Bekescsaba
downtown walk
Munkacsy memorial
house
Gyula
castle
gunpowder
bastion
Szeged
Bekescsaba
Bekescsaba is one of the largest city in the Southern Great Plains
of Hungary, with nearly 70000 citizen.
Easily accessable via train, and only
a few kms from Gyula and
close to Szeged, worth a day visit on your way.
The city is quite old,
since the area was populated since the iron age, although Bekecsaba remains a
rural town on the plains with wide streets, nice houses and a really attractive
downtown area.
During a downtown walk you can discover the beautiful
architectural memories of the 19th century.
Bekescsaba on
wikipedia
National Theatre
It is on the begining of the
main street of Bekescsaba.
Built in 1877-1879, a fully workable theatre
nowadays.
website
Munkacsy memorial house
The famous painter Mihaly
Munkacsy was living here during childhood.
The house were he lived is a
museum nowadays.
There are not only exhibition about Mihaly Munkacsy but
about the history of Bekescsaba and the small region around.
Address : 9th,
Szechenyi str.
Open : tuesdays-sunday 10am till 6pm, closed on
mondays
Arpad bath
There are swimming pool and open bath in Bekescsaba
fully modernized in the recent years.
Thermal bath, jakuzzi, 50meters
swimming pool, slides, children pool
near the river koros bank
River
Koros
The
river Koros is flowing through the city, making a perfect romantic walking path
all the way on the river side.
There are also to see many churches,
sculptures in the downtown area.
Bekescsaba also know for its many cultural and other
events, a few of them
Spring Festival of Bekescsaba on every march
Lecsofestival in
August, do you know what lecso is?
and the most famous
the Sausage
Festival of Bekescsaba in October..a must see event!
How to get
there?
By train : from Budapest Keleti there are Intercity and International trains
as well. Check
schedule
By car : see route from Budapest. Only 220kms
Parking fee is payable
in Bekescsaba downtown! 135HUF/hour for cars
Shopping
Csaba Center Shopping Mall
located on the main
street
parking also available here
Bekescsaba
on live webcam
Post office
available on the main street
in Csaba Center
Tourinform
office
9th
Szent Istvan square