The Teleki–Tisza castle in Nagykovácsi can host company events, seminars, galas and weddings for up to 280 people, with a ten-hectare park and an accommodation building beside it. The building works as an event center, not a museum, and it can only be booked for private use. It stands about 30 minutes by car from central Budapest.
Seminars and company events
The operator, ScoutEvent, lists company dinners, galas, family days, team-building days, sports days, training sessions and multi-day creative camps.
For a plenary and breakouts, the first-floor main hall seats the group, and three smaller rooms open directly from it for workshops. The ballroom and the main hall each have a built-in sound system, a ceiling projector with a screen and a wireless handheld microphone. The building is fully wheelchair accessible and has Wi-Fi throughout.
Weddings and receptions
The site presents the castle as a wedding venue. The ground-floor ballroom suits 40 to 140 wedding guests, and the first-floor panoramic hall suits 30 to 110. Ceremonies can be held outdoors on the lawn in front of the castle or by the lake, which has a small bridge and a pergola. The park alone can be booked for a short ceremony outside peak periods. The lower level has a vaulted hall with a show kitchen, which the venue suggests for late-night parties with a DJ or a band.
Rooms and capacities
The ground-floor ballroom covers 170 square meters. It takes 70 to 140 guests at round tables and up to 200 in a seated arrangement. A winter garden connects to it, and a terrace and formal garden open from it. Two salons of 31 square meters each and a café are on the same level.
The first-floor main hall covers 145 square meters and opens onto two terraces totaling 142 square meters. Section rooms of 18, 32 and 57 square meters can be used for breakouts or as support rooms. The lower level offers a 170 square meter vaulted hall and a 25 square meter brick-vaulted room. The venue states a maximum capacity of 280 people.
Accommodation
The Teleki-Tisza Szálló stands next to the castle and sleeps about 70 to 80 guests. The ground level has eight rooms of two to four beds, each with a private bathroom, for up to 24 guests. The upper level is hostel style, with rooms for 4 to 24 people, mostly in bunk beds, for up to 56 guests and shared bathrooms. Groups should be at least 5 to 10 people and book in advance. The Szálló also has a conference room for up to 100 people and a dining room for up to 80.
Catering
The castle's first floor has a food lift and a preparation room for caterers. Catering can be booked with or without accommodation and full event organization. At the Szálló, meals are arranged in advance through partners.
History and setting
The building was put up in the middle of the 19th century as a hunting lodge and took its present form early in the 20th century. It passed from the Wattay family to the Teleki and then the Tisza families, and it served as General Görgey's headquarters. The park covers ten hectares with old trees, lawns, a pond and a stream.
Getting there
The address is Kossuth Lajos utca 2, Nagykovácsi. The drive from central Budapest takes about 30 minutes. Parking for about 100 cars is on the grass, with a barrier at the entrance.
