Visitors can learn about palinka through the videos and exhibits, including the history of illegal palinka production during the communism. Guided tours with a palinka master are available several times a week and can include a distillery tour. Palinka tasting is a popular experience, with more than 20 kinds available. Visitors can also browse for palinka gifts in the upstairs shop or create their own label to put on a bottle of palinka.
There’s a small fee to enter the museum.
A written English guide is available.
The on-site gift shop sells a variety of palinka products.
Visitors must be 18 and older to taste palinka.
The Zugfozde Palinka Museum is located in downtown Visegrád, around 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of Budapest. Visegrád can be reached from Budapest by train or ferry. You can take a taxi to the museum. Several Visegrád buses stop nearby, including the 880, 882, 883, and 889.
The Zugfozde Palinka Museum is open Tuesday to Saturday from 2pm to 6pm. The museum is small and can be explored in under an hour. Guided brandy tours are available on Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 6pm and last around an hour, with a visit to an open-view kitchen afterward.
Situated along the Danube River, Visegrád is a popular day trip destination from Budapest. With a long history that dates back to Roman times, it’s unsurprising that the city’s top historic attractions include the 13th-century Upper Castle, Solomon Tower (Lower Castle), the medieval Citadel, and Sibrik Hill.
