National
Theatre
One of hungary's oldest theatre.
Downtown on
foot
discover newly reconstructed old buildings from 17-19th centuries,
coffees and shops.
Diosgyor castle and museum
see this magnificent
castle from 13th century
Cave thermal
bath
Unique form of swimming in the cave.Thermal water and spa, for
kids too.
Lillafured and Bukk
hills
Relax in the fresh air, discover the karst caves and look for
caveman trails.
MISKOLC
The third largest city in Hungary with estimated
180000 people.
Miskolc is one of the oldest cities and living areas in
Hungary. People are continously living here from 10000 b.c., many tools, stones
and bones were found in the surrounding caves in Bukk hills. in the 20th century
Miskolc was the steal city, nowadays try to get new edge and image based on
tourism and the knowledge base of University.
Miskolc is in the northern
part of Hungary, surrounded by Bukk mountains. Miskolc is ideal place to spend a
few days and discover the surrounding villages and sights. Such as Miskolctapolca cave bath, Tokaj
wineyards, Mezokovesd thermal bath or Lillafured and the Bukk
mountain.
Get know more about history of Miskolc
Walking tour in
downtown area
Let start from an important and well known place in Miskolc the so
called "villanyrendor". It means traffic light, and the square got its
name after the first traffic light in the city. You can easily arrive here by
tram from the train station. If you take a short walk on the left side, you will
arrive to the Szinva creek, which is actually flowing through the city from Bukk
hills. Nowadays the whole square are renewed, and called "Szinva terasz",
with cafes, restaurants, a small waterfall. Szinva terasz is a popular place in
Miskolc.
If you go toward and go across the bridge over the Szinva creek, go
across the main street to Deryne street. (Deryne, was an actress of the local
Theatre).
You will recognize the Theatre of Miskolc on your left hand
side. This is the oldest theatre which made of stone in Hungary.
Go along the
Deryne str, you will pass the theatre museum, cafes and bars and arrive to
Heroe's Square, which offers nice place to sit and watch the city life in
summertime with waterfalls and fountains. The red building front of you is the
Ferenc Foldes Secondary School (one of the oldest in Hungary), and the Catholic
Church. Post office lays at your right hand side and the old jewish temple at
your back.
You can go across the street, pass the red colored secondary
school and arrive to the Ortodox church and museum , which can be found at the
back of the school. (at least you can see the tower from the
street).











Museums
Rákóczi house - gallery of fine arts
Open from 9am till
5pm (except sundays and mondays)
Herman Otto Múzeum - art gallery, local heritage
gallery
Entrance fees :
children : 200 HUF, adult : 400
HUF
Theatre, movies
National
Theatre
House of Arts - exchibitions, concerts, movies,
cafe
International Opera Festival
Getting
around
Miskolc has very good mass transport system.
Trams :
there are 2 lines, go across the city from the Tiszai train station till
Diósgyőr district. If you are going into the city centre it is the best
way.
Buses : many lines, you can have access almost every part
of the city with buses.
Few examples how to go to major places :
from train station to Lillafured
you catch bus number 1, and go until the last
stop. Change line to number 5. Number 5 bus stop is opposite the bus station
next to the road.
from train station to Miskolctapolca
you catch bus number 1 and take off at the
second stop Buza ter. Change to bus number 2 at the bus station.
In
summertime you can catch narrow gauge train to Lillafured. It is a nice 40min.
ride.
Take tram number 1 from train station and go until you see OMV petrol
station on your left. or take bus number 1 until OMV petrol station.
Prices :
You can buy tickets at the bus or/and tramdrivers
250HUF
Or any newsagency 160HUF
Tourist ticket for 3days 1750HUF
(only at bus stations)
Resturants, Coffees and Shopping
From big supermarkets to small
shops you can find everything in Miskolc. Shops usually open from 8-6pm, even in
Sunday. Tesco is open 24/7, you can reach by bus 12,14,14H,24 from
downtown.
