[Go 01] Train Station
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Vác is well served by MÁV commuter trains from Budapest Nyugati station, forming the northern terminus of two lines. One is the Budapest]] - Göd - Vác route, which has 2 trains/hour, takes 42 min to Vác, and costs Ft 640 (Ft 550 with a Budapest travelcard). The other one is the Budapest - Fót - Vác route, which has 1 train/hr, takes 85 min and costs Ft 915 (Ft 735 with a Budapest travelcard). You should thus only take a train going to Vác via Göd and ignore those running via Fót. -The Budapest - Vác - Szob semi-fast and semi-express trains also depart from Budapest Nyugati station. The ticket prices are the same as the local trains (Ft 640), but the length of the journey is much shorter (20-30 min). [http://elvira.hu/english/index.php International trains] lines (Euro City and Euro Night) which depart from Budapest Keleti station heading towards Warsaw, Prague, Brno, Berlin and Hamburg also stops at Vác.
[Go 02] Vác Bus Station
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Buses to/from Budapest]], Balassagyarmat]] and to all Danube Bend (east bank) settlement.[http://www.volanbusz.hu/files/public/terkepek/vonalak/300.pdf Vác and its area bus lines network map]. (PDF)
[Go 03] Vác ferry pier
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Car ferries from Tahitótfalu [http://www.dunakanyar.hu/menetrendek timetable]
[Other 01] Tourist Information Center
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Services: Information • Free brochures about Hungary • English and German guided tours (also in other languages on request) • Help to find accommodation • Organising events • Arranging short travels (1-2 days), visiting theatre in Budapest, trips. Internet: free using of EU-information point (tender information, workplaces in EU). - Sales: Guidebooks • CDs • maps • phone cards • travel tickets for the public transports in Budapest • online sale of tickets to the theatre, concert and sport events in the whole Hungary • view cards, stamps.
[See 01] Cathedral
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Vác's cathedral on is the building that defines the town. It was begun in baroque style but completed in Neoclassical. It can only be visited during mass or by prior arrangement for tourists, so you may just have to stand outside, admiring its massive columns and statues.
[See 02] White church and monastery
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One of the nicest buildings of the square is the White Friars' Church, which had been built in the 18th century in baroque-rococo style. There are different, wonderful decorations in the front of the church, Ion-offsets, spiral ornaments, vases and statues. Despite of the simple outlook the inside is very rich decorated. The colors are bright, the statues are white, and the altar-pieces are genial. The sensation of the year 1995 was the finds in a secret crypt of the church. 200 years along was the entrance of the crypt walled up. During the renovation of the church the entrance had been demolished and several mummies had been found here. See more down at Memento Mori.
[See 03] Merciful hospital and Greek Catholic Chapel
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[See 04] Town hall
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[See 05] The former High Provost Palace
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A significant Baroque architectural monument of the diocese. Built in 13th century, the label also bears witness to this over the balcony. Until the mid-20th century, it was the residence for the High Provost.
[See 06] Piarists High School building complex
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[See 07] Franciscan church and monastery
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The oldest church of Vác belonged to the Franciscans. It stood on the place of the old fortress destroyed during the siege of the Turks in 1685. Also known as the Temple of friends; King Géza I buried here.
[See 08] Lutheran church and community center
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[See 09] Hétkápolna
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National level pilgrimage site
[See 10] St. Roch chapel
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[See 11] Synagogue
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[See 12] Pointed Tower and the Roman wall remains
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[See 13] Kőszentes bridge
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Baroque bridge over Gombás stream with six sacred statues, built in 1753-1757. It is a nationally unique historic edifice. Besides, it is the only Baroque bridge in Hungary today.
[See 14] The Red House
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This was built in 1733 in Baroque style and it is recognised as a listed building. Through more than two centuries it was the rural building of the bishopcy. Its striking colour was the result of the bricklayers from Naples working here.
[See 15] Honvéd Monument
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Military Monument. Built in 1868, the year after the Reconciliation (Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867). This Treaty re-established partially the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Hungary, separate from and no longer subject to the Austrian Empire.
[See 16] Railway station building
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Protected Monument
[See 17] Memento Mori
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This exhibition is a unique in all Europe in the Dominican church crypt you can see naturally mummified corpses in coffins. The former Dominican church crypt was found during the renovations. A special climate of the crypt ensured the very good conditions of 262 coffins and the bodies as well. Here can bee seen the mummies with the rich decorated palls, and the painted coffins. These founds are unique in Central Europe. In front of the church there is the statue of St. Joseph with the little Jesus. The collection includes a few mummies, coffins, costumes and funeral props.
[See 18] Greek Church Exhibition Space
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History, art, and culture from the once thriving but now nearly non-existent Greek Church in Vác.
[See 19] The Medieval Cellar Exhibition Space
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There is an exhibition in the crypt under the big glass roof. Leads visitors down into a cellar built by King Matthias and displays archeaological findings, from Árpád-age to the modern age. In a 14th-century cellar.
[See 20] The Gyula Hincz Collection
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An exhibit on the history of the town (though it is all written in Hungarian) and a loft featuring artwork for local painter Gyula Hincz.
[See 21] Vácrátót
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there is an arboretum, the Manor of the Vigyázó Castle
[Do 01] Bath and Swimming Pool
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[Buy 01] OTP Bank Vác
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ATM 0-24. Mobile phone charging by ATM. Traded currencies: USD, EUR. Free WiFi
[Buy 02] Raiffeisen Bank
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24-hr ATM.
[Buy 03] Naszály DiY Store
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Home Lighting, electrical, household appliances, household equipment, curtain rods, garden tools, garden equipment, home appliances, bicycles, water, gas and heating fixtures and appliances.
[Sleep 01] Csillag Panzió
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[Other 02] Post Office#1
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