Győr

Tourist information, program offers, attractions and hotels in Győr

Győr, a city with patina, is situated in half way between Vienna and Budapest. Győr offers a wide range of architectural, cultural and natural values.

The location and road network of the city bounds Slovakia from the North, Austria from the west, the Lake Balaton from the South and Budapest from the east to the heart of the Small Plain of Hungary.

Győr is Hungary's second richest countryside city in monuments, which gained the European Prize for Protection of Monuments after the reconstruction of its baroque downtown. Visitors are attracted by lots of historical monuments like churches, palaces, museums, characteristic corner balconies and narrow streets.

The sacral monuments of Győr and its surroundings are the memories of Hungary's 1000-year Christianity. St. Stephen founded the Episcopal residence of Győr for more then 1000 years parallel with the first dioceses. The Basilica and the Bishop's Castle lying on the Chapter Hill are symbols of Christianity of Western-Hungary.

Győr is a festival city as well, in which attractive programs are offered throughout the year for those with artistic interest as well as for those coming to recreational holidays.

Győr with its dynamically developing economy and commerce offers excellent opportunities for business enterprises as well.

Győr is surrounded by nature through rivers. Visitors, wishing to have a holiday or refreshing days, are attracted by the thermal water with its curative effects and the natural a cultural values of the region, like the Szigetköz with its unique water life and the Pannonhalma hills.

Programs and attractions in Győr
Thermal bath, Episcopal Palace, Episcopal Cathedral, Carmelite Church, City hall, benedict's church and monastery, museums, collections, trip to Pannonhalma, Rába Quelle Bath (fun bath and thermal bath)