TradNatura Sport: Bicycle tours in Hungary

Here we would like to provide some interesting information about the many sights that you can see if you cycle with us in Hungary on our different tours:

Castles and Spas around West Hungary

Did you know?

…that during this tour we visit Hungary’s 3 richest towns of historic buildings: Budapest, Sopron and Győr…

…that Győr is the meetingpoint of the Danube, Rába and Rábca rivers, and various historic ages meet here too, represented by the romanesque basilica and baroque masterpieces.

…already the Celts and later the Romans lived here and called the town Arrabona, and later our first king St Steven donated this propety to a German knight:Győr, who helped the king stabilizing his reign….

…that in the 11. century Cathedral of Győr is one of the most famous masterpiece of the medieval Hungarian goldsmith-art: the golden mask of another outstanding Hungarian king, St Ladislaus who canonised St Steven in 1083.

…that in the cathedral is a thomb of a martyr archbishop, Vilmos Apor, who was killed by the Russian soldiers when he tried to save the local ladies…

…that still in the cathedral is a Wheeping Virgin Mary picture, which was brought there by bishop Lynch Walter from Ireland, in 1649, and in 1697. on St Patrick’s day bloody teardrops were found below the picture, that are still in the church on a small kerchief…

…that both the Cathedral and the Carmelite Cloister of Győr were wisited by pope II. John Paul in 1997.

…that the Carmelitans settled down in Győr in the 17th century, to establish a monastery, and the Carmelite closter where we stay here on our cycle tour, was built from 1714-till 1734. and even the horse chestnut tree in the courtyard was planted at this time…

…it will be continued soon…