Parks and the outdoors in Sopron

25 parks, gardens, beaches and walks in and around Sopron.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first.

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Amphitheater
Amfiteátrum, Scarbantia Archaeological Park Scarbantia Régészeti Park
A Roman ruin garden with 3.5 meter wide Roman city walls. Later here was the rampart of the 'ispán' castle (11th century) - an Árpád-era fortress, (Latin: Castrum Suprun). Historical Garden. More
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Botanical garden
Botanikus Kert
Area 17.2 hectares. Protected birds. Protected indigenous and exotic plants.
Closed · opens 8 am tomorrowFree, professional guidance (up to 20 people): Ft 5000 per group, Pre-booking essential
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Buddha Beach & Cafe Club
Meditation practice on Mondays 19:00 to 22:00. Drink sales. Coffees, teas, cocktails, pool, sunbathing, F Sa DJ 'R'N'B' and 'House' Music. Su Live music. Wi-Fi zone.
Massage 2500-4500, tasting waterpipes Ft 1190, 16 types of coffee/17 types of teas Ft 300-800/320; juices (2 dl)/carbonated soft drinks Ft 240-400/300-600; beers/wines (1 dl)/five types Champagne Ft 400-600/140-280/700-4400, spirits, aperitifs (4 cl)/distilled liquors (4cl)/Cocoa Ft 500-550/440-980/370, Cocktails (20 types)/Alcohol-free cocktails Ft 700-2400/700
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Decorative garden with Széchényi Monument
Dísz tér a Széchényi emlékművel
Full figure bronze statue. It was made by Matra Lajos, in 1896.
Open now · open 24 hoursFree
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Elizabeth Gardens
Erzsébet-kert
The area purchased by the city in 1763. A French public park built as Neuhof (German: New Yard). Expanded in 1900 with the Vághy's garden. One of the oldest Hungarian garden which everyone could freely visit.
Open now · open 24 hoursFree
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Fertő Lake Watercomplex
Fertő-tavi vízitelep
Services: playground, outdoor free showers, drinking fountains, rental shop (Kayak, canoe), snack bar, beach volleyball court, lake cruises, motorboat port.
Closed · opens 8 am tomorrow
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Forestry Collection
Erdészeti Gyűjtemény
Multi-million-year old fossilized fragments of silicified trees, map from 1656, documents from the late 1800s, insect collections made in 1870, wooden household and user devices from the last century, machine models, maquettes.
Thu-Tue 10:00-17:00Hidvégi Béla's Hunting collection or 'National treasures: the forest' exhibitions Ft 800/500 (each), Ft 1300/700 (combined)
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Lenk Villa - Franz Liszt Museum
Lenk-villa – Liszt Ferenc Múzeum
The Lenk merchant family erected in 1890, eclectic style by architect Otto Hofer. In front of the main entrance are two stone statues: symbolic representations of the truth. The main entrance decorated with columns and a tympanum. A park situated around the museum. In the park can be seen rare plants, Baroque sculptures and old tombs from the Lutheran cemetery, also here is the 'Baker cross' dating from 1484.
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Lővér adventure park
Lővér kalandpark
Eight Ropes fields (separate for babies, for kids, and for adult, different difficulty levels), climbing walls, wooden box building, tree climbing, archery field, special bowling, trampoline, table tennis.
Daily 10:00-19:00 (winter closed)Adult/student/under 7 years Ft 2400/1900/1300, walking ticket Ft 300, climbing wall Ft 400
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Lővér swimming pool
Lővér uszoda,Lővér Fürdő - Csik Ferenc Uszoda
It was opened as the Forest Bath (Erdei Forrásfürdő) in 1908. Its travertine pool fed by Deákkúti source. Since 1975, there is an indoor swimming pool. The polygonal dome building can receive 720 people.
Mon-Fri 09:00-20:30, Sat Sun and holidays: 09:00-20:30Adult day ticket ticket/after 14:00/after 16:00: Ft 1460/1240/1020, Sauna ticket Ft 880, key deposit Ft 100
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Outdoor climbing wall
Szabadtéri Mászófal
There is an artificial climbing wall in the heart of the city (Yard of the Hunyadi János School), which is 13 m high, with the area of more than 160 m². Other outdoor extreme sports: via ferrata, mountain & road biking, trekking & hiking, mountain & rock or ice climbing. Summit Sport Association, Address: Mikoviny u. 26.
Mon-Fri 16:00–20:00, Sat Sun: closed.Day Pass: €3, 10 pack: €25, 30 Day Pass: €40
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Study Forest Management Co.
Tanulmányi Erdőgazdaság Zrt.
State forest management. Woodland and villager hunting lodges. Sopron Park Forest seventeen thousand hectares of forest land. Hunting tickets.
A taste of game prices: Deer: €950, Roe deer: €200 Boar: €1000 (2014)
