Győr and Pannonhalma for Seniors - 5 days

The Old Town, the historical town centre is situated at the junction of the Danube and Rába rivers. The town centre has managed to protect its historical character, and you’ll find most of the monuments and tourist attractions here.

Bécsi kapu tér is one of the most beautiful Baroque squares in Hungary and also one of the oldest squares in Győr. All of its buildings qualify as listed buildings of national heritage. The town square of Győr is Széchenyi tér, which has been functioning as a market square since the 14th century. In the past, it served as home to an Ancient Roman civil town. The square is also where the Saint Ignatius of Loyola Benedictine Church and Monastery and the Széchenyi Pharmacy Museum are located.

The streets, squares and the old company signs on the houses take us back in time: the Zichy Palace, the Esterházy Palace, the museums and churches are full of ancient treasures.Let yourself be guided back in time in this awe-inspiring city centre.

Pannonhalma is just half an hour from Győr. Once you arrive, head straight to the Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma, which is also a UNESCO World Heritage site.

The monastery’s buildings guard messages passed down from bygone ages. The monastic community currently living here continues to use the surviving buildings in line with their original purpose.

The parts of the monastery open to visitors include the church, the undercroft, the cloister, and the library, where the earliest Hungarian language artefact, the founding charter of the Abbey of Tihany, is kept. The building houses the Benedictine High School of Pannonhalma.

On the abbey’s premises, you’ll find an arboretum, an unparalleled herb garden, a high-class winery and restaurant as well.

The Lipót Thermal Bath and Pool Complex is situated in a wonderful environment in the vicinity of both Győr and Mosonmagyaróvár. Its thermal water has been certified as medicinal water since 2004. Visitors will find two thermal water pools, a swimming pool, a lazy river pool, whirlpool bath, a pool full of massage elements, a beach pool with a surface area of 1,200 m2 and a Finnish sauna built on a separate island in a watermill.

The beautiful 10-hectare beach area covered with living grass provides a whole host of other opportunities in addition to bathing.

Hanság Museum

The museum in Mosonmagyaróvár has been the most comprehensive collection of the city’s and the former county’s cultural heritage for more than 130 years. This is one of the oldest-established museums in Hungary, where you can see exhibitions portraying the archaeological and ethnographical characteristics and the local history of the Moson Plain and Hanság.

The museum has also been home to the Cselley House for a few decades now, where you can find an exhibition of applied arts, an Ancient Roman lapidary and the Gyurkovich collection of Hungarian paintings dating back over the past 200 years.

From Mosonmagyaróvár, head towards Lébény, where you can visit the Parish Church.

The Apostle Parish Church of St Jacob in Lébény is built in a Romanesque style and used to be a Benedictine abbey and a medieval monastery, as well as one of the most significant medieval architectural monuments in Hungary. The church, standing on the main square in Lébény called Church Square, is an astonishing building both inside and out, thanks to the generous donations of the upper-class aristocratic family and the expertise of the master architect.