Győr-Moson-Sopron County
Győr-Moson-Sopron County is in Western Transdanubia region of Hungary.
Cities
| 🌍 Győr 1 hour from Vienna, 1½ hr from Budapest. There are many cafés, restaurants, boutiques, and night clubs in its lovely baroque city center. |
| 🌍 Sopron (Fertőszentmiklós, Fertőd) The Loyal Town with historic downtown, very close to the Austian border. S 60 km from Vienna, 85 km on train from Győr. |
| 🌍 Mosonmagyaróvár (Jánossomorja, Lébény) Castle and fortcomplex (Vár és erődrendszer, 13th century). W 39 km from Győr and W 84 km of Vienna hourly trains from both, S 34 km of Bratislava. |
| 🌍 Kapuvár (Beled) |
| 🌍 Csorna |
| 🌍 Tét |
| 🌍 Pannonhalma |
Do
Spas and baths
- 🌍 Balf. Spa & Sanatorium
- Győr - Spa
- Mosonmagyaróvár - Spa
- Hegykő - Thermal Bath
- Kapuvár - Thermal Bath
- Lipót - Thermal Bath
Events
- Győr - Barokk Bál (Feb)-Baroque Ball
- Győr- Tavaszi Fesztivál (Mar-Apr) -Spring Festival
- Győr - Mediawawe International Film Festival (Apr-May, and film and global art gathering).
- Győr-Magyar Táncfesztivál (Jun) - Hungarian Dance Festival
- Győri Nyár Nemzetközi Kulturális fesztivál (Jun-Jul) - Summer International Summer Cultural Festival
- Győr - Bábliget (Jun) - Free, all-day outdoor event. Puppet performances. Location: Győr, River Rába coast
- Győr - Barokk Esküvő – Történelmi Ünnepi Játékok (Aug) - Baroque serenade, wedding and the baroque skill tournament
- Győr - 'Barokk Nosztalgiák Művészeti Fesztivál' (Oct) - Art of the Baroque era and tradition
- Győr - 'Könyvszalon' - (Oct) International book exhibition and fair. Also theater, music, dance and art event.
- Győr - 'Téli fesztivál és Vásár' - (Dec) - Winter Festival and Fair. Festive wait kötdve the festival throughout the month of waiting cultural events of the day.
- Fertőd - 'Haydn Fesztivál' - Haydn Festival
- Fertőboz - 'Bodza Fesztivál' - Elderberry Festival
- Fertőrákos - 'Operaelőadások' - Opera Lectures,
- Fertőrákos - 'Frigyes napi mulatozások' - Frederick's day revelry
- Hegykő - 'Hegykői vigasságok' - Hegykő feast
- Hegykő - 'Hegykői Művészeti Fesztivál' - Hegykő Arts Festival
- Nagycenk - 'Hársfa Nap' - Linden Day
- Sopron - 'Liszt Ferenc városa' - City of Franz Liszt days
- Sopron - 'Páneurópai Piknik' - Pan-European Picnic
- Sopron - 'VOLT Fesztivál' (1st week of Jul) - VOLT Rock Festival
Buy
Renowned handicraft products of Győr-Moson-Sopron County:
- Csorna's blue-dyed fabrics,
- Dör's potter goods,
- Hövej's lace embroideries.
Eat
The most distinctive cake in Győr County: the Rábaköz's Pretzel
- Salami from the Csíkvarsa Meadow (Vértes area) - This produce is made from the meat of the Hungarian grey cattle. Ingredients: cleaned and carefully selected beef, bacon, paprika, salt, garlic, pepper, caraway and allspice.
- Slices of beef with mustard in sour cream gravy ‘Csákvár’ style (Vértes area) - deboned beef steak, fat of mangalica pig, onions, cloves garlic, flour, sour cream, milk, mustard, ‘Delikát’ spice mixture, pepper, salt, thyme
Go next
Podunajsko in Slovakia is across the Danube river.
Neusiedl Lake mostly lies in Austria, but also partly in this region.
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