Győr and Pannonhalma

Hungarian wine culture is characterised by diversity, originality and uniqueness. The country’s six wine-producing areas, including the diverse wine styles of the 22 wine regions, tell numerous stories, personified and recounted most authentically by the individual winemakers themselves.

There are many art galleries, museums and world-class works of art to visit, both in Budapest and all over the country. The National Gallery, for example, is home to the largest public collection of fine arts in Hungary. Helikon Castle Museum, the museum of Festetics Palace in Keszthely, has a carriage exhibition where you can see contemporary coaches and sleighs, while the hunting exhibition displays trophies of wild animals collected from five continents. Victor Vasarely was a key figure in op art, kinetic and international geometric abstract art, whose works are displayed in the inspiring exhibition of 20th century artists in the Vasarely Museum. There is also a world-class art centre in historical central Debrecen: the MODEM Modern and Contemporary Arts Centre. The Ludwig Museum, located within the walls of MüPa, is the only contemporary art museum in the country that exhibits international works as well.

We are surrounded by natural phenomena or built heritage that needs to be seen and visited. The beauty of the Káli basin, the Egerszalók salt hill or the library of the Cistercian Abbey of Zirc are all unique places. People have long worked and shaped the Megyer‑hegy Tarn, an extraordinary natural wonder near Sárospatak: what you will find here is the amazing union of a former millstone mine and nature itself. The brightly shining limestone cones of the Egerszalók salt hill have been created by the thermal water that breaks through here from the ground. Káli basin and the sea of rocks: amazing peace surrounds you on the wonderful land lying at the foot of the monadnocks in this area. From Köveskál to Mindszentkálla, Kővágóörs – off you go! The Reformed Stone Church in Csaroda is a wonder built in the 13th century, standing in the middle of the village surrounded by the Csaroda stream. The unique library of the Cistercian Abbey in Zirc contains a collection of almost 65,000 books.

Did you know that there are approximately 1,500 mineral springs being used in Hungary today? Although the standards are stricter here than elsewhere in the world, the country has over two hundred sources of water with a proven medicinal effect, allowing visitors to benefit from hydrotherapy and various other treatments.