The notable palaces of the region - Fertõd and Nagycenk - were built in the 18th century. In the 18^th century Duke Miklós Esterházy built a pompously ornate, incomparably beautiful Baroque palace with 126 rooms in Fertõd. Today the palace functions as a museum, and its grounds, imitating the parks of Versailles Palace is now a nature reserve. In the days of Duke Miklós Esterházy the music life of Fertőd (then called Eszterháza) was admired throughout Europe with Jopseph Haydn as the conductor of the duke’s orchestra for nearly 30 years. The composer’s old home, the “House of Music” (Muzsikaház) is now open to public. The annually held Haydn Festival pays tribute to the memory of the great composer.

Visitors interested in folk architecture will undoubtedly enjoy the village museum of Fertõszéplak. Mounting the hill to the small Classicist building of Gloriett in Fertõboz for the sake of the beautiful view is also worth its while. The terminus of Széchenyi museum railway, which carries passengers to Nagycenk three miles away, also lies within reach. Nagycenk was the centre of the estate of the Count lstván Széchenyi, prominent statesman of the 19^th  century, and he actually lived there. He, together with other members of his family are buried in Széchenyi mausoleum, the organ of which Liszt Ferenc used to play.

Count István Széchenyi, often called '”the greatest Hungarian” initiated the foundation of the Hungarion Academy of Science, enhanced steamship transport on the Danube and paid the costs of the buildíng of the first permanent bridge between Pest and Buda (Chain Bridge, Lánchíd) was also Minister of Transport in 1848 in the first independent Hungarian government. His old castle in Nagycenk has been turned into a museum.

The Nádasdy palace (Nádasdy-vár) at Sárvár is decorated with frescos from 1653, depicting battle scenes of the Turkish wars. Rare literary relics and weapons are on display in the Ferenc Nádasdy Museum.

The Hédervár palace lying in the heart of Szigetköz Nature Reserve (Szigetközi Természetvédelmi Körzet) used to be a small fortified castle. Having been destroyed and re-built several times it units the characteristic features of various architectural styles. A huge, 700 years old oak tree stands in front of Our Lady’s Church (Boldogasszony templom).

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