From Wikitravel

Sopron is a city in Hungary, close to the Austrian border, with a population of about 55,000. The officially bilingual town (historical German language name Ödenburg) is situated at the Amber Road, and in Roman times was named Scrabantia.

On August 19, 1989 the "Paneuropean Picknick" took place near Sopron, when the "Iron Curtain" between Austria and Hungary was lifted for a few hours, allowing some hundred DDR citizens to cross the border.

Contents 1 Get in 2 Get around 3 See 4 Do 5 Buy 6 Eat 7 Drink 8 Sleep 9 Get out

Get in

By car: From Vienna, Austria on A2 until the Traiskirchen intersection, then on A3 until the Eisenstadt intersection, and on B16 to Sopron.

By train: Connected to Vienna by trains every hour, departure from Wien Südbahnhof at the top of the hour. Travel takes about one hour.

By plane: Nearest international airports are Vienna (70 km), Bratislava (70 km), and Budapest (200 km).

Get around

See

Landmark of the city is the "fire tower"/"Feuerturm" (Tüztorony, Fö tér 1), with a museum of history of the city. Barocker Hauptplatz, Benediktinerkirche, Museum Storno-Haus (Fö tér 1), Fabricius - Haus (Fö tér 6) from 14th century with interior from 17th and 18th century, Apothekenmuseum (Fö tér 2), Dreifaltigkeitssäule (17th century), Old Synagogue (Uj u. 22, end of 13th century), Burgviertel (medieval city core), St. Michael Church with tower (15th century, Szent Mihály utca), Mining Museum in Palais Esterhazy.

Do

Buy

Shopping is (still) cheaper than in neighbouring Austria.

Eat

Lots of restaurants, predominantly Hungarian but also Viennese cuisine, frequented by Austrian daytime tourists.

Drink

Sleep

• Hotel Fagus- Hotel Fagus is a newly opened wellness and conference hotel ideally located in the Lövér forest in the beautiful city of Sopron. Only 7 km from the Austrian border, 15 km from the lake of Fertő, 60 km from Vienna and 200 km from Budapest.
• Mandarin Pension, 9400 Sopron, Baross u. 1, about 30-80 EUR. Not recommended, next to 2(!) railway lines, a busy road and a night club.
• Danubius Bio Sport Hotel Lövér ****, 9400 Sopron, Varisi ut 4, about 65-155 EUR
• Pannonia Med Hotel ****, 9400 Sopron, Varkerulet 75, about 75-130 EUR

Get out

Sopron is close to the quarries of Fertőrákos, where in summer operas are held, and with a nice view on the Neusiedler See / Lake Fertő.

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