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Pálvölgy Cave
The second largest in Hungary, this 19km-long cave discovered in 1904 is noted for both its stalactites and its bats. Be advised that the 500m route involves climbing about 120 steps and a ladder, so it may not be suitable for the elderly or young children. The temperature is a con
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Hungarian Folk Craft Museum
A dozen rooms of a 200-year-old farm complex are crammed with embroidery, weaving, woodcarving, furniture, agricultural tools and textiles at the Hungarian Folk Craft Museum, the granddaddy of all Kecskemét museums. Styles from across the entire region are represented and a few loc
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Steam Train Museum
Steam-engine fans will be thrilled with the presence of several of these vintage leviathans at the open-air Steam Train Museum – fittingly located near the mansion of the man responsible for their introduction to Hungary. On weekends, between April and early October, you can actual
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Cathedral Treasury
The Cathedral Treasury, just east of the cathedral across Kossuth Lajos utca, is a trove of gold and bejewelled objects, vestments and church plate. The large bust of St Stephen was cast for the Millenary Exhibition in 1896 and contains 48kg of silver and 2kg of gold. Among other v
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Kecskemét Gallery
One of the buildings in the square is among the citys finest. The Art Nouveau Ornamental Palace (Cifrapalota), which dates from 1902 and is covered in multicoloured majolica tiles, now contains the Kecskemét Gallery. Dont go in so much for the art; climb the steps to the aptly name
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Hungarian Jewish Museum
In an annexe of the Great Synagogue is the Jewish Museum, which contains objects related to religious and everyday life and an interesting handwritten book of the local Burial Society from the 18th century. The Holocaust Memorial Room relates the events of 1944–45, including the in
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Pick Salami and Szeged Paprika Museum
Between the two bridges spanning the Tisza is this museum with two floors of exhibits showing the methods of salami production and the cultivating, processing and packaging of Szegeds red gold. Its a lot more interesting than you might think and you even get samples. Theres a pub–r
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Blue Dyeing Museum
Arguably the most popular museum in Pápa is the Blue Dyeing Museum. It showcases a method of colouring cotton fabric deep blue that was a famous Pápa export throughout Hungary. The museum is housed in a factory that stopped operating in 1956, but the machines remain in perfect work
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Central Buildings
It is worth taking the time to check out the architecture in the centre of town, including the eclectic-style County Hall dating from 1892; the blue-and-white Art Nouveau building , which houses a bank and offices; and the restored Korona Hotel . Bizarre in the extreme is the Mihá
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Diocesan Treasury and Library
One of the richest collections of sacred relics in Hungary, this treasury features Gothic chalices, a Renaissance mitre embroidered with pearls, a 14th-century gold monstrance from Budapest’s Clarissa Convent and a bloodied part of Bishop Vilmos’s shirt. The showstopper here is the
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Dobó István tér
On the southern side of Eger’s main square below the castle stands the Minorite church , built in 1771 and one of the most beautiful baroque buildings in the world. Statues of István Dobó and his comrades-in-arms routing the Turks fill the square in front of the church. Just north
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Tropicarium
This vast aquarium complex at the Campona shopping mall in south Buda measures 3000 sq metres and is apparently the largest in central Europe. Don’t expect just to see snazzy neon-coloured tropical examples, however; this place prides itself on its local specimens too. The 12m-lon
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Orthodox Synagogue
Two houses of worship attest to the large communities of Greeks and Jews who once called Miskolc their home. To the southeast stands the large and, as per the norm, crumbling Orthodox Synagogue, designed in 1861 by Ludwig Förster, architect of the Great Synagogue in Budapest.
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Archbishop’s Palace
Northeast of the basilica is the Archbishop’s Palace and its Ecclesiastical Collection , with priceless vestments, church plate and liturgical objects. Entry is under the sign reading Szent István Rádió.
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Szent István Park
St Stephen Park contains a statue of Raoul Wallenberg doing battle with a snake (evil) that was erected in 1999. It is titled Kígyóölő (Serpent Slayer) and replaces one created by sculptor Pál Pátzay that was mysteriously removed the night before its unveiling in 1948. Facing the r
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Dorottya Kanizsai Museum
The Dorottya Kanizsai Museum has a large collection of costumes worn by the Sokác, Slovenes, Serbs, Croats, Bosnians and Swabians who repopulated this devastated area in the 17th century. The distinctive grey-black pottery of Mohács also figures. More interesting is the surprisingl
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Jókai Memorial Museum
The Jókai Memorial Museum is housed in the summer villa of the prolific writer Mór Jókai, just north of Vitorlás tér. In his study here, Jókai churned out many of his 200 novels under the stern gaze of his wife, the actress Róza Laborfalvi. The museum is filled with family memorabi
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Margaret Bridge
Margaret Bridge (Margit híd), which has finally emerged from a massive three-year reconstruction, introduces the Big Ring Rd to Buda. Its unique in that it doglegs in order to stand at right angles to the Danube where it converges at the southern tip of Margaret Island. The bridge
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Minorite Church
The Minorite Church was originally late Gothic but was ravaged by the Turks in 1587 and rebuilt in the baroque style 130 years later. Five spectacular altars carved in Presov (now eastern Slovakia) in the mid-18th century fill the nave and chancel. The most interesting is the first
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Széchenyi Chain Bridge
This twin-towered span is the oldest and arguably the most beautiful bridge over the Danube. It is named in honour of its initiator, István Széchenyi, but was built by a Scotsman named Adam Clark. When it opened in 1849, Széchenyi Chain Bridge was unique for two reasons: it was the
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