--- title: "Top 10 Things To Do in Győr, Hungary | Wimup" description: "The 10 best things to do in Győr, ranked and mapped. The basilica on Chapter Hill, the baroque squares, the Ark of the Covenant and Pannonhalma." url: https://wimup.com/city/gyor type: City guide updated: 2026-09-07 publisher: Wimup (https://wimup.com) --- # Top 10 Things To Do in Győr Győr, Hungary · Europe · By Wimup Editorial, 12 min read Győr sits where the Rába and the Rábca run into the Mosoni-Danube, halfway between Budapest and Vienna, and most itineraries drive straight past it. That is the opportunity. The city rebuilt in baroque after the Ottomans left in 1598, and what stands today is the third richest stock of protected monuments in Hungary, after Budapest and Sopron. ## Quick answer Two days is right for Győr. Day one is the old town on foot: Chapter Hill and the basilica with its two relics, Széchenyi tér and the baroque houses around it, the Ark of the Covenant, then Dunakapu tér and the river. Day two splits between the museums, which the Rómer Flóris runs across eleven venues, and the thermal water at Rába Quelle. Add a half day for Pannonhalma, the Benedictine archabbey twenty kilometres south. ## Quick facts - **Best months:** May · Jun · Sep - **Ideal length:** 2 days - **Budget per day:** $50–100 - **Language:** Hungarian - **Getting around:** Walking and buses - **Tourism board:** [Official site](https://hellogyor.hu/en-US/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) ## The 10 best things to do in Győr ### 1. The Cathedral Basilica on Chapter Hill Church · Káptalandomb, Győr 9021 The seat of the Győr diocese, on the cobbled hill where the Rába and the Rábca meet the Mosoni-Danube. Two relics carry it: the gilded silver herm of Saint Ladislaus, which holds the king's skull, and the Weeping Madonna, an Irish painting that shed tears of blood on 17 March 1697. - **Time:** 45–60 min - **Cost:** Free; visitor centre ticketed - **Best at:** Morning - **Tip:** The Madonna hangs in the north aisle, the herm in the Héderváry Chapel. Links: [Website](https://kaptalandomb.hu/en?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) ### 2. Széchenyi tér Square · Széchenyi tér, Győr 9021 The baroque main square, and the centre of the city's public life for centuries: markets, proclamations, trials. What to read here is the corner balconies, the closed oriel windows that are Győr's architectural signature. The Apátúr-ház on the south side holds the city museum. - **Time:** 30 min - **Cost:** Free - **Best at:** Late afternoon - **Tip:** The Vastuskós ház on the corner, the Iron Stump House, holds the Patkó Imre collection. ### 3. The Ark of the Covenant statue Monument · Gutenberg tér, Győr 9021 A gilded bronze lamb on a seven-sealed book, carried on the Ark by two angels. Charles III paid for it in 1731 after his soldiers broke up a Corpus Christi procession on this spot, which makes the finest baroque monument in the city an apology. - **Time:** 10 min - **Cost:** Free - **Best at:** Any time - **Tip:** Open air and lit at night, two minutes below the Chapter Hill steps. ### 4. Rómer Flóris Museum, Esterházy Palace Museum · Király utca 17, Győr 9021 Founded in 1859 at the urging of Flóris Rómer, a Benedictine from the city, and now spread over eleven venues in the old town. The Esterházy Palace is the flagship, a baroque town palace in museum use since 1949, holding the Radnai collection and the temporary shows. - **Time:** 1–2 hr - **Cost:** Ticketed - **Best at:** Tuesday to Sunday - **Tip:** Check which of the eleven venues holds the exhibition you came for before you set out. Links: [Website](https://romer.hu/en/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) ### 5. Rába Quelle thermal and adventure bath Thermal bath · Fürdő tér 1, Győr 9025 The city's thermal water, on the Sziget side where the Rába meets the Mosoni-Danube. Medicinal pools, an adventure section and outdoor water, ten minutes on foot from Széchenyi tér, which is what separates it from the spa towns you have to drive to. - **Time:** 3–4 hr - **Cost:** Ticketed - **Best at:** Weekday morning - **Tip:** Open until 8pm most nights and 9pm on Friday and Saturday. Links: [Website](https://rabaquelle.hu/en?