Porva: Hotels and Accommodation

A specific point of reference in the area around Porva is Count Cseszneky Castle. The castle is located in the surrounding area of Porva. Pálházi-hegy is also located in the surrounding area. The castle is well suited to a stay in which culture and history play a role.

You can book a hotel in Porva.

Kék-hegy, Cuha-hegy and Kőris-hegy are located in the vicinity of Porva. Kék-hegy is therefore a specific point of reference for travellers interested in the landscape around Porva.

Culture and History

Esegvár is located in the wider regional surroundings of Porva.

The Szentlélek Pauline Monastery was completed next to an existing chapel before 1440; in 1441, the prior of Porva requested confirmation of the foundation.

The Százhalom burial ground, with 226 burial mounds, is located in the wider regional surroundings of Porva, near Bakonybél and at the foot of Kőris-hegy. Similar burial mounds can also be found in several parts of the High Bakony.

During the Árpádian period, Porva was a centre of a favoured royal hunting ground.

The name Porva was first recorded as “Purua” in a document from 1086; a letter from 1260 also mentions a chapel of Saint Emeric in the cemetery.

The church in Porva preserves the red-marble tombstone of Orsolya, the sister of István Zapolyai and widow of Pál Perneszi.

Further destinations for comparison: Zirc, Csesznek, Bakonynána, Bakonybél, Pénzesgyőr, Borzavár, Csetény, Dudar.

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