Step into living history at Bikal’s Élménybirtok: medieval workshops, quests, knight shows, artisan markets, and immersive talks and light shows for families. Tickets via Puchner Castle Hotel or online.
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Bikal’s Élménybirtok (Experience Estate) throws open its gates in 2026 with a hands-on plunge into the Middle Ages: costumed fun, musical shows, knightly clashes, and a walled old town buzzing with artisans, folklore, and living history. Kids and adults don’t just watch the story — they step inside it, with workshops, quests, and shows running in all weather. Tickets can be bought at the Puchner Castle Hotel reception or online.
Saturday, March 7, 10:30–17:00. Arrive at opening to fit it all in. Three free games are on offer, including two scavenger hunts with surprises at the end. Slip into roles at the Tailor’s Workshop — prince, princess, court jester, even executioner — then browse handmade gifts and hand-bound books at the House of Crafts. In the Page School building, meet prize-winning leather jewelry and genuine leather goods; with the goldsmith you can craft your own piece, learn the basics of glass painting with the glass-image maker, and get your caricature drawn.
Don’t worry about clouds: every program runs rain or shine. In the Page School’s South Hall, Ilona and Anikó’s craft studio lets you DIY premium home decor, ornate boxes, and decorated textiles (T-shirts, bags, pouches). The Smart Space features two special interactive games. The Woodcarver’s Workshop is a den of cunning puzzles, turned wooden platters, carved spoons, and the ethereal “Soul Birds.” The Gagyizda shop tempts with dozens of gifts, artisan chocolates, and fragrant bath salts and oils.
10:30 Opening
10:30–17:00 Interactive village houses: the Enchanted Painter’s House, Blacksmith’s Forge, and Witch’s House.
10:30–17:00 Animal Yard story time: hear the Hungarian folk tale “A kiskakas gyémánt félkrajcárja” (The Little Rooster’s Diamond Halfpenny) and La Fontaine’s “The Fox and the Crow.”
10:30–17:00 Step inside every artisan workshop, watch masters at work, and shop their wares. In the Fairy-Tale Village, the blacksmith offers a bit of forging. Both the “Green Walnut Inn (Zöld Diófa Csárda)” – House of Crafts and the Watermill – House of Crafts host multiple crafts. In the old-town studios you’ll find the caricaturist, leatherworker, goldsmith, enamel and glass-image maker, bookbinder, honey seller, Renaissance dressmaker in the tailor’s shop, and — around a winding bend — the woodcarver.
10:30–14:00 “Labyrinth” game across 18.5 acres: roam the estate hunting cards that show iconic medieval imagery.
10:30–14:00 “Secret Signs, Mysterious Places”: crack a coded riddle with a treasure map; sign up at the Gingerbread Workshop.
12:00–15:00 Tasty hours at the White Swan Inn.
Daytime: Ilona and Anikó’s studio runs DIY box and textile painting, plus “Magic of the Seasons” premium home decor workshops (wreath or table piece) in the Page School South Hall. Times are listed in the program booklet handed out at entry.
15:00–15:30 Knights and Dames: real combat and a spectacular mounted show — $8.20 per person for ages 5+ (free for 0–4).
17:00 Closing. Program subject to change; workshop hours may vary — check with masters on site.
Sötét középkor? Or not so much? This popular-science talk blitzes through centuries of imagination, spotlighting freethinkers whose concepts laid the groundwork for the future. Think elevators, automobiles, diving suits — imagined long before the 20th century in hidden workshops of history’s geniuses. How did people dream of deep-sea dives and conquering the sky when even crafting a wheel was hard? It’s a playful, idea-packed journey from primitive tools to flight, for kids, adults, and curious minds. Buy tickets online.
A one-of-a-kind light show where technicians wield intelligent lamps and immersive sound to spin a realm where time seems to stop and imagination draws the map. Light and shadow, good and evil — one can’t exist without the other. When one light fades, another flares: the cycle continues. A first-of-its-kind sensory spectacle in Hungary.
Step into the world of medieval witches and healers — and track their echoes in the present. If you think waving hellfire warnings kept everyone in line, think again. Even gossip or mouthing off to your lord and husband had consequences. What made a witch, where did persecutions begin, which charms still make sense? Does incantation do anything? The talk wraps with a lifelong charm from the speaker — and plenty of humor. A co-production of Ágens Company (Ágens Társulat) and the Bikal Immersive Theatre.
Saturday, March 14, 10:30–17:00. All-day crafts, interactive games, animal encounters, and learning adventures, crowned by a special performance blending live singing and horses to bring the spirit of 1848 close to every age. Ilona and Anikó host holiday-themed porcelain painting alongside take-home home decor and textile ornaments. Zina adds a witty angle with “History Falsified — Revolution, A Bit Differently.”
Centerpiece event: “Freedom, let us gaze into your eyes!” — In memoriam 1848, a standout show with live vocals and mounted performance featuring István Orlik “Luke,” Tina Zsolnai-Faragó, and Lídia Boudny. Doors from 10:30 — come early.
“Adventure with the Shepherd with Starry Eyes” (Kalandozás a Csillagszemű juhásszal) reimagines the classic tale as an experiential, playful performance where children jump into roles, move, laugh, and co-create the story. It’s participatory learning-through-play at its liveliest.
The musical light-magic show is back, again pitting light and shadow in a sensory duel, guided by intelligent lighting and striking sound design — a portal to a boundless, imagined space.
The companion to Courtesan Training (Kurtizánképző), this relationship stand-up invites men (and their partners) to decode the mysterious world of women — and vice versa. Viewers call it “should be prescribed.” Expect the anatomy of an argument, the art of in-relationship “overwriting,” and the overthought “I only love you” routine. Bring your partner: humor and irony do the heavy lifting. An Ágens Company (Ágens Társulat) x Bikal Immersive Theatre production.
A singular show that defies comparison, greeted night after night with “should be prescribed.” The exploration continues — sharp, funny, disarming — mapping the fault lines and bridges between two people who want to understand each other.