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) ### 6. Dunakapu tér and the iron cock Square · Dunakapu tér, Győr 9022 The river square, open to the Mosoni-Danube along its north side and the busiest of the three. The iron rooster is the city's emblem and its founding story: the Ottomans mounted one here in 1594 and swore Győr would be Christian again when it crowed. - **Time:** 20 min - **Cost:** Free - **Best at:** Evening - **Tip:** From late November the square carries the Advent lights, the nativity and the fairground. Links: [Website](https://hellogyor.hu/en-US/sights/terek-parkok/27-dunakapu-ter?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) ### 7. Bécsi kapu tér and the Carmelite church Square · Bécsi kapu tér, Győr 9021 Named for the medieval gate onto the Vienna road, and the handsomest of the three squares: the Carmelite church on one side, the Rába on the other, the old bastions behind. It is also where the city's specialty coffee ended up. - **Time:** 30 min - **Cost:** Free - **Best at:** Morning - **Tip:** Kávébajusz at number 4 was the first specialty café in Győr and is still the best cup here. ### 8. Xántus János Museum in the Apátúr-ház Museum · Széchenyi tér 5, Győr 9022 The regional history collection, in the baroque Abbot's House on Széchenyi tér. It runs the county's story forward from Arrabona, and the building earns the ticket on its own: it is the best-kept palace front on the square. - **Time:** 1 hr - **Cost:** Ticketed - **Best at:** Afternoon - **Tip:** Winter hours are shorter, roughly 1pm to 5pm against 10am to 6pm in summer. Links: [Website](https://romer.hu/en/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) ### 9. The Synagogue and the Vasilescu Collection Gallery · Kossuth Lajos utca 5, Győr 9025 Built in 1870 on an octagonal plan for the Neolog community of Újváros, and restored to hold the Vasilescu collection of twentieth-century Hungarian art, open since the summer of 2006. Five denominations still keep churches on this one street. - **Time:** 45 min - **Cost:** Ticketed - **Best at:** Afternoon - **Tip:** It anchors the Five Churches Festival, which takes the street for five days in May. Links: [Website](https://romer.hu/en/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) ### 10. Radó Island Park · Radó-sziget, Győr 9022 A wooded island in the two arms of the Rába, one bridge from the old town and named for Kálmán Radó of the Rába Regulation Society. It is the city's promenade: benches, shade and open-air events through the summer. - **Time:** 30 min - **Cost:** Free - **Best at:** Sunset - **Tip:** Cross from Bécsi kapu tér and carry on to the baths. It is ten minutes end to end. Links: [Website](https://hellogyor.hu/en-US/sights/squares-parks/74-rado-island?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) ## Best museums in Győr The Rómer Flóris runs eleven venues in the old town. These are the ones beyond the palace worth a detour. 1. **Kreszta-ház, Margit Kovács exhibition** (Ceramics · Ticketed · Belváros): The permanent room for the ceramicist, and one of the eleven Rómer Flóris venues. [Website](https://romer.hu/en/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) 2. **Napoleon-ház** (Graphics · Ticketed · Belváros): The graphic design workshop and exhibition hall, in the house where Napoleon slept after the Battle of Raab. [Website](https://romer.hu/en/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) 3. **Vastuskós ház, Patkó Imre collection** (Art · Ticketed · Széchenyi tér): The Iron Stump House on Széchenyi tér, holding the Patkó Imre collection. [Website](https://romer.hu/en/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) 4. **Püspökvár, the Bishop’s Castle** (History · Ticketed · Káptalandomb): A thousand-year-old seat with a 13th-century residential tower and an exhibition on Blessed Vilmos Apor. [Website](https://kaptalandomb.hu/en?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) 5. **Fruhmann-ház** (Design · Ticketed · Belváros): The history of the masonry heater, the most particular of the eleven venues. [Website](https://romer.hu/en/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) ## Best churches in Győr Beyond the basilica: the Carmelite church on Bécsi kapu tér, and the Újváros street where denominations sit in a row. 1. **Carmelite Church** (Baroque · Free · Bécsi kapu tér): The baroque church on Bécsi kapu tér, and the one most visitors see after the basilica. 