Oázis Tanya, a place to camp, retreat and connect, is located in the South-Hungarian province Bács-Kiskun, with nearby cities like Szeged, Baja and Kecskemét.
The camping is not far away from the borders of Romania and Serbia and that makes the camping a very good place to reside on a transit, for a shorter or longer stop.
However, it is also a very nice place to stay longer, to celebrate your vacation or just to retreat from the hectic everyday life.
You might wonder what’s the origin of the name of the place?
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The name Oázis Tanya is actually quite easy to explain.
Tanya is the Hungarian word for farm or homestead. So houses outside of the city borders, which used to have enough land to be self-sufficient, are traditionally called a tanya.
The campsite is thus named after the old house on the site, which dates from from 1830.
The Oázis part will probably get clear to you as soon as you arrive on the site, while oázis is the Hungarian word for, indeed, an oasis – which can be defined as:
1) watery, fertile region in the desert
2) lovely place: an oasis of peace
and most of our guests wholeheartedly agree with this 🥰
Puszta Camping
And what about the puszta?
The campsite is located in the middle of the Hungarian puszta, a dry and rugged steppe-like area.
Nice to know: the term puszta/pusta comes from the old Slavic word “pust”, which means empty/emptiness.
The puzsta landscape was created by major deforestation during the occupation by Turkey. Since the 16th century, the landscape in Hungary has looked like this in many places.
The Ópusztaszer National Historical Park and the Bugac Puszta are museums nearby, which offer a great insight into the history of this area of Hungary and what life used to be like.
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