Kiskunfélegyháza

Kiskunfélegyháza is a town of 29,000 people (2019) in Bács-Kiskun County.

Understand

Eclectic apartment, built in 1899

The surrounding country is covered with vineyards, fruit gardens, and tobacco and corn fields.

Tourist information

• 1 Tourinform, Kossuth Lajos utca 1. (Center), ☏ +36 76 562 039, kiskunfelegyhaza@tourinform.hu. 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

It is 30 km south of Kecskemét. The nearest international airport is in Budapest.

By train

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

Kiskunfélegyháza is on the M5 Budapest-Szeged motorway, running to Szolnok, Csongrád and Baja.

Get around

Local buses run regularly from the train station and St. John’s Square.

See

Town hall

• 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. (updated Dec 2021)
• 2 St. Stephen's Parish Church (Szent István-plébániatemplom), Szent István tér 3.. A Neo-Renaissance style church built between 1873 and 1880. (updated Dec 2021)
• 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. (updated Dec 2021)
• 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. (updated Dec 2021)
• 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

• 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. 

Sleep

• Oázis Hotel Étterem Kft., Szegedi út 13.
• Belvárosi Apartmanszálló Kiskunfélegyháza
• Központi Apartman Kiskunfélegyháza
• Platán Apartman Kiskunfélegyháza
• Torony Lovarda Magánszállás
• Móra Apartman Kiskunfélegyháza