Nyírbátor

Originally posted on great hungarian plain:
I left off yesterday with our wanderings. Now, for a few of the things we actually saw: first up was the Bathory Castle. I’ll preface it with a quick history lesson. If you look closely at the name Nyírbátor, you’ll notice the latter half of the name is bátor.…

Máriapócs, a hidden treasury

Toady I posted my favorite Catholic churches. What I forgot to mention was that those are Roman Catholics. My favorite Greek Bizantine Catholic is Máriapócs! I visited this church after Christmas in 2011. We were returning from Romania and stopped in Nyírbathory, the city close by, to visit Báthory family castle and a beautiful protestant […]

My favorite (catholic) churches in Hungary

Of course I haven´t visited all the churches in Hungary and also I don´t have any plans to do so, but I think there are 3 of them I should list here due to their size and historical importance. Budapest´s Saint Stephen´s Basilica (Szent István-bazilika) I have posted already some pictures of this huge church […]

Heading to te South: Szeged

Last Sunday we went to Szeged, a city crossed by the Tisza river, one of the most important rivers in the country. The third biggest city in Hungary, Szeged is located close to the board with Serbia and Romania, far 170km from Budapest, to get there is very easy by the motorway M5. If you […]

Debrecen, the center of the great Hungarian plain

Tomorrow we head to Transylvania from Szilvásvarád. On the way, we will stop in Debrecen to have lunch and to look around this famous city. I guess there is the 2nd or the 3rd most important city in Hungary and for 2 times was the national capital. Debrecen is very close to the Romanian border […]