Fehérvár Football Festival Returns To Székesfehérvár

Fehérvár Football Festival returns to Székesfehérvár, Dec 27–30, 2025—international small‑sided cup, team sign‑ups, hotels, dining, and city highlights. Celebrate sport, community, and winter hospitality.
when: 2025.12.27., Saturday - 2025.12.30., Tuesday
where: 8000 Székesfehérvár, Berényi út 101.

Székesfehérvár is set to host the 25th MINDIGVÁR NONSTOP Holiday Fehérvár Football Festival, an international small-sided football cup running December 27–30, 2025. The venue is 8000 Székesfehérvár, Berényi út 101. The festival champions football, healthy living, community spirit, and the profiles of Fehérvár FC and the city itself. Enter your team and be part of the Fehérvár Football Festival’s 25-year story.

Expect four buzzing days of competition, camaraderie, and citywide hospitality, with organizers reserving the right to change dates and programs as needed. This anniversary edition aims to outdo itself—both on the pitch and off it—by turning Székesfehérvár into a winter hub for sport and social life.

Stay in Style: Hotels Across the City

Right in the heart of Székesfehérvár, a contemporary four-star hotel with 86 rooms brings sleek forms, understated elegance, and carefully curated moods for a harmonious stay. It’s all about indulgence, from the design to a lavish breakfast concept that surpasses expectations and imagination. With refined interiors and standout service quality, guests enjoy full comfort, whether they’re here to play, cheer, or explore.

Castrum Hotel**** Székesfehérvár sits on the edge of the historic center, just 300 meters (about 984 feet) from the Baroque main street, placing landmarks within a short walk. Its wide range of services makes it a perfect base for business travelers, tourists, and larger families alike.

Hotel Magyar Király****, the city’s newest yet oldest hotel, welcomes guests in a nearly 200-year-old, fully renewed historic monument. Located by the theater at the start of the pedestrian street in the old town, it’s ideal for relaxation and business, and doubles as an elegant venue for conferences, weddings, and events.

Room rates for select stays range from approximately $16.19 to $18.66 (5,890–6,790 HUF).

A comfortable hotel just minutes from downtown features 60 rooms: 24 singles, 24 doubles, and 12 apartments. Whether you’re here with family, on a short business trip, or passing through, the staff is ready to help and make you feel at home.

Quiet Greens, Business Spaces, and Family Comfort

Hotel Platán awaits in a peaceful, green neighborhood just a five-minute walk from the center, within easy reach of top restaurants, cafés, sights, and event venues. It’s a strong pick for business meetings, trainings, conferences, or team-building for up to 50 people, with flexible layouts on request.

Szárcsa Hotel, off Route 63, channels old-world charm with a twist: every room and dining hall has a different mood, furniture, and color scheme. The property includes a restaurant, garden, outdoor and indoor wellness with pools, saunas, a gym, a kids’ corner, and an Xbox room. The restaurant spans four uniquely styled halls.

Szent Gellért Hotel is set right in the historic center, steps from the city’s standout cultural treasures, museums, and architectural highlights, as well as entertainment and shopping.

Hotel Vadászkürt, just 500 meters (about 1,640 feet) from the city center, basks in warm terracotta tones and includes free Wi‑Fi—simple, friendly, and well located.

Eat, Sip, and Linger

For refined gastronomy in Székesfehérvár, one downtown restaurant blends casual elegance with a modern, tradition-rooted creative kitchen.

Aranyalma Cukrászda has been a local favorite since 2003, known for custom cakes, decadent pastries, and gluten- and dairy-free creations.

Bányató Vendéglő has welcomed guests since March 1999 in Öreghegy, aiming to revive and maintain the area’s early-20th-century excursion-spot vibe. The formula is simple: good food and attentive service to earn trust.

A local wine bar offers more than 150 bottles, with over 60 available for tasting, plus craft beers, cheeses, coffees, and soft drinks. With a wine expert on hand, they host tastings and showcases for corporate or friendly gatherings—either in-house or off-site.

You’ll also find a modern bistro kitchen, steak shop, and delicatessen for meat lovers and gourmands.

Cafés With Character

Cafe Mandala is designed for conversations over fine coffee or unique teas—soul-soothing by design.

CorvinCafe sits a three-minute walk from the Országalma (Orb of the King) by the Flower Clock, in a green, quiet pocket next to the theater—perfect for a pause between matches.

Csendes-ülős cafe & deli has opened downtown, serving coffee, cakes, snacks, and refreshing lemonades, plus cocktails and a daily changing lineup of desserts and sandwiches. They take orders for linzers, cookies, muffins, homemade cakes, and pies. They also create table decorations, wreaths, and floral bowls on request.

Breakfasts, Lunches, and Lakeside Dinners

Drop in for breakfast: the à la carte menu features freshly squeezed juices, freshly ground Italian Varesina coffee, and hot or cold dishes tailored to your taste as part of an executive breakfast. For lunch, the kitchen updates the Grafit Bistro offer weekly with different pasta dishes, keeping Italian cuisine fans happy. For dinner, book a terrace table and let the mood of Mediterranean French cuisine mingle with willows, wild ducks, and soft sunlight by a gently rippling boating lake.

Team sign-ups, city strolls, gourmet detours, and winter football under the lights—Székesfehérvár’s Fehérvár Football Festival is ready to close out 2025 with a spirited long weekend. Organizers reserve the right to change the schedule and dates.

2025, adminboss

Pros
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Family-friendly vibe with hotels offering pools, kids’ corners, and easy walks to sights—good if you’re bringing the crew
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Football is globally popular, so even if you’re not playing, the atmosphere and camaraderie are easy to plug into
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Székesfehérvár has a legit historic center and museums—nice bonus activities between matches
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English is commonly spoken at hotels and tourist spots, so you can get by without Hungarian
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Location is about an hour from Budapest by car and reachable by train/bus, then short taxi or local bus to the venue—pretty manageable
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Prices quoted for some rooms are surprisingly low by U.S. standards, so good value
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Compared with rec/indoor soccer tournaments in the U.S., the mix of a historic European city, winter vibe, and festival hospitality feels unique - Székesfehérvár isn’t a household name for U.S. travelers, so you may need extra planning and research
Cons
Public transit from Budapest requires a transfer and local navigation; renting a car might be simpler in winter
Hungarian-language signage could slow you down outside tourist zones; translation apps help
If you’re not into soccer, four days of small-sided matches can feel repetitive compared to bigger holiday markets or city festivals abroad

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