Zirc Abbey

An incredible surprise as we were driving from Tihany to Pannonhalma. We only visited the church, but we could have visited the library and museum if we had more time (there are separate and combined tickets). One must have to be on a guided tour (happens every hour), but the tour is only in Hungarian. If you don’t speak Hungarian, simply buy a guidebook in English. Beautiful grounds as well with a cafe/restaurant attached to it.

A surprise in the heart of the Bakony mountains. Definitely worth a visit. Make sure to arrive before the hour starts so that you can visit the guided tours.

This was overall a very good experience, I recommend for anyone travelling to or through Zirc.
Basilica - by far the funniest guide experiences I have had of a church or any sight, provided by one of the Cistercian monks. The building is very nicely restored
Library - this was a rather short guided tour of two of the library's rooms, both of which are in a very good condition and have a unique atmosphere
Royal rooms - this part is non guided. The rooms are nicely furnished, in a very good condition, but you will not probably spend more than 5-10 minutes here, even if you read through everything
Red Tower - this provides for an excellent 360 view of the town once you have climbed the stairs :)
Botanical gardens - a very nice place to visit, especially during blooming season with a number of very large trees, various other plants and a few magnolias. Looks well-kempt overall. The recent windstorms have done some damage
Exhibitions at botanical garden entrance - these weren't particularly interesting to me with little in the way of seeing and plenty in the way of reading. You will not miss much by skipping these in my view
Staff were very kind and helpful everywhere we came across them. Pricing is a bit strange in that the 'combined' ticket doesn't actually include the library, and is only a 100 Fts cheaper than buying each ticket individually, so I recommend buying this only if you plan to visit all parts of the Abbey (and don't forget to buy the library ticket).

No matter if you are religious or simply like beauty and history. This is a nice place to go.
Like beer? Taste home-made beers brewed locally called "Apátsági" in the buffet near the Abbey (Apátság in Hungarian), and you won't be disappointed.

Nothing fancy but real values are there. We missed yet the library due to the time we spent in the botanical garden and in the museum. The library must be spectacular too, waiting for us to return :)

Beautiful garden with nicely renovated buildings. The church/basilica is also open for visit at weekends, but only outer area. You can check though the amazing inside.

A beautiful place inside and outside!

It is recently renovated. Looks nice. It has an interesting history. Worth to visit.

Spacious garden for nice walk, clean, easy to access! Must see!

Beautiful historical Abbey.

Nice clean and quite place

Ok

cistercian abbey

Well renovated church.

Saviour.

Library must be seen.

Beautiful.

Beautiful.

Egy jó kis két napos kirándulást szerveztünk a barátaimmal és az egyik célpontunk a ciszterci apátság volt Zircen. Nagyon szépen fel lett újítva az épületegyüttes, a felújítás 2005-ben ért véget, így a templom - 1982-től bazilika - belülről is teljesen megújúlt és régi pompájában ragyog újra. Érdemes szétnézni a környéken, itt egy egész napot el lehet tölteni. Többféle élmény, lehetőség közül választhatunk az apátság programkínálata és látnivalói közül.

Ha belépsz a kapun az apátsággal nézel rögtön " farkas szemet". Igényesen felújított épület kívül és belül is. Érdekesség,hogy a templomban látható oszlopok nem márványból hanem fából készültek. Csak a festésük olyan mintha márvány lenne.
A templomban óránként van idegenvezetés persze nem ingyenes mert ugye Krisztus koporsóját sem őrizték ingyen . De megéri megfizetni sok információval leszünk gazdagabbak.