Komárno is in Podunajsko. This page covers the whole eastern part of the region.
Understand
[edit]The city, together with today's Hungarian neighboring city Komárom, formed a quite important center, especially due to the large barracks. Today the city is the most important center of the Hungarian minority, and its German-speaking roots have not been forgotten, so many signs are in three languages.
Get in
[edit]By foot
[edit]Komárno is connected to the neighboring town of Komárom on the Hungarian side of the Danube by a bridge. Car, bicycle and pedestrian traffic is permitted.
By car
[edit]There is a big parking near Termálne kúpalisko. 2 minutes walking to city center
- 1 Free parking, Hradná. open 24 hr. Free.
Get around
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See
[edit]- 1 Europe Square (Nádvorie európy). The main attraction. It is a square where there are 50 houses, each of which represents a European country. The houses are designed in a style that suits the country.
- 2 Fortress of Komárno. Komárno fortification system consists of forts, bastions and citadels that protected the Danube port of Komorn (German name for the twin towns of Komárno/Komarom) at the mouth of the Waag river in the Danube. These were created in the Renaissance period and most of them are still there. The system is a candidate for UNESCO statusThis includes the Fortress of Komárno. Some of the facilities are located on the Hungarian side in Komárom and are also open to tourism.
- 3 Castra Celemantia (Kelemantia) (Start in the village of Iža. Don't trust sat nav! It may send you to the wrong side of the Danube.). Roman fort, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Built in the 2nd century during the Marcomannic Wars, it was destroyed by the Germans probably in 179AD, and rebuilt as a stone castellum. It was extensively rebuilt in the 4th century.
There is a visitors' centre in the town of Iža. Free. - 4 Star observatory in Hurbanovo.
- 5 Water mills on the Little Danube river. They are in Jelka, Jahodná, Kolárovo and others.
- 6 Museum of Danube (Podunajské múzeum v Komárne), Palatínova č. 8, ☏ +421 35 - 7731 476, [email protected]. €5.
- 7 The Zichy Palace, 9 Klapku György Square,. Holds part of Danube museum
- 8 Parisian swamp. The largest reed swamp in Slovakia, a protected area, artificially created around 1800, with many animal species to be seen.
- 9 Mária Valéria Bridge. Bridge first put into service in 1895, it was destroyed in 1919 and 1944. It was only rebuilt and returned to service in 2001.
- 10 Elisabeth Bridge. Bridge crossing the danube river named after Empress Elisabeth of Austria free.
Do
[edit]- 1 Burda mountains (Kováčovské kopce). The tiniest mountain range in Slovakia, both in size and height.
- 2 Park in Svätý Peter. An urban park.
- 3 Vadaš Thermal Resort, in the village of Štúrovo. Indoor swimming pool open all year round, outdoor pools from May to September. – Indoor and outdoor swimming pool, slides. The complex is the city's main tourist attraction.
- 4 Termálne kúpalisko (water park) (Termálfürdő), 210/5, Hradná. Daily 09:30-20:30; F 09:30-21:30.
Cycling
[edit]The city is an etape on the Danube river cicling trail (Eurovelo 6)
Buy
[edit]Shops close quite early, many of them at 16:00 !
Eat
[edit]- 1 Klapka, Nám. gen. Klapku 9, ☏ +421 35 773 00 53. M-Th 10:00-22:00, F-Su 10:00-23:00.
Drink
[edit]- 1 De Luxxe Cafe, Nám. gen. Klapku 186. Nice coffee, cakes and pastries
Sleep
[edit]Connect
[edit]Go next
[edit]Komárom-Esztergom_County of Hungary is obviously right behind the state border.
| Routes through Komarno |
| Bratislava ← Gyor ← | W  E
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→ Esztergom → Budapest |