Vác: Hotels and accommodations

You can book a hotel for a stay in Vác. The area around Vác also includes Migazzi Castle, Naszály, Baglyas-hegy, Hajlékos Bérc and Nagy-Sas-hegy.

Landscape

Vác occupies the left bank of the Danube in the Danube Bend; Naszály rises south of the city.

Culture and cityscape

In the wider regional area around Vác are Aquincum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, and Városliget.

Geographical setting

Vác is located approximately 34–35 kilometres north of Budapest.

Vác Cathedral was built between 1761 and 1777 and designed after St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.

The entire historic city centre is designated as an area of heritage significance; Március 15. tér is the historic main square.

The Bishop’s Palace in Vác houses a museum with Roman and medieval artefacts.

Vác is known for an 18th-century triumphal arch and a Baroque city centre.

Surroundings

A ferry connects Vác with Tótfalu on Szentendre Island.

Duna-Ipoly National Park is not far from Vác.

Vác is situated on the Danube in the Danube Bend and at the foot of the Naszály Mountains.

For further comparisons with nearby places, you can also consider Kismaros, Veröce, Acsa, Nagymaros, Szokolya, Kosd and Sződliget.

To the higher-level travel overview: Váci.