Looking for space to slow down, breathe, and escape the noise?
Wandering forest trails with no destination
Joining a gentle herbal walk and learning nature’s quiet medicine
Sharing stories by the fire with a warm cup of our handcrafted tea
Savoring simple, soulful Hygge food made with care
Slowing down through crafting, creating, and hands-on moments
Wild swimming
Watching the stars in the stillness of the evening
Thermal baths
Wine tasting
Walking the Koppány Trails
Visiting Lake Balaton and its watersports
This isn’t an escape from life… it’s a return to it.
Koppány Pines is a place to press pause. Stay as long as you like, in whichever corner of the retreat suits you — a cosy guesthouse room, a self-contained apartment, a bell tent with a firepit, or the whole lodge to yourselves. Even a camping pitch, if you like your stays close to the ground.
There’s no programme here. No schedule to follow. Just good food, open countryside, and time that’s genuinely yours.
Let us organise it for you
If you’d like more than just a quiet stay, we’ll arrange excursions and experiences around you — all you need to do is give us advance notice and we’ll take care of the booking and logistics. You just turn up.
Here’s what we can organise on your behalf:
🌿 Thermal spa day — Choose from three mineral-rich spas within easy reach: Igal, Tamási, or Dombóvár. Soak, unwind, and let the warm water do its work. We’ll recommend the right one for you and arrange transport if needed.
🚣 Watersports on Balaton Lake — Europe’s largest freshwater lake is 40 minutes away. We’ll sort the booking so all you have to do is show up and get on the water.
🧺 Romantic picnic at the fishing lake — A 20-minute stroll through the valley brings you to a quiet private lake. We’ll put together a seasonal picnic for two so you can spend an afternoon there undisturbed.
🪓 Axe throwing or Spoon Whittling — Firm favourites , we run this on site — just let us know and we’ll set it up.
💆 Massage — We can arrange a treatment designed to ease the tension that accumulates when life gets too loud.
🍳 Cooking experience at the Fire Kitchen — Get hands-on with seasonal, simple food in our outdoor fire kitchen. We’ll guide you through it together — it’s as much about the doing as the eating.
🍷 Wine tasting at a local vineyard or we have an onsite option— Hungary has a quiet but proud wine-making tradition. We’ll arrange a visit to a local producer for a relaxed tasting with some of the people behind the bottles.
🚗 Hire car — If you’d like to explore the wider region independently, we can arrange local car hire so you’re not reliant on transfers or taxis.
BOOKABLE ON SITE
SPOON WHITTLING & AXE THROWING
PRICE ON APPLICATION
GEO CACHING
QUAD SAFARI
WILD SWIM
AXE THROWING
WALKING & HIKING
The Koppany trails network traverse the five villages of the Nature Park, but we also are within striking distance of the DDP hikes (red walk). “Beautiful nature – and cultural landscape. Hill with wine houses, forests and fields. Healthy wildstand and beautiful flora. Walking kilometers without encounter anyone on the most fantastic paths and amazing views.” Abel Stok recommends Koppányvölgy Natúrpark –
STAR GAZING
The unpolluted dark skies of the Koppany Valley offer ideal star gazing opportunities and we have telescope available for guests so if we aren’t already out staring at the skies then just ask us to set it up. Within 1hr 30m drive is Zselic Starry Sky Park. which offers an astronomy program for visitors that includes a planetarium, a meteorite collection and a telescopic observation.
BIRD-WATCHING
Birds you might spot or hear are Woodpeckers, Cuckoo, Skylark and Goldfinch and the European Bee-eater which is one of Hungary’s most beautiful birds. Its colourful plumage is breathtaking. A short drive from the site we have the nature reserve of Pacsmags Lakes of Regoly. Waterbirds such as ferruginous ducks, Nyroca n. nyroca, and herons (Egretta), as well as predatory birds including hawks (Accipiter sp.), bald eagles, and Heliaeetus leucocephalus.
WINE & TAPAS
LAKESIDE PICNICS
HAND CRAFTED AFTERNOON TEA
THERMAL SPA WELLNESS
PADDLE BOARD & KAYAKING
We are super lucky to have the beautiful lake Balaton or lake Deseda within a 45 minute drive. Bring your own equipment or Lake Deseda also offers the opportunity to hire equipment. There are plenty of stopping places along the lake edges and places to launch. A great way to enjoy a natural peaceful escape in areas bursting with wildlife.
FISHING
We have three lakes within the local area. Our personal favourite is a beautiful private lake owned by a local villager, who let’s us fish for a small charge. Then we have Andocs lake where tickets are purchased at the pub in Andocs village ( opens at 7a.m.) and Kocsola lake purchase tickets on the bank. Both lakes are day tickets and have carp, catfish, zander and pike in. (Own tackle required). A fishing trip to Lake Balaton is another suggestion, you have Siofok within 35 minutes drive.