2. **Old Lutheran Church, Újváros** (Lutheran · Free · Újváros): On Kossuth Lajos utca, and the oldest of the five that give the May festival its name. 3. **Reformed Church, Újváros** (Reformed · Free · Újváros): The Calvinist church a few doors along the same street. 4. **Greek Catholic Church, Újváros** (Greek Catholic · Free · Újváros): The fifth denomination on the street, and the last link in the Újváros chain. ## Best restaurants in Győr A Michelin-listed kitchen, two old-town institutions, a riverside room and the weekday lunch. 1. **LAMAREDA Étterem és Bisztró** (Hungarian · Upper mid · Apáca utca 4): In the Michelin guide, and the most ambitious kitchen in the city. Book ahead. [Website](http://www.lamareda.hu/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) 2. **Pálffy Étterem** (Hungarian · Mid-range · Jedlik Ányos utca 19): A long-running Hungarian room in the block behind Széchenyi tér. [Website](https://www.palffyetterem.hu/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) 3. **Komédiás Étterem** (Hungarian · Mid-range · Czuczor Gergely utca 30): Open in the historic centre since 1991, beside the theatre it takes its name from. [Website](https://komediasetterem.hu/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) 4. **Rábaparti Étterem** (Hungarian · Mid-range · Zechmeister utca 15): Hungarian cooking on the Rába bank, a short walk from Bécsi kapu tér. 5. **Szalai Vendéglő** (Hungarian · Cheap · Kisfaludy utca): The plain local option on Kisfaludy utca, and the one to pick for a weekday lunch. ## Best bars & cafes in Győr Győr does coffee better than it does nightlife, and the specialty end of it is concentrated in the old town. 1. **Kávébajusz** (Specialty coffee · Bécsi kapu tér 4): The city’s first specialty café, on Bécsi kapu tér, and a bean shop as well as a bar. [Website](http://www.kavebajusz.hu/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) 2. **Bécsi Kávéház és Cukrászda** (Café · Cakes · Arany János utca 18): A Viennese room and a glasshouse garden in the Bécsi udvar, for cake as much as coffee. 3. **Szomszéd** (Specialty coffee · Kisfaludy utca 26): Pours Red Lab arabica on Kisfaludy utca. The pick if the coffee is the point. 4. **Therápia Kávézó és Pékség** (Café · Bakery · Belváros): Bakery and café, open from six on weekdays, which makes it the early breakfast. ## Best things to do in Győr with kids A science centre built around vehicles, a zoo in a park, and a puppet theatre with its own street festival. 1. **Mobilis Science Centre** (Science · Ticketed · Vásárhelyi Pál utca 66): Nearly 70 hands-on rigs on motion and transport, a wind channel and a mirror maze among them. [Website](https://mobilis-gyor.hu/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) 2. **Xantus János Zoo** (Zoo · Ticketed · Kiskút liget): 144 species and about 1,300 animals in the Kiskút park, two kilometres east of the centre. 3. **Vaskakas Bábszínház** (Theatre · Ticketed · Czuczor Gergely utca 17): The puppet theatre, staging 350 to 400 shows a year, for adults as well as children. [Website](https://www.vaskakas.hu/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) ## Best neighborhoods in Győr Three rivers cut the city into pieces, and each piece reads differently. 1. **Belváros** (Centre · Between the rivers): The old town between the rivers and the railway: three squares, closed oriel balconies, almost everything here. 2. **Káptalandomb** (Historic · The confluence): The oldest and tightest quarter, the episcopal hill at the confluence. 3. **Újváros** (Historic · West of the centre): West of the old town, where the Kossuth Lajos utca houses run from 1750 to 1850 and are all listed. 4. **Sziget** (Riverside · Between Rába and Rábca): The island district between the Rába and the Rábca, holding the thermal bath. 5. **Révfalu** (Residential · North bank): Across the Mosoni-Danube: small houses with gardens, and the quiet half of the city. ## Best day trips in Győr A UNESCO abbey twenty kilometres south, and two capitals inside ninety minutes. 