Kiskunfélegyháza is a town of 29,000 people (2019) in Bács-Kiskun County.
Understand
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The surrounding country is covered with vineyards, fruit gardens, and tobacco and corn fields.
Tourist information
[edit]- 1 Tourinform, Kossuth Lajos utca 1. (Center), ☏ +36 76 562 039, [email protected]. M-F 09:00-16:00. Services: tourist information, brochures about Kiskunfélegyháza and its region, and the country, cultural event guides, tour guides, postcards, gifts and books about Kiskunfélegyháza.
Get in
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Map of Kiskunfélegyháza
It is 30 km south of Kecskemét. The nearest international airport is in Budapest.
By train
[edit]It is on the Budapest - Szeged railway line. There are also direct trains to Kiskunhalas, Szentes and Szolnok via Lakitelek.
- 2 Train Station (Vasútállomás), Kossuth Lajos utca 37 (20 minutes walking west from downtown). Daily 03:15-22:45. Direct trains: - Budapest Nyugati station (hourly, 1 hr 38 min). Szeged (hourly, 51 min).
By car
[edit]Kiskunfélegyháza is on the M5 Budapest-Szeged motorway, running to Szolnok, Csongrád and Baja.
Get around
[edit]Local buses run regularly from the train station and St. John’s Square.
See
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- 1 Town hall (Városháza), Kossuth Lajos utca 1 (Szent János térre). Built between 1909 and 1911 in the Art Nouveau style. The attic and gables of the two-storey, representative building with a tower on the southeast corner are decorated with Zsolnay ceramics.
- 2 St. Stephen's Parish Church (Szent István-plébániatemplom), Szent István tér 3.. A Neo-Renaissance style church built between 1873 and 1880.
- 3 Church of Our Lady of Sarlós (Sarlós Boldogasszony-templom), Béke tér 1. the oldest building in Kiskunfélegyháza. Construction of the Baroque- style parish church began in 1749.
- 4 Kiskun Museum, Dr. Holló Lajos út 9. By appointment. A landscape museum and public collection of artefacts related to the local history of Kiskunfélegyháza, the religious monuments of Kiskunság, and the archaeological monuments of the region.
- Calvary
- Windmill
- Ligetös (main) street - Europe's longest row of plane trees
- Mora Ferenc (writer) birthplace memorial museum
- Petofi Sandor Memorial Room (Tibor Dulity permanent exhibition of the artist)
- Spa Hotel listed building (ruined)
Do
[edit]- Kiskunfélegyháza is great for hikers, as Bugac, the famous spa of Kiskunmajsa, the Tőserdő and Tősfürdő, Ópusztaszer and the Kiskunság National Park are nearby.
- Kiskunfélegyháza City Spa and Swimming Pool (Kiskunfélegyháza Városi Strand és Uszoda), Kiskunfélegyháza. 1,560 m deep mineral water is used to treat rheumatoid diseases. There are seven swimming pools and many other services.
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[edit]- Oázis Hotel Étterem Kft., Szegedi út 13.
- Belvárosi Apartmanszálló Kiskunfélegyháza
- Központi Apartman Kiskunfélegyháza
- Platán Apartman Kiskunfélegyháza
- Torony Lovarda Magánszállás
- Móra Apartman Kiskunfélegyháza