Kunszentmárton

Kunszentmárton is a town of 8,000 people (2018) of the Hármas-Körös, and a district in the southern part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County.

Get in

The town is 76 km from Szeged, 50 km from Kecskemét and Szolnok, 25 km from Szarvas.

By car

In the east-west direction, the main road 44 passes through the town, which is joined from the north by the main road 442 from the direction of Szolnok - Martfű and here the main road 45 starts towards Szentes and Hódmezővásárhely. The M44 motorway also passes north of its inhabited area.

By train

MAV 130 Szolnok-Hódmezővásárhely-Makó railway and 146 Kiskunfélegyháza-Kunszentmárton railway line. Their meeting point is Kunszentmárton railway station, which is in the north-eastern part of the city center, accessed by Kossuth Lajos út.

There are direct trains from Szolnok, Hódmezővásárhely, Makó, Kecskemét.

See and do

In the town

Saint Martin church and Koros river bed

In 1 Kunszentmárton. :

• St. Martin Roman Catholic church (1781-1784, one of the tallest church in Hungary)
• City Museum
• City Hall
• the Attila József High School, was Körös (historical) hotel
• Museum of Local History (Kerületiház Street) was the Kerületiházat
• former synagogue (now Béla Bartók Hall for concerts and axhibits, Deák Ferenc Street)
• Körös dam (with the Farkas bends is unique)
• 'Alsó' cemetery's chapel and Stacio lines, Köttön street) was the windmill (Szentesi út).
• Beach at Körös River bank.

Near the town:

• the Hármas Körös River and its floodplain (part of the Koros-Maros National Park). Ride on a bike and explore this area, water tours, bird watching, fishing also hunting possibilities are here.

Events:

• May - May Day Picnic and Children's Day
• June - Kaiser Cup Force Festival
• The last weekend in June - Wind Orchestra Meeting and Tuszazug Music Festival (Roman Catholic Church)
• July - Two-days rock festival
• August - St. Stephen's Day, Dalamáris Folk Music Festival, Tuszazug cultural shows and Kungyalu's traditional Riding Day
• Mid-September - City Day, Körös Fish Food Cooking Competition
• November - St Martin's Days. To stay: riverside Camping and Mid-school College.

In the district

Tiszaföldvár

• 2 Tiszaföldvár (S of Szolnok, by train Szolnok, Szentes (two hourly)). Urban Reformed Church (Late Baroque, 1788); Lutheran Church (1855, late Classicist); St. Stephen's Church (Roman Catholic, 1894, Neo-Romanesque, Neo-Gothic); Heart of Jesus Church (Roman Catholic, Homok district, Döbrei János út); Princes might apartment (now Tuszazug Geographic Museum, Kossuth Road 101); Kossuth Square historic architectural ensemble; Somogyi Monument (in front of St. Stephen's Church); Free Chimneys (Gulyas-family) house (1890-1900, Kossuth u. 2); Kossuth tree (Oak Methuselah). To do: Thermal water swimming-pool and Camp (curative thermal waters, waveless swimming pool, baby splash pool, pool water massage jets, hot food restaurant, a snack bar. Volleyball, soccer and water polo). 
• 3 Tiszakürt (by bus: Szolnok, Kecskemét, Gyula). Bolza Castle (end of the 19th century); Reformed Church (1887, eclectic style); Roman Catholic Church; Granary (19th century); "Madáritató" fountain. - To do: Bolza Arboretum (60 ha, Nature reserve) 

Take a walk in Csépa marshy grassland

• 1 Csépa (Trains from Kecskemét, Kunszentmárton, bus from Kecskemét, Csongrád). Walking, birdwatching tours in Fertő of Csépa (marshy grassland, Area: 67 ha), angling in Tisza river backwater system, Passed the Tisza-Körös rivers tour route at 'Mámairéti' lookout and also there is a boating lake. Visit also the Saint Jakob church 

Several possibility for hunting, fishing, aquatic, equestrian and cycling tourism (health tourism); Ideal for nature lovers, hikers and naturalists

Sleep

In the town

• riverside Camping and Mid-school College.

In the district

• Overnight Tourist Accommodation, (Kossuth u. 1-2, Csépa; Ft 1000 p.p. (2014) five rooms with kitchen).