Opening hours, prices and tickets for places worth your time.
The Fire Tower is a 48-metre tower at the south-western end of Veszprém's castle hill. Its round lower part is medieval; after an earthquake in 1810 Henrik Tumler added the late-baroque upper storeys and gallery in 1811–1814, for a fire watchman. Visitors climb to the gallery, and the clock plays a verbunkos tune by Antal Csermák every hour.
The Archbishop's Palace is a U-shaped baroque residence in Veszprém's castle quarter, built in 1765–1776 for Bishop Ignác Koller to plans by Jakab Fellner. Its staircase, ceremonial dining hall and chapel carry frescoes by Johann Cymbal, and it houses the archdiocese's library. Visits are on guided walks through the ceremonial hall and the salons.
Veszprém Castle is the historic quarter on a rocky ridge above the Séd valley, about 400 metres long. Vár utca runs from the Heroes' Gate past baroque church buildings, the cathedral and the Archbishop's Palace to a lookout with statues of King Stephen and Queen Gisela. The archdiocese restored 18 of its buildings from 2022.
St. Michael's Cathedral is the seat of the Archdiocese of Veszprém, on Holy Trinity Square in the castle quarter. First mentioned in 1001, it was rebuilt in neo-Romanesque style in 1907–1910 to plans by Sándor Aigner, keeping its Gothic crypt. The visitor ticket covers the crypt, with Bishop Márton Padányi Biró's tomb, and the St George Chapel.
Veszprém Zoo, named after the Africa explorer Kálmán Kittenberger, opened on 1 August 1958 as Hungary's third zoo. It spreads over the wooded Fejes valley and Gulya hill a short walk west of the town centre, with an African savanna enclosure, an elephant park, harbour seals and penguins, and a walk-through aviary opened in 2015.
The Herend Porcelain Manufactory in Herend, near Veszprém, is a working porcelain factory founded in 1826 by Vince Stingl; Mór Fischer made porcelain here from 1839. Its Porcelanium visitor centre holds a mini-manufactory, where guides show throwing, moulding and hand painting after a short film, and the Porcelain Art Museum.
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