The town and its surroundings
Location
It is in the valley of abandoned Tapolca stream in the middle of Pápa Plain at the meeting point of Little Hungarian Plain and the Bakony Mountains. The motorway 83 crosses the town.
Programmes
Sightseeing
– Baroque Main Square
– Roman Catholic 'Great Church' with frescoes painted by the Austrian master Franz Anton Maulbertsch
– churches (the Benedictine, the Reformed, the Franciscan Churches)
– Blue Dyeing Museum of the Kluge Family
– the scientific collections and Library of Transdanubian Reformed Diocese. (an Egyiptian coffin with a mummy is one of the most interesting sights here according to the visitors)
– Esterhazy Mansion, the Museum of Local History (which is closed on account of renovation at the moment), Town Library
– Pillared House
– Zichy House
– Kenessey-Szondy House
–Várkert (town park)
– Millenary Memorial Park
Bathing, swimming indoor and outdoor pools, sauna, massage etc. in Várkertfürdő (Thermal Bath) (Pápa, Várkert street 5.)
Hiking in the vicinity of Pápa
– Adventure Park of Sobri Jóska in Kislőd (horse riding, fishing, climbing wall, canopy, mountain bike trails, castle of adventure, archery, pet farm etc.)
– Szarvaskő Castle ruins in Döbrönte
– Wine tour and hiking to the Castle ruins of Somló and to the lookout tower
– the Millenary Forest-Railroad of Cuha valley
– the tour path between the Castle ruins of Porva-Csesznek and Bakonybél



