Along Dates · SZOMBATHELY

SZOMBATHELY DOWNTOWN

"Hungary's oldest city. An Egyptian goddess at the end."

First dates · New couples
 
For first dates and new beginnings.
Available sets
9.990 Ft
€39

The experience

Roman foundations. Saint Martin's birthplace. An Egyptian goddess underground.

Szombathely is Hungary’s oldest continuously inhabited city — founded by the Romans as Savaria in 45 AD, capital of the province of Pannonia Prima. Saint Martin of Tours, one of the most important figures in early Christianity, was born here. An Egyptian temple to the goddess Isis was built here and is still visible beneath the modern city.
 
The walk begins at Fő tér and moves through the inner city — past the cathedral, the Martíneum, the eccentric Smidt collection — ending at the Iszeum Romkert, where the ruins of the Temple of Isis sit open to the sky in the middle of a modern European city.
 
No city on any Along walk is older than this. The questions know it.

what to know

GPS stops 25 across the inner city
Duration 60–90 minutes
Your window 3 hours — no clock on this
Start point Fő tér
End point Iszeum Romkert
Phone needed One between you
Internet Works fully offline
Question set Choose below — Light, Bond, or Deep
How it works

You receive a point cloud — 25 GPS stops across the inner city. Walk to any of them in any order. The question unlocks when you arrive. Two thousand years of history in a compact, walkable city centre.

Founded 45 AD

Savaria was founded by the Emperor Claudius. The city has been continuously inhabited since. The modern street grid still roughly follows the Roman one. You're walking a two-thousand-year-old plan.

What you'll find

25 stops.
Your order.

These are some of what’s waiting across the island. The GPS cloud shows you where they are — the rest is up to you.

Fő tér

The walk begins at Szombathely’s main square — open, well-proportioned, with the cathedral on one side and the city hall on another. The square sits directly above Roman Savaria, the ancient capital of Pannonia Prima. Two thousand years beneath the paving stones.
 

Székesegyház

The neoclassical cathedral built in the late 18th century — one of the most elegant in western Hungary. The frescoes inside were largely destroyed in WWII and painstakingly restored. A question about what you restore when something is damaged, and what you leave as it is.
 

Martíneum

The diocesan cultural centre and museum complex — named after Saint Martin of Tours, who was born in Savaria, on the site of the present-day city. One of the most important early Christian figures in European history, from this very ground. A question about origin: what came from here that reached the whole world.
 

Smidt Múzeum

The extraordinary private collection of Dr. Lajos Smidt — a local physician who spent decades gathering objects from flea markets and antique shops across Europe. The result is one of the most eccentric and personal museums in Hungary. A question about what you collect, and what it says about you.
 

Iszeum Romkert (Temple of Isis)

The walk ends at the ruins of a Roman temple to the Egyptian goddess Isis — discovered beneath the city in the 20th century and now an open-air archaeological park. An Egyptian goddess, worshipped in a Roman city, in what is now western Hungary. A question about how far things travel, and where they find a home.
 
+ 20 more stops across the inner city
The questions

Choose your depth.

Light First dates · New couples
✦✦ Bond Established couples · 6+ months
✦✦✦ Deep Long-term · Married couples
✦ Light
For first dates and new beginnings.
Warm, open questions with no pressure. The kind of conversation that makes a first date feel like the best one you've had in years.

A taste of the questions
"What's something you hoped I'd ask you tonight?"
Tap to reveal
"What's a version of yourself you haven't shown me yet?"
Tap to reveal
"What do you want more of in your life right now?"
Tap to reveal
These are sample questions. The full walk has questions you won't see until you arrive at the stop.
✦✦ Bond
For couples who want to go further.
You know each other. But there's more to know. Bond questions open the doors that everyday life keeps closed.

A taste of the questions
"What do you wish I understood about you that I still don't?"
Tap to reveal
"What's something you've almost said to me but held back?"
Tap to reveal
"What's the version of us you hope we become?"
Tap to reveal
These are sample questions. The full walk has questions you won't see until you arrive at the stop.
✦✦✦ Deep
For the ones ready to go all the way.
Long-term couples, married partners. The questions that reconnect you to why you chose each other — and who you've each become since.

A taste of the questions
"What's something you've never told me because you thought I wouldn't understand?"
Tap to reveal
"What's changed in you since we've been together that I might not have noticed?"
Tap to reveal
"What do you think we've been avoiding?"
Tap to reveal
These are sample questions. The full walk has questions you won't see until you arrive at the stop.

Two thousand years under your feet.
An Egyptian goddess at the end.

Szombathely is Hungary’s oldest city and one of its most quietly remarkable. The Roman grid is still there beneath the streets. Saint Martin of Tours was born here. An Isis temple was discovered under the city centre in the 20th century. The Along walk moves through all of it — and ends at the ruins, open to the sky.
 

Not sure yet?

Not ready to commit?
Start with a Spark.

Every Along walk has a Spark edition — 10 GPS stops, around 30 minutes, Light questions only. Same city, same mechanic, lower commitment. Find the Spark on any walk page.

10

GPS stops

~30

minutes

1 hr

window

€15

5.990 Ft
Every Along walk has a Spark edition — 10 GPS stops, around 30 minutes, Light questions only. Same city, same mechanic, lower commitment. Find the Spark on any walk page.

Your first Along.

What's included

SPARK

5,990 Ft

€15

Full walk · 60 stops

9,990 Ft

€39

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