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City with county rights in Southern Transdanubia, Hungary
Photo: Marek Ślusarczyk (Tupungato) Photo gallery, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Pécs (PEH-ch) is a town in the south-west of Hungary. Pécs is the administrative and economic centre of Baranya County. The city has a Mediterranean atmosphere and is treasure trove of science, arts and sacrality. It had famous and glorious periods. Here are several values of the Roman times, the Middle Ages, the Turkish occupation and the development of the middle-class are built on one another or next to one another such as Gothic, Renaissance, baroque dwelling houses, Christian churches and Islamic houses of prayer, mosques and minarets, baths and public buildings. It's also an active university city, with some 20,000 students enrolled at the University of Pécs, approximately 4,000 of whom are international students.
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Kora keresztény síremlékek
Remains of Sopianae, the Roman city of some 8-10,000 people in Pannonia Province, are found at several points below the inner city. The most important one is the Early Christian Necropolis, a World Heritage site dating back to the 4th century and the largest necropolis remaining in the European provinces. Seven of the burial chambers are open to the public under the name Cella Septichora; the main visitors’ complex includes Cella Septichora, the Peter-Paul Chamber (Péter-Pál - sírkamra), the Chamber of Jugs (Korsós sírkamra), a baptismal chapel converted into a burial site and chambers III, IV, XIX and XX. Many of the chambers are unadorned; some have surviving figurative and geometric frescoes dating back to the date of their construction and similar to Roman catacomb paintings in their style and symbology, including the St. Peter and Paul Chamber with one of the earliest depictions of Virgin Mary. A unique feature of the site is the presence of two-level chambers, which served a dual role for burial site (cubiculum) and ceremonies (memoria). The Chamber in Apaca Street was built in 390.
Gázi Kászim pasa dzsámija - Belvárosi Plébániatemplom
Built on site and from the stones of Saint Berthold’s Gothic church by Pasha Qasim the Victorious, the Turkish character of the church was restored during the most recent, early 1940s renovations. Inside the building, which functions as a Catholic church, frescoes depicting quotes from the Qur’an from the 16th century are visible. The other mosque in the city, built by Yakovali Hassan, is in Kórház Square at the western terminus of the main pedestrian street, and is also open for visit when not in religious use by the city’s Muslim community.
Pécsi bazilika és székesegyház
The Cathedral of Pécs dates back to the 11th century and the times of Peter Orseolo, second king of Hungary. Bearing the traces of the Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance periods as well as the Turkish conquest when it was partially used for storage. It was renovated in Rococo and Classicist styles, but gained its modern form in the 1880s, when it was mostly restored to its imagined Romanesque origins, destroying much of the subsequent decorations. On John Paul II’s papal visit in 1990, the Cathedral gained the rank of Basilica Minor.
Early Christian Mausoleum, Régészeti Kiállítás
The upper part of the two-storey building was a chapel while the lower part, decorated with murals depicting scenes from the Bible, functioned as a burial chamber. Museum shop. Guide available.
Művészetek és Irodalom Háza
An exhibition hall different - mostly contemporary - exhibitions in 'Elaphat building complex' in the Hoitsy house (late Baroque, end of the 18th century), and the Piatsek house (second half of the 19th century). Events: classical chamber music, jazz, and world music presentations, chamber theater and literary programs.
Csontváry Múzeum
This museum houses the largest collection of visionary painter Tivadar Kosztka Csontváry. A pharmacist by trade, Csontváry became a self-educated painter after receiving a vision at the age of 27 with a voice announcing “you will be the greatest sunway painter, greater than Raphael!” Gradually abandoning his civilian profession, he travelled the Mediterranean, North Africa and the Middle East as well as the Dual Monarchy for inspiration, and painted strange vistas of vivid colour in a unique style that has traces of post-impressionism and expressionism, but defies classification. Csontváry has been praised by Dalí as the second greatest painter of the century after himself. A must-see.
Néprajzi Kiállítás
It presents the material and spiritual culture of Hungarian and ethnic minority groups of Baranya county. Here is the second largest textile collection of Hungary.
Gyugyi-gyűjtemény
Laszlo Gyugyi's private collection. It covers two period of art era is historicism and secession. There are some of the most beautiful ceramics of the 'Golden Age' of Zsolnay Factory. Guided tour available by appointment Ft 5000.
Modern Magyar Képtár I
Amerigo Tot Museum. http://www.jpm.hu/index.php?m=1&s=2&id=44 Martin Ferenc Museum. A collection of works of Ferenc Martyn (Kaposvar, 1899 - Pécs, 1986), sculptor, painter, graphic designer, illustrator
Modern Magyar Képtár II
A permanent exhibition of the Modern Hungarian Gallery presents the broadly interpreted 20th and 21st century Hungarian Art, paintings, sculptures, installations.
