In its appearance, the castle recalls the French castles of the Loire Valley, and it is also regarded as one of the gems among the Hungarian castles. The specialty of the building lays in the fact that during the construction, they have used the most advanced architectural techniques and technologies of the time. For example, already at its construction it had central heating, electricity, and unique insulation. As for natural light, it was achieved by light shafts with mirrors placed inside of them, which made it possible to transport light even to the lower rooms of the building.

The construction of the castle started in 1883, which date can be found even on the weather vane of the northern tower. In some of its architectural features it resembles the Budapest Opera House, designed by Miklós Ybl, thus it is sometimes referred to as the “little sibling of the Opera House”.

The Castle Hotel, now renovated inside and out, was originally a property of the Eszterhazy family, then later on served as the summer residence of the Schossberger family of Tornya. The Schossberger family – who received their noble title from Franz Joseph – commissioned Ármin Petz and Vilmos Jámbor to design the garden (Ármin Petz was the one who laid out the flora of the Budapest Zoo as well).

The castle has an adventurous history: after the old baron had died and his son had never returned from labour service of the second world war, the building was left alone, and it really needed a miracle to survive.

The building, that by that point had seen better days, was first a German, then a Russian military base. Later it was turned into a hospital, and then during Socialist times it served as a primary school.

Even today, the locals can show in the castle where have the classrooms been, where did they do their P.E. classes as students, where did they change clothes and where were the rooms of the teachers.