1. **Pannonhalma Archabbey** (20 km · Ticketed · Pannonhalma): The thousand-year-old Benedictine house twenty kilometres south, a UNESCO site, seen on a guided tour. [Website](https://pannonhalmifoapatsag.hu/en/for-individual-visitors/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) 2. **Vienna** (Austria · 1h 20m · Austria): Railjet trains run hourly and take about an hour and twenty minutes each way. 3. **Bratislava** (Slovakia · 1h · Slovakia): Around 77 km northwest, roughly an hour by coach, with a direct link to its airport too. 4. **Sopron** (84 km · 1h 22m · Sopron): Eighty-four kilometres southwest, about an hour and twenty by direct train, for a walled old town. 5. **Mosonmagyaróvár** (18 min · by train · Mosonmagyaróvár): Under twenty minutes up the Vienna line, with trains at least hourly. The easiest half day here. ## Festivals & annual events in Győr (2026) - **Öt Templom Fesztivál** (May): Five churches on one Újváros street open for five days of music, talks and services across five denominations. - **Magyar Táncfesztivál** (Jun): The Hungarian Dance Festival, a week of ballet, dance theatre and folk companies. The 2026 edition runs 17 to 21 June. - **Szent László Napok** (Jun): Knight tournaments and medieval demonstrations on Chapter Hill, named for the king whose skull the basilica holds. - **Győrkőcfesztivál** (Jul): The country's largest free open-air children's festival, run by the puppet theatre across the downtown squares. - **Vaskakas Fesztivál** (Jul): The puppet theatre takes to the street in late July, sharing the weekend with the Tér-Film-Zene festival. - **Győri Bornapok** (Aug): Three days of wine in the historic centre, with 45 wineries from 15 Hungarian wine regions pouring. - **Győri Könyvszalon** (Nov): The region's largest book fair, three days in the National Theatre with readings and stage programmes. - **Advent in Győr** (Nov–Jan): Lights, a nativity and a fairground on Dunakapu tér and Széchenyi tér, from 30 November into the new year. ## Must-try dishes in Győr, Hungary - **Győri édes**: The city's biscuit, made from grain, honey and cocoa. The thing to carry home. - **Halászlé**: Paprika fish soup. Győr stands at the meeting of three rivers, and it shows on the menus. - **Gulyás**: Beef, onion and paprika cooked long and served as a soup, not the stew the name suggests abroad. - **Töltött káposzta**: Cabbage leaves rolled around pork and rice, stewed with sauerkraut, finished with sour cream. - **Csülök pékné módra**: Pork knuckle baked baker's-wife style, with potatoes and onion under it. Order it hungry. - **Rétes**: Hungarian strudel, pulled thin and filled with sour cherry, poppy seed, curd or apple. - **Túrós csusza**: Pinched pasta with curd cheese, sour cream and bacon cracklings. Cheap and filling. - **Somlói galuska**: Sponge, walnut, chocolate sauce and whipped cream in a glass. The default dessert. ## Győr transport & airports - **Vienna International** (VIE): The nearest major airport. FlixBus runs from the terminal to Győr bus station twice a day in about an hour and a quarter, and Railjet trains leave Wien Hauptbahnhof hourly. [Website](https://www.viennaairport.com/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - **Budapest Ferenc Liszt** (BUD): The other option, with a direct bus to Győr bus station twice a day taking around two hours. By rail, cross into Budapest and take the Vienna line west for just over an hour. [Website](https://www.bud.hu/en?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - **Trains** (MÁV): Győr is on the Budapest to Vienna main line, so the fast Railjet services stop here: about 1h 05m from Budapest, about 1h 20m from Vienna, hourly in both directions. [Website](https://www.mavcsoport.hu/en?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - **On foot** (Belváros): The old town is flat, compact and largely traffic-free, and the three squares sit within ten minutes of each other. Buses cover the zoo and the science centre; nothing else needs one. [Website](https://hellogyor.hu/en-US/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) ## Győr at a glance - **Country:** Hungary - **Region:** Győr-Moson-Sopron County, Western Transdanubia - **Population:** About 129,000 (1 January 2025), the sixth largest city in Hungary - **Founded:** Celtic Arrabona, a name the Romans kept and German still uses as Raab - **Nickname:** The city of rivers - **Language:** Hungarian - **Currency:** Hungarian forint (HUF) - **Time zone:** CET (UTC+1), CEST in summer - **Calling code:** +36, area code 96 - **Airports:** Vienna (VIE) about 1h 15m by bus, Budapest (BUD) about 2h - **Power:** 230V, 50Hz, plug types C and F - **Emergency:** 112 for police, fire and ambulance ## Interesting facts - The Celts called the place Arrabona, and eight centuries of use left it as the