Mecseki Bányászati Múzeum
The Mining Museum of Pécs located in a part of the former wine cellar storage system with several levels below where they show eliminated coal and uranium mining relics of the region.
Természettudományi Múzeum
Várostörténeti Kiállítás
The exhibition on the history of Pécs, between 1686 and 1948, in a former tannery house. On the first floor there are two interiors: one in biedermeier-style and a sitting-room from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.In the exhibition there are objects, documents, photos, interiors, models of buildings and the town. The intimate court of the tannery can add to the visitors' impressions. Gift shop.
Rózsaszín Zsolnay Kiállítás
The best of everyday objects for visitors. Each piece is unique. Guided tours can be ordered, available in different languages.
Planetárium Pécs
Offers substantial pastime for all ages. 45-person capacity. You can do time travel into the past and the future.
This is an interactive Puppet Museum. Children can try out the old puppets, learn more information about the techniques of puppets. Guided tours are available.
Reneszánsz Kőtár
Klimo Collection, PTE University Library, University History Museum, Egyetemtörténeti Gyűjtemény
In the University Library. Here can be seen the valuable Klimo-collection
Vasarely Múzeum
Dedicated to the works of Victor Vasarely, founder of the op-art movement. Faux-threedimensional paintings, gobelins and "kinetic statues". One of the three collections of Vasarely's work besides Gordes (France) and Budapest.
Zsolnay Múzeum
An exhibit on the life, times and decorative ceramics of Vilmos Zsolnay and the Zsolnay Ceramic Factory. The lustrous eosin glaze and colourful pyrogranite developed in the 1870s has given the Manufacture its fame and a Grand Prize at the 1878 Paris World Exhibition. Eosin had gained particular significance in Hungarian Art Nouveau, and became a popular material for public and private buildings as well as art objects. Although the fortunes of the company have been uneven, with world wars, family troubles, nationalisation in 1948 and the mass production of industrial ceramics, the hand-painted charm of the brand survives. The museum collects the lustrous ceramics of the Zsolnay legacy in chronological order in addition to plans, documents and other relics of this cornerstone of the city’s industrial heritage.
Tv-torony
provides a nice panorama on the city, on the neighbouring Mecsek Mountains, and on the hills in the south.
Padlocks are affixed to fences in downtown, on the street running from main square to the cathedral. These public fixtures by sweethearts symbolise everlasting love.
Püspöki Palota és Levéltár
Nyugati várfalsétány
Abaligeti cseppkőbarlang
Gemenci Erdő
This is part of the Danube-Drava National Park, and it is a nature reserve. Enjoy a ride on the Gemenc Forest Train. Visit the Karapancsa Castle and Farm. Water sports. Forest Walking. Birdwatching. Danube Swamp Forest. Also from Baja take a Pleasure-boat Trip on the Danube River to and around Gemenc Forest.
Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈsiɡɛtvaːr]; Croatian: Siget; Turkish: Zigetvar
The main sight is the Castle (Museum) founded in Celtic times (Ft 800; daily 10:00-20:00, 2011). Some monuments could be seen in the town from Turkish times (16th-18th century). Ali Pasha Mosque now St. Roch's Church, on the Zrinyi Square (1588, 1788). St. Anthony of Padua Franciscan Church (1736). Turkish House (Hungarian: 'Várospince' means town basement), originally caravanserai, Bástya Street (Tu-Sa 10:00-16:00). Salt House (Sóház), also known as the White House or Stagecoach station, built in 1790s. Turbéki church, in the outskirt 3 km away, in site where today's church stay, is buried Sultan Suleiman the hearts and internal organs, and above it a gilded domed octagonal tomb built, this is one of the Muslim pilgrimage site in Europe, on the day of Ascension this is a pilgrimage place for local Hungarian, German and Croatian Catholics.
Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈsiɡɛtvaːr]; Croatian: Siget; Turkish: Zigetvar
The main sight is the Castle (Museum) founded in Celtic times (Ft 800; daily 10:00-20:00, 2011). Some monuments could be seen in the town from Turkish times (16-18th century). Ali Pasha Mosque now St. Roch's Church, on the Zrinyi Square (1588, 1788). St. Anthony of Padua Franciscan Church (1736). Turkish House (Hungarian: 'Várospince' means town basement), originally caravanserai, Bástya Street (Tu-Sa 10:00-16:00). Salt House (Sóház), also known as the White House or Stagecoach station, built in 1790s. Turbéki church, in the outskirt 3 km away, in site where today's church stay, is buried Sultan Suleiman the hearts and internal organs, and above it a gilded domed octagonal tomb built, this is one of the Muslim pilgrimage site in Europe. On the day of Ascension this is a pilgrimage place for local Hungarian, German and Croatian Catholics.
