Understand
[edit]Kalocsa is one of the oldest towns in Hungary. The present archbishopric, founded about 1135, is a development of a bishopric said to have been founded in 1000 by King Stephen the Saint.
It sits in a marshy but highly productive district, near the left bank of the Danube River. The residents of Kalocsa and its wide-spreading communal lands are chiefly employed in the cultivation of paprika, fruit, flax, hemp and cereals, in the capture of waterfowl and in fishing.
Get in
[edit]
Map of Kalocsa
Kalocsa is on the road between Budapest and Baja, running to Kiskőrös and Mélykút. At the village of Gerjen a ferry runs across the Danube to connect Fadd and Kalocsa. It is 142 km (88 mi) south of Budapest.
The nearest international airport is in Budapest.
Get around
[edit]By car
[edit]By public transit
[edit]See
[edit]In the town
[edit]
- 1 Assumption Cathedral (Nagyboldogasszony Főszékesegyház). The treasury is open to the public Under the main cathedral are crypts with tombs of archbishops, and István Katona (historian) was buried in a side altar.
- 2 Archbishop's Palace (Érseki palota). An impressive Baroque ecclesiastical historical monument in Kalocsa town, where the Archbishop of Kalocsa resides.
- Pepper Museum
- Schöffer Museum
- Folk House
- Archbishop Botanical Garden
- Theater
- Forty-Eights Square
- King Stephen (Main) road
- Lajos Kossuth Road (the continuation of St Stephen Street)
- Trinity Square (Main Square).
- Well known is Kalocsa's brightly painted historic train station from 1882, an example of folk art in the region.
In the district
[edit]- 3 Dunapataj (Dunapataj – Szelidi-tó) (N 10 km from Kalocsa). - Szelidi lake is a holiday resort and nature reserve with unique wildlife is 4 km away from Dunapataj. Events: the Szelidi Summer Festival (Jul and Aug)- the Pataji Autumn (Sep).
- 4 Hajós (Croatian: Ajoš, German: Hajosch) (SE 20 km of Kalocsa, NE 30 km of Baja). cellar village (Pince falu). There are over 1,200 press houses, Hajós Palace (Hajós Kastély) Event: Urban day wine festival (Orbán Napi Borünnep, end of May)
- 5 Fajsz (Croatian: Fajsin) (Kalocsa 17 km, Baja 32 km). Neo-Romanesque Church of St. Stephen Szent István-templom (1910).
- 6 Tompa (28 km from Kiskunhalas). St. Anne's Church built in 1893-1905, Redl Palace
Do
[edit]In the town
[edit]- Picnic Fest (Majális)
- Dragon Boat Cup (Sárkányhajó Kupa)
- Midsummer Night fun (Szent Iván-éji mulatság)
- St. Stephen's Days (Szent István Napok)
- Danube Folk Festival (Duna Menti Folklórfesztivál)
- Blue Bird Festival (Kék Madár Fesztivál)
- Kalocsa's Paprika Festival (Kalocsai Paprikafesztivál) in mid-September
- Csajda Swimming Pool and Spa (Csajda Uszoda és Gyógyfürdő). Thermal water with high chemical content, sodium chloride, bromide and iodide at 35 ° C. It is primarily recommended for the treatment of musculoskeletal and joint disorders. All five of its pools are indoor.
Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]In the town
[edit]- Belvárosi Kávéház, Szent István király út 39.
- Nyárfa Vendéglő, Bátyai út 13.
- Arizóna Ételbár, Tomori u. 35.
- Diófa Vendéglő, Petőfi Sándor utca 67.
- Halászcsárda, Bátyai út
- Judit Vendéglő, Foktői út 34.
- Kalocsai Csajdakert étterem, Csajda u. 2
- Klub étterem, Szent István király út. 38.
- Korona étterem, Szent István király út 6.
- Klub 51Vigadó étterem, Bátyai út 40.
- Vincenzo étterem, Obermayer tér 7.
- Club 502 Söröző és Pizzéria, Szent István király út 64.
- Corona pizzéria, Búzapiactér 9.
- Papa Chico Ételbár, Negyvennyolcasok tere 1.
- Bufly Burger, Búzapiactér.
- Kaméleon Gyorsbüfé, Búzapiac tér 3.
- Oázis Hamburger, Szent István király út 31.