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Sárvár is a city in western Hungarian county Vas (Eisenburg) and known for the water castle from the Renaissance as well as for the extensive thermal and wellness baths.
Map of Sárvár
background
getting there
By plane
- Balaton Airport
- Vienna Airport
- Graz Airport
By train
- Regional trains on the Szombathely - Pápa route
By bus
In the street
- From Vienna: A2 / A3 via Sopron, then via Fernstrasse 84
- From Graz: A2 to Lafnitztal / Oberwart, then via Oberwart, Szombathely and the highway 88
- From Budapest: M1 to Győr, then on the M85 to Csorna and then on the M86 to Hegyfalu; switch to 84.
- From the west end of Lake Balaton the 84 directly to Sárvár
By bicycle
Raab cycle path
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- Nádasdy water castle. Erected in the Renaissance around 1560. In the early Middle Ages there was already a clay castle (cf. therefore the place name Sárvár or its literal translation and one of the German-language exonyms Kotenburg (Schlammburg). The Renaissance complex was later converted to Baroque style. In the state hall numerous paintings by the Viennese painter Hans Rudolf Müller, magnificent ballroom and tower room with frescoes. The complex can be visited and houses the Ferenc Nádasdy Museum.
- Arboretum (Baumgarten). Established in the 16th century with numerous native and exotic plants such as Japanese acacia and Gleditschia. Some ash and English oak are 300 to 400 years old.
activities
Thermal bath
At the end of the 2000s, the spa center around the thermal springs was brought up to Western European standards with EU funding. There are extensive wellness offers as well as hotels. Sárvár is a good day trip distance from Vienna.
The thermal water exits at a temperature of 92 ° C, has a very high sodium chloride content of 43 g / l and also contains iodine, bromine, fluorine and boric acid.
- Medicinal and wellness bath, Vadkerti út 1, 9600 Sárvár. Tel.: 36 95 52 36 00, Email: [email protected]. Price: Day ticket for the pool area from HUF 2400, sauna area from around HUF 1570.
Events
- International hussar meeting. Annually, first half of September.
- History days. Annually, first half of September.
- Pumpkin Festival. Annually, at the end of October.
Sports
- Pannoniaring motorcycle racing track, approx. 10 km northeast of Sárvár near the village Ostffyasszonyfa.
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Practical advice
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literature
Web links
https://www.sarvar.hu/ - Sárvár official website
