Tracing its roots back more than 1000 years, Vac was a really fascinating visit with a superbly knowledgeable tour guide (Molnar, Miklos) of Fungarian. Travelling by train from Budapest’s magnificent Nyugati station (designed by Gustav Eiffel), arriving in Vac 40 minutes later. If you love trains then you will love this trip In 1764, the Vac patriarchs built a “L’Arc de Triomphe” style monument to welcome the new empress, Maria Theresa, to the town. as she from Vienna to Budapest. We arrived in town, walking straight through the train station and down the main road which then opens into “Marcius 15 ter” – the Vac main square. Vac’s square is larger than most however, the edges retain the typical collection of bright restaurants, coffee houses and bars and ‘Mikhaly’ is the best patisserie in all Hungary. The cakes are to die for. With an entertaining tour guide, I started to see the history of Hungary, not just as it affected the capital but the rest of the country and gained more insight and perspective. A quick look into the church done we ambled down a side street towards the Danube which is about 100 meters beyond the main square, passing by the tree lined banks. In 1740 the plague struck Vac. A plague monument stands nearby. A town of some sort has stood in this spot for more than a thousand years. Vac mirrors the history of Hungary: early settlement, Turkish invasion, empire rule, two world wars, communism and resurgence. Please add it as an easy day trip from Budapest.