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Taródi Castle
Bagolyvár, Bolondvár, Taródi-vár
István Taródi built the castle by himself. He started the building operations in 1945, when he was 20. Castle floor area 4000 m². Built after the sample of the medieval knights castles. Castle parts: a drawbridge over a 3-meter deep moat, a 16-m-high and 10 m in diameter, 50-cm-thick gate tower with panoramic view, bath house, garden, fountain (3 meters in diameter and 15 meters deep), secret tunnel (10 m long, 70 cm wide and 150 cm tall).
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Tómalom Beach
Tómalom fürdő
Services: children's pool with slide, giant chess, playground, sun deck, jetties for sunbathing, outdoor free showers, drinking fountains, rental shop (boat, pedal boat, canoe).
Only Jun-Sep daily 08:30-20:30Adult day ticket ticket/after 14:00/after 16:00: Ft 650/550/450, Boat/Catamaran, water bikes/Junior water choppers/Kayak (half hour) Ft 600/800/350/450
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Villas
Villa sor XIX. századi nyaralók
In the so called Lower-Lővérek quarter. Twin Villas with elevated first floor made in 1890s. Also secession styled houses with richly decorated porch and garden. The gardens are well cared and there are huge trees. The buildings are in good condition, well maintained, but very badly can be photographed - Listed Villas: #2 Wallner Ignác House (Dr. Wallner Ignác (1847-1929) was the Director of the Main Real School of Sopron, between 1897-1914.), #6 (cozy), #14 (Like the other houses this was built behind decorative fence, large front garden.), #18 , #20 , #22 Winkler Oszkár House (Winkler Oszkár was the dean of the Faculty Of Mining, Metallurgy, Forestry,- a local branch of the Budapest University of Technology ), #24 (wooden porch with enclosed balcony), #26, #28 (almost invisible from the street), #30 (Cosy and perfect). - The #6, 24, 30 are the nicest of them.
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Vincellér House Restaurant and wine bar
Vincellér-Ház Étterem, borozó
The restaurant capacity 48 people. In summer, also there is a cozy beer garden with 70 seats. Served own made wines.
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Várhely (Castle space) Lookout
Várhely-kilátó
Near to the remains of the earthwork of Várhely. There is a panoramic view toward: - NE: Sopront, Sopron-Bánfalvát, Vienna Hill, Fertő Lake and the Moson Flatland; - East: the Hanság; - South: the peaks of Sopron-mountain and Rozália mountain; - West: Ágfalva and Lépesfalva villages, Castle Fraknó and Schneeberg Mt. (Austria); - North Ruszti Hills, a Lajta Mtn. and the Small Carpathian range.
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Walk on the Castle Wall Promenade
Várfalsétány
Start from 'Bünker-köz'. Behind the Theatre Street (Színház utca)- walk to the courtyard of County Hall. From there to the reinforced concrete gate that drive to Main square (Fő tér), A walkway leads further to the Theatre Street (Színház utca) 3. (See: Fabricius House, General House). We'll get to the Front Gate of the Castle (Előkapu). (See: Fire Tower, New Town Hall, Ruin garden of City house street (Városház utca), Large Round Bastion, eastern Outbreaks gate or Small Round Bastion). A stairs leading across the upper gorge castle wall to behind St. George street's houses. Across Bacchus inn yard you'll get to St. George Street (Szent György utca) and final to the Rear Gate Street (Hátsókapu utca)
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Wollner Hotel and aWollner Restaurant
aWollner étterem
Baroque room (up to 40 persons), Wine cellar (up to 55 persons), Flandorffer-Room (up to 25 persons), Mediterranean Terrace, Hanging garden (for a wedding or a party). The wine list include: sparkling wines, dry and sweet white wines, rosé wines and dry red wines.
Tue–Sat 12:00–22:00Soups/main course/salads/desserts Ft 700/1900-2900/550/900
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Green Sopron
Zöld Sopron
Marked hiking routes, friendly picnic areas, more than 40 springs, 20 brooks, seven lakes, 5 lookout towers in the natural environment of Sopron Hills. 369-km network of signposted tourist paths.
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Lake Szalamandra
Szalamandra tó
Fishing, swimming, boating
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Lake Violet
Ibolya-tó
Lackner Károly utca
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Lake mill
Malom tó
Fishing.
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Széchenyi Sailing Club
Fertő Tavi Vitorlás Szövetség
Sailing dock: Fertő Lake (Neusiedler Lake) Water Site.
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Yacht club of Lake Fertő
Fertő Tavi Vitorlázó Egyesület
Pilerin utca 30.

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Sopron (CC BY-SA 4.0).