Trips
You will have many interesting and exciting trips arranged by the organizers.
You may visit the cultural and historical sights of other cities, for instance

Budapest
Esztergom, Györ, Pannonhalma, Székesfehérvár, Herend, etc.
Besides there will be rally, riding tours, bus tours, bungee jumping, paint ball games,
rock climbing, hot-air balloon events and caving is also available.

Consequently
You should not miss the opportunity to see this Holiday Village.
We are convinced that you will enjoy every second of your stay at the Várgestes
Villapark, because you have to feel the atmosphere of this
marvellous village.

The Villapark is next to the village of Várgesztes approx. 15 km to Tatabánya. In very
quiet, green surroundings amongst woods, hills and seas.
You relax when going nearby the historical and cultural inheritance for the places
Várgesztes for Majk for Tata for Komárom thermal-take a bath and
fortress of Monostor, far Pannonhalma, Györ and Budapest and many
other places!
At visit of Esztergom and Visegrád the wonderful view of the Donauknie.

Culture

Várgesztes
Várgesztes is a village approximately 70 kms from Budapest, nestled in the valley of
the Vértes Hills. Its main attraction is the castle. The castle started to be built
in the 16th century, later it became the property of the Esterházys (a very
influential family of Hungarian aristocrats).
The first Swabian (German) settlers came here in 1776. The village symbol is the
bell, as according to legend, first villagers marched in at the sound of a bell
to take up their new donated land. There is an old Roman Catholic church
at the centre of the village, which is now an architectural monument
. Not far from it stands the new Village Hall, with a sports stadium,
conference hall, school and kindergarten.
Várgesztes has 550 residents, most of whom are members of the local ethnic
German community, and are distinguished by still keeping their traditional lifestyle.

Tata
The history of Tata goes back to the early Middle Ages. Chronicles from the 11th
have survived to tell us about a Benedictian Abbey that was built here.
The symbol of Tata is the castle, which started to be built by Hungarian king
Lajos / Louis (Great) I., and was frequented by other Hungarian kings, too.
During the period of Turkish occupation Tata repeatedly changed hands, and
played an active role in the Hungarian Freedom Fight of 1848-1849: on
May 3, 1849 Hungarian General Artúr Görgey marched his troops from here to
besiege Buda. Tata has many architectural masterpieces to delight the
visitor:
The Castle is the symbol of Tata. It started to be built in the 14th century, and it went
through many changes and reconstructions until it reached its current look at
the end of the 19th century. The monumental building of the Roman Catholic
parish church stands out among the architectural monuments of
Kossuth square. The Parliament square (Országgyulés tér) is known for its belfry and
Capuchin church. On the lakeshore of the Cseke Lake there is a
landscape garden with unique botanical species, featuring a summer pavilion of the
Eszterházys and some artificial ruins, the most valuable of which are
fragments of the Vértesszentkereszt church ruins.
The Esterházy Palace looks down on the Old Lake, offering a unique sight of the
former Piarist monastery and gymnasium built on the Marble Hill (Márvány-hegy).
The main attractions of Tata are its springs, two lakes and many streams. This is why
Tata is known to many visitors coming from distant lands as the ‘Town-on-
Waters’, and why one of its internationally acclaimed summer programs is
called the Festival of Water, Music and Flowers.

Tatabánya
Tatabánya lies at the foothills of the Stone Hill (Ko-hegy), in a valley between the
Vértes and Gerecse Hills. It has 75,000 residents. Tatabánya was born on
October 10, 1947 from the merger of Alsógalla, Felsogalla, Bánhida and
Tatabánya villages.
Thanks to its natural endowments, this area has been inhabited since the
Palaeolithic. Tatabánya used to be an important mining centre and industrial town
until the change of political system (in 1989), but since then new
industries have sprung up here. Today, Tatabánya is one of the most dynamically
developing towns in Hungary.
Sights and monuments include:
- Stone Hill (Kohegy): the Turul statue (the Turul was a mythical eagle of ancient
Hungarians), which is the largest bronze statue in Europe; and the
‘Selim’ Cave
- the King Matthias Fountain and the Stag Fountain


Komárom
Komárom is in 30 minutes driving distance from Várgesztes.
Its tourist attractions include an 18th century Roman Catholic church in the Baroque
style, a parish house, and the Gyürky Palace built in the beginning of
the 20th century (today it houses Selye János Hospital). What is known as
the marketplace today was once the home of traders and artisans of the
former Brigetio, an old civitatus and archaeological excavation site for 10 years now.
Komárom is first mentioned in the chronicles in 1037 by the name of Camarin. Its
main tourist attractions are some fortifications that were built in 1809-1877.
The largest fortress is the Monostori Fort in the West of Komárom. Uniquely, it is absolutely invisible for the outside observer. The hoe-shaped Artillery Bastion is a
theatre stage today. The fortress is now a museum, currently hosting an
exhibition entitled ’Castles, Fortresses and Soldiers: Army Life in Komárom
from the 15th century to 1991’. The Star Fort (Csillag-erod) is
Komárom?s oldest fortress. It was built with a wide moat around it. The Igmándi Fort
(Igmándi-erod), which protects Komárom from the South, is much smaller
than the other fortresses. Since 1966 it is home to the Roman
Stonework Collection of the Klapka György Museum.
The First World War marked a historical turning point in the development of
Komárom: after the Trianon Peace Treaty a certain part of Komárom (everything on
the left bank of the Danube) was annexed to the Republic of Slovakia under
the name of Komarno.

Majk
10 kms from the Várgesztes Villaservice lies Majkpuszta, known for being the seat of
the only Kamaldul seclusion in Central Europe, which has survived as an
integral architectural ensemble.
This area was donated to the Kamaldul order in 1733 by Count József Esterházy.
The seclusion started to be built by the architectural plans of Franz Anton
Pilgram. 20 Baroque cells encircle the church and the U-shaped main building.
The friars who once lived here took an oath of silence, which they could break only
twice a year: at Christmas time and during one visit to their family.
Otherwise
their everyday life followed a rigorous pattern: the day started by
mass before dawn, was followed by prayers and the study of theoretical
sciences. To stay healthy, monks did garden work, or occupied themselves
with goldsmithry and woodcarving.
The Kamaldul order was dispensed by an order of Joseph II in 1782, because in his
opinion friars of the Kamaldul seclusion were uncreative. The building of the
seclusion was decaying for years, before it was acquired by the
Eszterházys. Móric Eszterházy had the main building of the friary transformed into a
hunting lodge, and had a landscape garden built next to it. Today visitors can
see the cells, the refectory of the palace and the belfry of the church.



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