Porva: Holiday apartments and holiday homes
Accommodation in Porva
Porva is located near Cseszneky Count's Castle; Pálházi-hegy is also nearby. The castle therefore suits an interest in historic buildings.
You can rent a holiday apartment in Porva.
Kék-hegy, Cuha-hegy and Kőris-hegy are located in the vicinity of Porva. Kék-hegy therefore suits an interest in the landscape around Porva.
Esegvár is located in the wider region around Porva.
Culture
The Pauline Monastery of Szentlélek was completed next to an existing chapel before 1440; in 1441, the prior of Porva sought confirmation of the monastery's foundation.
In the wider surroundings of Porva, near Bakonybél and at the foot of Kőris-hegy, lies the Százhalom burial field with 226 burial mounds; similar barrows can also be found in several parts of the High Bakony.
During the Árpád era, Porva was a centre of a favoured royal hunting ground.
Porva's name was first recorded as “Purua” in a document from 1086; a letter from 1260 also records a chapel dedicated to Saint Emeric in the cemetery.
The church in Porva preserves the red-marble tombstone of Orsolya, the sister of István Zapolyai and widow of Pál Perneszi.
For further places to help you get your bearings, see Lókút, Dudar, Bakonybél, Pénzesgyőr, Csesznek, Zirc, Csetény, Borzavár.
For the overview of the higher-level destination: Zirci.
