If you are considering Herend as a destination, you can focus your choice of location on two clear themes: porcelain and architectural history.
Porcelain and architectural history in Herend
The modern Porcelánium is a visitor center in Herend where you can learn about Herend porcelain. The manufactory complexes are next to each other in the town center and line the main street—a concrete point of reference for understanding Herend’s townscape.
The Roman Catholic church in Herend was built of stone and wood in 1779 and remodeled in the Baroque style in 1828. The two dates clearly distinguish the original construction from the later renovation.
The church features a porcelain window made in 1935 at the porcelain manufactory of Csapvári Csapek Károly. This makes porcelain both a theme of Herend’s visitor center and a feature of its church.
More topics in the wider Lake Balaton - North travel region
In the wider Lake Balaton - North travel region, the Tapolcai-tavasbarlang offers boat rides and the guided exhibition Csodálatos karszt (Wonderful Karst). The cave is part of a cave system beneath the town of Tapolca that has so far been explored to a length of 14.6 kilometers. The boat rides and exhibition offer different ways to explore the subject of karst.
Another landscape highlight in the wider Lake Balaton - North travel region is Hegyestű, between Zánka and Monoszló. The mountain is 337 meters high; its inner side reveals a basalt volcano that was active about 8 million years ago. At the viewpoint on the western edge of the quarry grounds, visitors can identify the surrounding hills with the help of a panoramic information board. Hegyestű also has a rock garden featuring characteristic rock types of Transdanubia, the western half of Hungary. Unlike the Tapolcai-tavasbarlang, the focus here is on volcanic geology rather than the cave system.
In the wider Lake Balaton - North travel region, the Pannon Csillagda in Bakonybél has an interactive exhibition on space travel and astronomy. The Levendula Ház in Tihany offers an interactive exhibition about the formation of the Tihany Peninsula and lavender cultivation, as well as a craft workshop and a discovery garden. In the wider Lake Balaton - North travel region, visitors to the Herend Porcelain Manufactory’s Minimanufactory can handle porcelain paste and a painting brush in workshops.
Badacsony is also in the wider Lake Balaton - North travel region. It is in Veszprém County on the northern shore of Lake Balaton, opposite the town of Fonyód. Distinctive geological formations there are called basalt organ pipes. Special grape varieties are grown on the slopes and used to make Badacsony wine.
In the wider Lake Balaton - North travel region, the Ámos-hegyi Pihenőerdő in Eplény offers hikers, across 230 hectares, a nature trail, an observation tower, a fitness trail, and forest playgrounds. The SkiArena Vibe Park in Eplény has 16 slopes, with a total slope system measuring 7,984 meters.
Discover more destinations: Barnag, Nemesvámos, Pula, Bánd, Tótvázsony, Veszprém, Veszprémfajsz, Szentgál.
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