Magyarpolány is a settlement with 1255 inhabitants in the beautiful environment of Bakony Mountains, 2 kms from the Ajka junction of Highway 8 crossing Veszprém County.
The old village structure includes fourty folk architecture houses, for the preservation and reconstruction of which the village received Europa Nostra Award in 1993. An outstanding sight in the middle of the village is Kálvária Hill with its stations and a chapel on the top. You will see very impressive works of art if you undertake to climb the 152 stairs. An even more impressive sight is the temple built in the style of Louis XVI in 1761 in honour of King Saint Ladislaus.
The other attraction of the village is the steep Calvary hill
with its Neogothic chapel and stations of the cross.
Hosszú Hill of Polány, with its 394m peak, shields the village and gives place to grape and wine production. The nature, the sights, and the advanced infrastructure of the village can provide all that tranquility the tourists coming here may need.
Close to the main road, the rustic row of houses in Magyarpolány
has been deliberately preserved as a popular memorial.
A magnificent ruin of the Gothic style Csesznek Castle,
found at the meeting point of routes through the Bakony hills.
