Vas County

sights.uz lists 16 historic and notable places in Vas County, Hungary. Among them are 0 monuments, 6 eco-tourism sites and 10 museums.

Hársas-tó

Hársas-tó is one of the attractions of Szentgotthárd, located on the edge of the Máriaújfalu district. Official name: Máriaújfalui water reservoir.

Gallery of Szombathely

The Szombathely Gallery is a cultural institution founded in Szombathely primarily as a venue for temporary and permanent exhibitions of contemporary visual artists.

Sághegyi Tájvédelmi Körzet

The area of the Sághegy Landscape Protection Area is 235 hectares, of which 24 hectares are intensively protected. The landscape protection area falls under the jurisdiction of…

Pharmacy to the Golden Unicorn

The Golden Unicorn Pharmacy Museum was set up in Kőszeg in the former “Apothecary of the Golden Unicorn” pharmacy building. The building was restored according to its late…

Kőszegi Tájvédelmi Körzet

The area of the Kőszegi Landscape Protection Zone is 4,200 hectares, of which 550 hectares are intensively protected. The landscape protection zone falls under the administration…

Ikervár Hydroelectric Power Plant

The Askeri power plant is a power plant located next to the town of Ikervár in Vas County, operating on a separate channel of the Rába River. It is Hungary’s first power plant,…

Vadása-tó

Vadása-tó is the name of an artificial lake complex actually consisting of two lakes in the southern part of Vas county, in the Őrség region. It is a popular resort and fishing…

Pável Ágoston Museum of Local History and Slovenian National Minority

The Pável Ágoston Museum (full name: Pável Ágoston Local History and Slovenian National Minority Museum, in Slovenian: Muzej slovenske narodnosti in lokalne zgodovine Avgust…

Black Saracen Pharmacy Museum

The Black Saracen Pharmacy Museum was set up in Kőszeg in the former Black Saracen Pharmacy building. This was the city's first pharmacy, which operated at this location between…

Wooden Shingle Museum

The Velemér Sindümuseum is a privately held nonprofit folk collection that presents the folk art heritage of Őrség, with particular focus on creations that carry symbols. The…

Mura-menti Tájvédelmi Körzet

The area of the Mura-menti Landscape Protection Zone is 1,904 hectares. The landscape protection zone falls under the administration of the Balaton Uplands National Park…

Lake Borostyán

Lake Borostyán lies near Zalalövő, close to the gateway of the Őrség region on the Zala–Vas border in western Hungary. The lake functions as a local recreation spot, with a…

Járdányi Paulovics István Romkert

This ruin garden in central Szombathely preserves excavated remains of the western quarter of Savaria, the Roman town that preceded the modern city. Systematic excavation began…

Vasi Skanzen

The Vasi Skanzen in Szombathely is an open-air ethnographic museum that opened in 1973 as only the second such skanzen built in Hungary. Its exhibits consist of genuine historic…

Iseum Savariense

The Iseum Savariense is the excavated remains of a Roman-era temple dedicated to the Egyptian goddess Isis, built outside the walls of Savaria, the colony founded by the emperor…

Savaria County Municipal Museum

The origins of this Szombathely museum go back to 1872, when the teacher Vilmos Lipp founded the Vas County Archaeological Society to gather and preserve the county's historical…