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When we considered entering the GTTP competition and started brainstorming in the classroom, we thought of two things. The first was to collect the gastronomic values, programmes and sights in a bunch to make the information available for everyone by displaying in a single website. We also wanted to start something useful that is beneficial for us and for the visitors. That’s how the idea of a study trail began to develop in our minds and now we are ready to share the idea with supporters and those who can help in the carrying out of it.
In the following paragraphs we tell you why the idea came, how we plan this trail, what further steps will have to be taken.
There is a need...
The idea was based on an imperfection we noticed. Every September in our school we organise a hike. We walk 8-10 kilometres in the Vértes hills or at the foot of the hill. There are checkpoints we have to pass, with quizzes about natural sciences. An educational trail would make organising these hikes easier, as there would be a permanent route, with fixed checkpoints. The trail would also be useful during student exchange programmes, for some information would be written in German and English as well.
You get to know a place well if you walk there a lot, then you will know the little beauties that can pop up from behind a corner. But nowadays work, internet and laziness set many people back to discover the secret paths. They have to be helped.
When a local family want to spend a day outside they often go to the Vértes hill, but avoid the foot of the Vértes where the vineyards are, simply because they think there is nothing there to see... On the contrary, we think there is a lot to see and feel among the vineyards in every season. The sight from the dirt roads among the plantations over the hills and the valley, the growers working there, the growth of the leaves and grapes, the ripening, the scent that surrounds you there, the open sky or the sun behind a wild pear tree are just some that can grab the hearts of those who are open to it. But to encourage them, they have to be offered ways, paths, places to sit down and have a rest... Nowadays many plantations and earlier roads have been fenced off – it is challenging to find the good way – but to be honest, not many dare to take this challenge. That’s why they have to be shown which path to follow, what they can expect.
There are also visitors from other towns, countries who could also use it for a day’s programme.
There is a trail called “Ezerjóborút” or Thousandgood Wine Trail. There are six settlements belonging to the Mór Wine region and there is a road one can get to one village to another via this. There are vine producers who offer wine tasting in their cellars among this road. But it is available for those who drive or ride the bicycle. That’s why we offer a trail for the walkers.
We studied the wine and grape trails that can be found on the internet. We visited one of them (the Iszkaszentgyörgy palace estate study trail) and given the local possibilities (the wine culture and the geographical position) we created a pathway consisting of 7 stations and is about 9 kilometre long. We will give you a brief introduction of them.
The starting board would be in the Saint Stephen park which just got renewed this year. The park is basically the centre of the town between three palaces. The next station is the recently renovated Saint Orbán chapel located on the Kecske hill, it is approximately a 15 minute trip on foot with a beautiful view on the town, the Vértes hills and the vineyards. The following stations are in an even distance from each other touching the vineyards, the forest and the cellars.
The trail’s name would be Ezerjó, named after Mór’s flagship wine.
The themes of these stations are the following:
1. Starting board: supporters, route, open cellars, gastronomic locations (for example what can be found in our internet collection).
2. Wine region of Mór – History, The Orbán chapel
3. Typical grape types found in Mór
4. Abandoned grape plantations and biodiversity. Finding the ideal place for this board is getting harder over time since the entrepreneurs are slowly discovering these places too. On one side we should be happy for this because there is nothing interesting in a messy plantation. At the outskirts of Mór the Látó-hegyi lakes can be found. These are fishing lakes in a relatively untouched natural environment full of many protected reptile, amphibian, bird, mammal and insect species. Near the lakes there was an abandoned grape plantation with a biodiversity getting richer over time partly because of the wet environment. The preservation of this place is very important, because if the grapes won’t be pesticide free, then the pesticide and poison can get into the lakes, damaging the ecosystem. Sadly the management can’t understand this, so it is very likely that an oasis is already gone. If the grape plantation won’t be there in the form we want it, then the board can still be there as an important sign, as a lesson.
5. Swabian cellars, tools of wine making
6. Wines made in Mór, characteristics of the wine (with the list of the open wine cellars)
7. Wine programs, traditions
We find it important to place out weather and damage resistant boards along with some tables and benches. The latter is not expensive at all, considering it can be made from simple black locust pillars with volunteer work.
The idea is supported both by the local tourism office and the people we contacted. Sadly the making of a pathway is always costly. One way of covering the costs is to enter different applications – however this can take a lot of time. The most ideal thing would be if the people interested in development such as entrepreneurs, farmers and craftsmen would put it together. To achieve this, we need cooperative work from the organizers, and a good plan, so that the steps of development can be well seen. Even though the coordination of the pathway is beyond our team’s limits, with our plan and ideas we would like to contribute to its realization. Our long term goal is the implementation of the pathway with the work of us and future Travel and Tourism students.