Vac Travel Guide

 1courage Says:  Vác in this moment doesen`t have any Danube bridge, but this will maybe change within some years. This is why the only was to get to the other part of the river is taking the ferry, as long as you do not prefer swimming>:-) In reality you can only see the half (maybe a... 

 1courage Says:  When I studied in Vác I went here, to the shore of the Danube very often, because the atmosphere is simply unique! Here you can enjoy the real Danube, not like in Budapest where the Danube shore is stupidly separated by streets and cars from the city. This promenade is quite... 

 1courage Says:  Canavale Isidore in 1762 used the funds created by Pilgram one year before, in 1761 to the construction of his less spectacular, classical style Dom. He prefered the new french revolutional style and in 10 years, until 1772 with the help of Gáspár Oswald, architect of the... 

 1courage Says:  Beneath the main square you can find an exposition about the past of this old city. Here you can see models of the medieval Vác, drawings, images from the excavations, the funds of the medieval cathedral destroyed during the turkish wars and a charming skeleton as... 

 1courage Says:  It was Károly Eszterházy the bishop of Vác to built this simple, outside classical but inside late baroque cathedral. In that period the city was divided by a wall. In one part lived the hungarians, while in the other part the germans. Eszterházy decided to pull down the... 

 1courage Says:  The White church is the most famous church in Vác. It recieved it`s name from the dominican monks who wore allways a typical white cloth. In reality this church was until the past year yellow. I think that it was repainted to symbolize better it`s name. Altough the... 

 budapest8 Says:  Have a look at the live webcam at Március 15. tér (March 15th Square). 

 1courage Says:  Watching the Danube from the Promenade is just fantastic! You can sit down everywhere on the rocks to enjoy this unparaleled view. One of my favourite photos I`ve ever taken is the main pic of this tip. Well, isn`t it relaxing?:) 

 1courage Says:  The interior of the church is surprisingly luminous for a cathedral, even when the lights arent swiched on.The Choir is supported by big corinthian columns, and in the whole nave we find numerous corinthian haf-columns. Here you can find the huge baroque organ wich is famous... 

 1courage Says:  Although the facades of the church aren`t fancy, the rococo decorations of the only nave of this church made between 1760 and 1770, after the consacration of hte church, are splendid, just see the pictures.In1995 when the renovation of the church started, in the crypt in a... 

 1courage Says:  The construction of the Franciscan church wich you can find at the Géza square began in 1721 and finished in 1761, when the city started to built the Dom. Like a typical franciscan church, not even this one has towers at the frontal facade, you can find the only tower at the... 

 1courage Says:  This chapel with the hospital in wich is located was built in copf style between 1775 and 1785. With it`s internal this chapel gives another example of the baroque-classical art that flourished in Vác in the XVIII.century. 

 1courage Says:  The square in the communist times was transformed and lots of cars passed through. Than, thanks also to the generous help of the European Union, in 2005 began the excavations(see in another tip) and in 2006 the square was completly reconstructed. Sincerly when I saw the... 

 1courage Says:  Since the middle ages, the 15 March square (recieved it`s name only in the XX.century after the revolution in 1848-49 wich started on the 15 of march) is the main square of Vác. On the square we find fine baroque buildings, like the hospital of the clement order, the White... 

 1courage Says:  In reality this church isn`t a Dom even if everybody calls it this way. At the entrance we can see an abbreviation, D.O.M, wich means „Deo Optimo Maximo” and this is why we call it Dom.The internal part, in wich 5000 people can enter has the following parameters: 60 meters... 

 1courage Says:  The streets in Vác, especially in summer is very pleasant. These streets are all environed by trees and little XVIII-XIX. century houses. None of them has more than 1 floor. so you feel that you are in a friendly little town. In fact Vác has about 32.000 inhabitants.