Tokaj is a historical town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary, 54 kilometers from county capital Miskolc. It is the centre of the Tokaj-Hegyalja wine district where Tokaji wine is produced.

Main sights

• Main square with City hall; the Bacchus fountain; the Catholic Church; and other monuments
• Roman Catholic Church
• Tokaj Gallery (former Orthodox church—government has announced intentions to restore)
• Tokaj Museum (Karácsony house)
• Wine cellars
• Rákóczi-Dessewffy castle
• Tisza bridge
• Synagogue
• Tokaj open stage (″Fesztivalkatlan″)

Tokaj wine region

Tokaj wine region is a historical wine region located in northeastern Hungary and southeastern Slovakia. It is one of the seven larger wine regions of Hungary (Hungarian: Tokaji borrégió). Hegyalja means “foothills” in Hungarian, and this was the original name of the region.

The region consists of 28 named villages and 11,149 hectares of classified vineyards, of which an estimated 5,500 are currently planted. Tokaj has been declared a World Heritage Site in 2002 under the name Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape. However, its fame long predated this distinction because it is the origin of Tokaji aszú wine, the world’s oldest botrytized wine.