 23°c. May is usually a lovely spring month with some showers and lots of warm sunshine.

June: Temperatures rise to 20-25°c. It is warm but not too hot usually. Everything is starting to bloom, a wonderful time of year to visit.

July and August: The warmest time of year to visit with temperatures in the high 20’s and low 30’s. What rain there is falls as refreshing summer showers.

September: This is one of the best times of year for horse riding here. It is still warm, in the 20’s with little rainfall. The days are long and there are lots of things going on in the area.

October: In recent years October has been warm and pleasant with little rainfall and temperatures in the 20’s up until the end of the month when it can get cold.

November: Autumn has usually settled in by now the leaves are on fire and the sun sits low in the sky. With temperatures around 12-20°c it is a very pleasant month. You should expect a mixture of weather if you come in this month.

December: Temperatures around 5°c at the beginning of the month give way to temperatures around freezing with snow by the end of the month.

Check out the BBC weather site for detailed info on the weather for Hungary