This is the fourth largest - with a stunning 101 rooms - and also the most beautifully refurbished and furnished palace in Hungary. Today the entire structure is listed as heritage and operates as a museum. Its park is designated as a protected area. Construction of the Baroque style palace began in 1745; it was commissioned by Kristóf ...

Hévíz, meaning thermal water in Hungarian, is the world's largest thermal lake with a surface area of 4.4 hectares. The water temperature in the cave from which it springs is 39.8 degrees Centigrade. The temperature of the lake itself varies between 34 and 36 degrees Centigrade in the summer, but even in winter it does not dip below 26-29 ...

The museum was established by renowned Africa hunter Dr Endre Nagy. His unusual and valuable trophies are displayed alongside his Tanzanian ethnographic collection. There is also a small safari park around the building.The museum exhibitions contain hunting trophies, animal skins, bone- and woodcarvings and various sacred objects of African ...

Intense basalt mining activities from the early 20th century scarred this magnificent landscape which was designated a protected area only from 1965. It is now part of the Balaton Uplands National Park. The landscape protection area is famous for its volcanic remnant hills. Amongst them the most well known is the coffin-shaped Badacsony (374 ...

Founded in 1898 this is the oldest museum in the county. It presents the most complete picture of the history of the Balaton region, the lives of the people living around the lake and the fishing, boating and bathing heritage. In the 11 rooms of the upper level there are themed exhibitions familiarising visitors with the development of Lake ...

The Balaton Uplands National Park encompasses Lake Balaton and a large portion of the Balaton Uplands. The area was designated as a nature reserve in 1979, becoming the 8th national park in Hungary.

An approximately 2.5-kilometre section of this 4-kilometre system of underground waterways in the caves is open for visitors to explore. The largest cave is almost 20 metres long, 3-5 metres wide and 8 metres high. From the street-level entrance 75 steps lead down to the caves. The largest is called Lóczy Hall - it is nearly 20-metres long, ...

The Classicist palace was built in the early 19th century. In 1953 it became home to the Writers' Studio (Irók Alkotóháza). Many of the nearby manorial buildings are listed heritage. After Count Pál Esterházy bought the palace and its estates in 1912 it was given its final form. It was through extensive architectural redesign that its ...

The now ruined Romanesque-style basilica and abbey was erected in the 11th century and later rebuilt in Gothic style. A cemetery chapel and a cemetery have been excavated, as well as a medieval stonewall embracing the whole building complex. Due to the presence of the abbey an important cultic and cultural centre evolved in Somogyvár. Thus the ...

Among the exhibitions arranged in the Baroque palace the most outstanding are those depicting the life of the upper class and the Festetics family history, the library, the Windischgrätz trophies, the ornamental weapons and the carriage museum. With its richly carved steps, the oak staircase is an impressive piece of master craft. A family ...

The house of the great painter József Egry who immortalised Lake Balaton and Badacsony so often is today a memorial museum. The development in Egry's style of landscape painting can be traced from the first painting of the Lake Balaton of 1916. The museum was created from the painter's humble house to which the building of the adjacent gallery ...

This castle originating from the 14th century was extended in the 15th century in a Gothic style and refurbished in the 16th-17th century. Today the castle is a stage for Renaissance games and festivals.

It was once the open water bay of Lake Balaton that over time has been filled with alluvial deposits and became a wetland area taken over by sedge and reed. Today it is a strictly guarded environmental protection area with a particularly rich bird life.

Unique in the area, the collection today numbers more than 200 cloaks. The first mantle was gifted by Countess Katalin Széchenyi in 1747, an example subsequently followed by many. The museum is housed in the building of the former monastery linked with the church of the sacred statue of the Virgin Mary. Donated by worshippers praying to the ...

This is the most lovely Romanesque village church in the Balaton Uplands (Balaton-felvidék). Built in the early 13th century from magenta bricks, its facade still bears witness to the distinct Romanesque style of the Árpád Age.

The Stone Sea, a treasury of the Kál Basin (Káli-medence), is perhaps the most stunning sight around here. The spectacular rock formations are found alongside a wonderful and rare symbiosis of plants and stone cavities.

Gigantic basalt columns line the side of the famous, 415-metre high Szent György Hill. The formation of columns can be observed on the surface of a number of volcanic hills in the Tapolca Basin.

The castle was built on order of the Abbey of Pannonhalma between 1260 and 1262. Situated on top of the 239-metre high Castle Hill (Várhegy) the renovation of this ruined, elongated building is in progress. A spectacular view over the Balaton can be enjoyed from here. Starting out behind the church the visitor arrives into the Lower Castle ...

The abbey was established by King Andrew I in 1055. The monastery's deed of foundation is the oldest Hungarian linguistic record. In the Romanesque undercroft is the only royal grave in Hungary to have remained at its original site. The new church of the abbey is one of the most attractive examples of Baroque architecture. The medieval church ...