SHOCKING: horror entrance fee to this traditional Hungarian Easter festival
The entrance ticket to Hollókő, a traditional Hungarian village keeping Hungarian Easter folk customs the most authentically in the country, costs three times as much as a ticket to the world-known Venice carnival. The price is shocking, even considering the high inflation that hit Hungary in the past two years.
According to Blikk, a Hungarian tabloid, you must pay HUF 6,500 (EUR 16.5) to participate in the traditional Hungarian Easter celebration of Hollókő. That is more than three times the entrance fee of Venice, which all tourists must pay if they want to visit the historic city parts from the end of April.
Both locals in Venice and Hollókő became fed up with the tourists flooding the settlements. Therefore, they decided to make paying compulsory for everybody entering their historic village or city.
Hollókő Easter festival costs a ‘fortune’
Hollókő holds its annual traditional Easter festival between 30 March and 1 April. However, you may enter the old village by buying an entrance ticket during the long weekend.
That costs HUF 6,500 (EUR 16.5) for adults. For pensioners and students, there is a discount: the ticket costs only HUF 5,500 (EUR 14). However, that ticket comprises the entrance to all the programs, museums and places a tourist would like to visit in the village. As a result, it is valid to the local castle, the Palóc Játszóház (Palóc Playhouse) or the local ‘baby museum’.
Do you know who the Palóc people are? Here are some articles about them: lovely Hungarian settlements notable for the Palóc culture HERE, Palóc soup recipe in THIS article and click HERE for photos of a traditional Palóc wedding.
Entrance is free for kids under 7. HERE is the official website of the Easter festival in Hollókő.
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Here are some photos of the Easter festival taken on Saturday: