Ják

Erected between 1214 and 1256, the imposing St. George Church, once a Benedictine abbey church, (a smaller-size replica of which can be seen in Vajdahunyad Castle in Budapest) is the most beautiful of the Romanesque churches of Hungary. Graceful statues embellish its beautiful gate. Huge clusters of pillars divide the interior of the church into three parts. The frescoes on the walls are 700 years old. Opposite the church, St. James chapel, of identical age, is also a monument of great importance. The original arches of the portal the three nave basilica is owe-inspiring. A few statues of the apostles are somewhat damaged. The invading Turkish troops are likely to be liable, as any representation of human faces is forbidden by the lslam.

Herend

A favourite with British and Austrian royal households, Herend porcelain, the famous product of the town, has won 24 first prizes and gold medals at international fairs. The skills of painting this internationally renowned product are passed from father to son. The Porcelain Art Museum gives the history of the finest examples of Herend china, made entirely by hand, and of the china factory established in 1826. The Porcelanium, where the process of manufacturing china is presented in a mini-workshop is also worth visiting.

Komárom

The strategic importance of this town on the Danube has been evident all through its history: it was a colonial town of Lower Pannonia in Roman Brigetio; a fortress was built on the orders of St. Stephen in the 11th century and it became 'the city of fortresses' in the 19th century. The three fortresses in the town are unique monuments of military and industrial history. The Monostor Fortress, a building complex of about 40 thousand m2, is he largest. Protected with a system of casemates and moats, completely invisible from the outside, it is the best preserved fortress in Europe. The much smaller Igmándi fortress houses the Roman lapidary collection of the György Klapka Museum. The third, the Csillag Fortress is, for the time being, not open to the public. Under the Treaty of Trianon, the northern part of the town was annexed to Czechoslovakia. The two parts are connected by the Erzsébet ('Elisabeth') Bridge. Situated in a quiet park with shady trees, its six pools supplied with thermal waters gushing from a depth of 1,268 m, the town's thermal baths offer remedial treatment for locomotor and gynaecological disorders.

Zirc

The historical building of the 65,000 volume Reguly Antal Library boasts some treasures of cultural history. In addition to its 15,000 journals and some codices, its lavishly carved furniture, including an inlaid table made from wood of different colours, all characteristic of the trees in the Bakony, is also worthy of mention. The Bakony Natural History Museum, displaying the plants, insects and birds of the Bakony in terrariums, aquariums and dioramas, is housed in the former residential apartments of the High Abbot.
The Zirc Arboretum, a habitat for 600 types of trees and shrubs, including a 400- year-old oak tree, is bisected by the Cuha Stream. The Antal Reguly Museum and Workshop of Folk Arts details the life and career of the scholar Antal Reguly, who studied the origins of the Magyars.