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County of Hungary
Photo: Czank Máté, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Békés county is in Southern Great Plain in south-eastern Hungary, on the border with Romania.
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Bustard reserve
Reformed Church
Vésztő- Mágor Történelmi Emlékhely
Monastery ruins of Mágor
Hungary's largest kurgans
Lutheran Old Church, Historic Memorial Road, Mills of Szarvas, Anna - park, Elizabeth Park, Szarvas Arboretum
Cucumber festival
Tisza mansion with crypt
Evangelical Church, Monori inn, Rágyánszky Arboretum, Holecska Joseph's bush farm, Fountains Museum, Gyopárosfürdő, Historical Memorial Park of Gellértegyháza, Literary Memorial House of Darvas József, Museum of Szántó Kovács János
Livestock farms of Sóstó
Ancient lawn of tatársánc (Tatarian earth rampart)
Nagykopáncsi Templom Szent István Kápolna
– 12-13th century-old Arpad dynasty church (partly reconstructed)
'Wilderness' of Kígyós, Wenckheim Castle
- Ipolyi Arnold Adult Education exhibitions: Moldavian folklore exhibition, religious relics exhibition of Banat's Swabian folk, Local History Exhibition (Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian folk memories)
- Almasy Castle, Castle Bath, Downtown Church, County Hall, ruins of Franciscan Monastery garden, Béke (Peace) Avenue, Orthodox Church of Miklósváros, Ferenc Erkel's Birthplace, Városháza (Town Hall), Street Promenade, Centenary confectionery, Ladics house
Railway Exhibition
County farm, historic city centre, stud of Mezőhegyes, Indoor riding with a 200-year-old sycamore tree, Manor No.18: The Wrangler's home
Mágor puszta
Biharugrai-halastavak
– lake system. The heaven for anglers
Körös-Maros Nemzeti Park
HQ: Szarvas, Anna-liget 1
The county does not have any international airports, however the railway line that runs between Budapest and Lőkösháza (and continues on to Romania) runs through it.
Read in the guideThere are numerous regional trains and intercity bus routes operated by the national transport operator MÁV Zrt.
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Oradea · International · OMR
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