On Wednesday, 23rd January 2019, the first day of our Steering Committee meeting, the Project Partnership attended the Study Visit of Somogy County where we visited several tourism providers and attractions near the river Drava in order to understand the current situation and possibilities for developing cycling tourism in the region. The trip started with the bus tour around the city of Nagyatad where the 2nd SC meeting was held.

© Zarja Šinkovec

The drive continued to the "Moc farm, and open air school in Somogyszob: 

© Zarja Šinkovec

Followed by lunch in a traditional wine cellar – ‘Vázsonyi’ cellar in Zákány, where we were welcomed by the town Mayor: 

© Zarja Šinkovec

We continued our trip to Őrtilos - a picturesque scenery at the confluence of rivers Drava and Mura, where we were again welcomed by the town Mayor: 

Group photo at the confluence of Mura and Drava: 

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We had a quick stop at Vízvár – ‘Eden Park’ resort, which offers accommodations, biking, canoeing, etc. 

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Our last stop on the trip was at the Barcs-Drávaszentes (http://www.ddnp.hu/national-park-areas-along-the-drava), where we learned about ecotourism along the Drava river by the management of the Visitor Center of the Duna-Dráva National Park.

© Zarja Šinkovec

The study tour provided insight into the current touristic situation and offer for cyclist in Somogy County that will come useful in the further steps of the project when the partnership will be developing the cycling product and implementing the Amazon of Europe Bike Trail.

Even in winter, the Somogy County is beautiful and we can imagine our future cyclists would love the experience. To find out more about attractions in the area, click here: http://nagyatadtdm.hu/