The settlement ha always been famous for its coopers who produced their mastery casks first of all the wine-growers and merchants of Tokaj-Hegyalja – Erdőbénye is still one of the traditional centres of the coopers and wood carvers. The legend of the beautiful Magita is also connected toErdőbénye.

The pleasant environment and the good air suffice to make Erdőbénye a favourite destination of the people taking excursions. Erdőbénye is the starting point of the red tourist track and here are also a lot of historical monuments here as well.

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• Roman Catholic Church
  This originally Gothic church going back to the Medieval Ages was rebuilt and acquired its present form in 1787. In its spire there are carved Renaissance tablets with inscriptions from the 16-17th centuries. The pulpit and the baptistery come from the 18th century.
• The Calvinist Church
  The late-Baroque Calvinist church was built in 1786. Its equipment, the pulpit, the stall and the benches are of the same age as the building. The floor of the church was made of the local tuff.
• The Szirmay Castle
  This late-Baroque stile castle was built in the second half of the 18th century. A Calvinist nursing home operates in this historical building.
• Budaházy-Fekete Manor
  The Budaházi-Fekete Manor surrounded by a cultivated park was built in early Baroque style in the 17th century and it was enlarged in the 18-19th centuries. It has been reconstructed in an exemplary way recently.
• The Cholera Column
  The Cholera Column is situated on the hill over the village by the track running among the vineyards. The column was erected to the memory of the victims of the cholera epidemic of 1831.
• Mulató Hill
  The Mulató Hill is an important remnant of the underground volcanic activity in the Zemplén area. Its andesite was exploited for many centuries while it became famous among the mineral collectors for its giant blister cavities.
• Szepsy Laczkó Máté Sculpture
  The carved stone bust created by Lavotha Géza in 1997 was erected to the honour of Szepsi Laczkó Máté (1567-1633) preacher and historian, the creator of the first Aszú wine who came back home from his study tour abroad and died here.