There are two shopping plaza in downtown, both have food court,
which open usually from 9:30-10pm, even in Sunday.
see
local restaurants
Avas
cellar and lookout tower
The Avas has been the storage and hiding place of the town for
centuries. More than 800 cellars were scooped into the dry and damp-proof
andesite tuff of the Avas. The hollows run parallel to the inner side of the
building 6-7 metres distant from each other. Most of them are 10-20 metres long
but there are some 50-100 metres long hollows as well. The temperature of the
hollows varies between 6-10 °C depending on their depth. It is the same in
winter and summer. Most of the cellars are at least 300 years old and hardly any
of them are younger than 200 years. The houses by the cellars are not
particularly old because there was some kind of wine house in front of every
10th cellar only. Nowadays there are no vineyards on the Avas any more.
According to the document of the Pozsony Chamber dated in the 18th century the
wine of Miskolc could be distinguished from the wine of Tokaj-Hegyalja as far as
its good quality is concerned. The vineyards were completely devastated by the
filoxera between 1885 and 1889. There has always been some kind of a lookout
tower on the top of the Avas Hill showing a beautiful view to the visitors. The
last tower made of wood was burnt down. The present one was built on the 203
metre-high platform between 1962 and 1963. The lookout tower is 71 metres tall
and was planned by Hofer Miklós.
Ortodox
church and museum
It is a historic building of outstanding value of our town. It was
built in baroque style. Building began in 1785 by the Greek community who had
escaped from the Turkish rage in the Balkan during the 17th-18th century. It
took 21 years to finish building it. Its inner decoration, such as the 16 metre
tall iconostas made by Jankovich Miklós, its biblical scenes, sacred images and
paintings on the columns fascinates the visitor. The Russian Tsarina Katherine
2nd presented the Mary of Kazan devotional picture, which can be seen in the
nave, to the Hungarian Greek Church.Next to the church there is the Hungarian
Orthodox Church Museum, which was opened in 1985. The artefacts of the museum
were gathered from nine Hungarian orthodox churches.









Diosgyor
Castle
In the place of the ring-shaped stand castle standing here before
the Conquest building of the huge stone castle commenced in the second half of
the 13th century. In 1271 a new castle was mentioned in the charts. The Diósgyor
Castle was developed into a strong fortress and furnished in luxurious style by
Ernye ban's family. It was an unattainable fortress by the offensive weapons of
that period. It was further extended by Lajos (the Great) and it became an
important political centre due to the Polish connections. At that time the
castle was in its hey-day. From the time of Zsigmond's reign until the Mohács
Disaster it was the residence of the current queen. Afterwards it was given in
gage to different families. By this time it had lost its strategic role but it
still defended Miskolc and the neighbouring villages against the Turkish troops
wanting to levy a payment on the territory. The deterioration of the castle
started during the Turkish reign. In 1673 it got into the Kuruc's hands and
therefore the commanding officer of the imperial army in Kassa sent a troop of
1500 soldiers to occupy it. This was the only siege of the castle that is known.
The castle was set on fire and was destroyed. It became a ruin on 11th July
1678. On this day Kuruc troops prevented German troops from moving there when
they arrived and destroyed the outer walls extending inside the ditch and the
two barbicans protecting the entrance of the drawbridge. After this the castle
became the stone-source of the buildings of the area. The exploration and
restoration of the castle began in 1953. Owing to the constant restoration the
Diósgyor Castle is one of the most important medieval monuments of the country.
During the exploration several findings, objects and wings of building connected
to the history of the castle were found. The Diósgyor Castle is not only a
beauty spot but it also holds international and national open-air
performances.
Ticket prices : Adult : 700HUF, Children :
350HUF
If you go
further from the Ferenc Foldes Secondary school you will see the so called
"Deszkatemplom", which is a church made of wood, fully reconstructed
after a blazing fire in the 90s.
If you decide and go back to Heroe's Square,
you can go back to the main street and walk down to Kossuth Square and the City
Hall's Square , where from you can see the Avas Church and the old Cemetery and
the Avas lookout tower.
Herman
Otto Museum is on the foot of the Avas Church, you will see its yellow
building from the church. Check out its exhibition of the stone age, which was
quite busy in Miskolc area. (you can even visit some of the caves in the Bukk
hills).
From the Avas lookout tower you can see on the foot of the
Bukk hills the Diosgyor Castle. If you wish to visit the old diosgyor, you can
take tram number 1 until the last stop and take a short (5min) walk.
Fortuna
Pansion
Sarga Csiko
Pansion