German name for the city, Raab. - Győr took the Europa Nostra prize for monument protection in 1989, for the restoration of its historic core. - Audi Hungaria employs more than 11,000 people here and runs the largest powertrain plant in the world. - The Weeping Madonna reached Győr with Walter Lynch, the exiled bishop of Clonfert, who died in the city in 1663. - After Budapest and Sopron, Győr holds the third richest stock of protected historic monuments in Hungary. ## Győr travel FAQ ### How many days do you need in Győr? Two. Day one is the old town on foot: Chapter Hill and the basilica, Széchenyi tér, the Ark of the Covenant, then Dunakapu tér and the river. Day two is the museums and the thermal water at Rába Quelle. Add a half day for Pannonhalma. ### Is Győr worth stopping at between Budapest and Vienna? Yes, and it is the easiest stop on that line: about an hour from Budapest, an hour and twenty from Vienna, with Railjet trains hourly in both directions. Most itineraries drive past, which is why the baroque centre is quiet on a weekday. ### What is Győr famous for? Its baroque old town, the third richest stock of protected monuments in Hungary. The basilica relics: the herm of Saint Ladislaus and the Weeping Madonna. The iron cock on Dunakapu tér. And Audi, whose plant here is the largest powertrain factory in the world. ### When is the best time to visit Győr? May, June and September. The festival season runs from the Five Churches Festival in May through the wine days in late August, and the squares work as open-air rooms in that stretch. December has its own case: the Advent market on Dunakapu tér. ### Do you need a car in Győr? No. The old town is flat and largely traffic-free, and everything in this guide bar the zoo and the science centre sits inside a fifteen-minute walk. Trains cover Vienna, Sopron and Mosonmagyaróvár, and buses run out to Pannonhalma. ## Nearby guides - [Vienna](https://wimup.com/city/vienna.md): Austria · 10 picks - [Graz](https://wimup.com/city/graz.md): Austria · 10 picks - [Pécs](https://wimup.com/city/pecs.md): Hungary · 10 picks - [All of Europe →](https://wimup.com/europe): 156 cities Part of the [Hungary guide](https://wimup.com/country/hungary.md) · [Europe](https://wimup.com/europe.md) ## Sources - [Győr tourism board](https://hellogyor.hu/en-US/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - [The Cathedral Basilica on Chapter Hill (official site)](https://kaptalandomb.hu/en?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - [Rómer Flóris Museum, Esterházy Palace (official site)](https://romer.hu/en/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - [Rába Quelle thermal and adventure bath (official site)](https://rabaquelle.hu/en?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - [Dunakapu tér and the iron cock (official site)](https://hellogyor.hu/en-US/sights/terek-parkok/27-dunakapu-ter?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - [Radó Island (official site)](https://hellogyor.hu/en-US/sights/squares-parks/74-rado-island?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - [LAMAREDA Étterem és Bisztró (official site)](http://www.lamareda.hu/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - [Pálffy Étterem (official site)](https://www.palffyetterem.hu/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - [Komédiás Étterem (official site)](https://komediasetterem.hu/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - [Kávébajusz (official site)](http://www.kavebajusz.hu/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - [Mobilis Science Centre (official site)](https://mobilis-gyor.hu/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - [Vaskakas Bábszínház (official site)](https://www.vaskakas.hu/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - [Pannonhalma Archabbey (official site)](https://pannonhalmifoapatsag.hu/en/for-individual-visitors/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - [Vienna International (official site)](https://www.viennaairport.com/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - [Budapest Ferenc Liszt (official site)](https://www.bud.hu/en?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - [Trains (official site)](https://www.mavcsoport.hu/en?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - Rankings are Wimup editorial picks. 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