We made a visit to the town, known as Győrszentmárton until 1965, dominated by its most famous landmarks: the thousand-year-old Pannonhalma Archabbey and the Benedictine Secondary School, which are situated above the village, on Szent Marton Hill. The hill itself is still known by this...
Hike to the well-maintained castle with great views, which was built in the mid or late 13th century by Béla IV of Hungary. He lived in the castle during the Mongolian invasion between 1241-1242. Later, it was presented as a gift to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Veszprém by Stephen V...
We made short sightseeing in one of the oldest urban areas in Hungary. The city lies on both sides of the Séd creek, approximately 15 km north of the Lake Balaton and 110 km from Budapest. According to legend, Veszprém was founded on seven hills with its famous castle. Veszprém was the...
On the way back we passed Esztergom, the seat of the Hungarian Catholic Church. It is one of the oldest towns in Hungary with the third-largest church in Europe – Basilica of Esztergom, a masterpiece of Classicism. Established around 972 AD, Esztergom has always played an important role...
We made overnight by the Danube river in Visegrád. It is a small castle town in Pest County, north of Budapest on the right bank of the Danube River in the Danube Bend. Visegrád is famous for the remains of the Early Renaissance summer palace of King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary and the...
Late afternoon we have arrived in Budapest – the capital city of Hungary. It has something for everyone – from dramatic history and flamboyant architecture to healing thermal waters and a nightlife that is unrivaled in Eastern and Central Europe. Architecturally, the city is a treasure...
We made our break for lunch in Győr, this city boasts a lot of historic monuments and a nice well preserved splendid Baroque city center. Győr is also referred to as the City of Waters as it lays at the bank of river Rába, just at the fork of the Moson-Danube, the Rába, and the Rábca not...
We did overnight in a quiet place just in front of the “Hungarian Versailles”. Fertőd, formerly known as Esterháza, is the economic and cultural center of this micro-region, where Joseph Haydn was active for two decades in the service of the Esterházy family. The Baroque Esterházy manor...
One of our first trips with the truck led us to the spa town Sopron. It is situated next to the western borders of Hungary at the foot of the Alps. It is one of the oldest gems of the country. Sopron merges past and present in itself. It creates a bridge between Hungary and its western...
Our first stop on our testing trip was Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. It is set along the Danube River by the border with Austria and Hungary. It’s surrounded by vineyards and the Little Carpathian Mountains, crisscrossed with forested hiking and cycling trails. The pedestrian-only...