German: Fünfkirchenwardein or Petschwar, Croatian: Pečvar
Sights: Benedictine Monastery (Bencés Kolostor), Assumption Catholic Church (Nagyboldogasszony katolikus templom), and the Castle (vár), vineyards and chestnut woods (szőlők és szelídgesztenye-erdő), Neo-Gothic Town Hall (neogótikus Városházát on Szentháromság Square) was built in 1857. - More notable buildings: former military hospital (volt katonai kórház), and cavalry barracks (lovassági laktanya), the Old pharmacy (gyógyszertár), Kossuth Square buildings (Chapel, Catholic, Protestant parsonage, old school). - Events: August 15-20. „Szent István Napok” (St. Stephen's Days) musical events, exhibitions and organ concerts in the castle in the Roman Catholic church. - Every August held „Várszínház” (Castletheater). The "Leányvásár" in every even-numbered year on October 18th. Programs: traditional folk Bands festival, dance gala, folk art fair in the city centre. Every odd year as „Gesztenyeszüret a Zengő alján” (Chestnut Harvest at the bottom of Zengo) events will be held
Zselic dombság
International Dark Sky Park (Zselici Csillagoségbolt-park), a part of the Protected Area of Zselic (Zselici Tájvédelmi Körzet), Szenna village open air museum (skanzen), take a tour in Ropolyi Forest, around the Bardy Creek fishpond chain.
a cultural centre and park which includes: the Lab - Interactive House of Playful Science, a Planetarium, the Zsolnay Family and Factory History Exhibition, the Zsolnay Mausoleum, the Gyugyi Collection, the Pink Zsolnay Exhibition, a Live Manufacture, the Bóbita Puppet Theatre, the E78 (concert hall), the Janus University Theatre, the PTE Faculty of Music and Visual Arts, and the Grand Pécs Gallery.
Pécsi Nemzeti Színház
Pécsi Horvát Színház
Also here the Summer Theatre of Pécs (Nyári Színház).
Harmadik Színház
Janus Egyetemi Színház
Bóbita Bábszínház
Pécsi Hullámfürdő
Hourly 130-cm-high waves. 33-m swimming pool. An outside snack bar is opening all summer.
end of June, beginning of July
One of the most well-known thematic festivals in the Alps-Adrian area. It is about building an international community of young, open-minded, ambitious people.
usually in June
Held in every third year, the international festival hosts puppet theatres and artists from around the world. Shows are played on several spots, often on the streets of the downtown.
Rock and metal music festival with bands from Hungary and outside the country.
end of September
A festival for winesong choruses of only male singers from around the world.
A small, old-fashioned establishment offering various dishes for weekday lunch -- the grilled chicken is quite good. Ft 700 - 1300 (May 2019).
English: Chinese Restaurant
Self-service Chinese food at rock bottom prices, open 10:00 - 22:00 seven days a week. See also Lili Kinai Bufe in the city center. Ft 650 - 1000 (May 2019).
Wonderful kebab and gyro spot in the city center. Open until 4:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, making it great for some post-clubbing kebab.
A large self-service restaurant just outside the city centre, always packed with locals and popular with students as well. A great place for a quick, cheap, and authentically Hungarian lunch. Only open for lunch. Ft 800 - 1600 (May 2019).
English: New Police Restaurant
Self-service restaurant attached to a local police station, and therefore frequented by many police officers, but plenty of locals as well. Ft 800 - 1200 (May 2019).
Elegant, modern restaurant in Citrom street opposite post office; small interior yard in good weather. Broad variety of dishes, mainly Italian and Hungarian; a good bet for lighter fare. Regular tasting menu offers based on seasonal availability. Service friendly and informal; region-exclusive wine selection narrow but good.
Spacious hotel and restaurant on Havihegy with unique folk art-inspired organic architecture, charming collection of pottery and antique household objects; splendid view of the city from open-air terrace. Mainly a selection of traditional dishes, typically served in abundant portions; a separate range of Transylvanian Székely specialties and superb homemade strudels.
Tettye Vendéglő étterem
19th-century restaurant on Tettye Hill with large interior and beer garden. Danubian Swabic specialties include lung and liver casserole with bread dumplings, cabbage and beans with spare ribs and goose leg with onion-potato garnish. Portions of main dishes are excessive and should not be underestimated. Somewhat old-fashioned with both virtues and flaws of traditional cooking.
Replay Café
A wide variety of dishes; grill.
Cafe with a good selection of Arabica coffee, chocolates and assorted sweets.
A restaurant is in a quiet green area, a few minutes away from the University of Pécs and 2.2 km from the historical city-centre. It offers a variety of Hungarian and International cuisine. The restaurant has 150 seats, in connection with barbecue terrace, banquet hall, tavern, park.
Wide selection of prestigious Hungarian wines.
This alternative culture pub has a good range of Hungarian artisan beer specialities. Although it is a bit on the margin of down town, it is worth trying its fine quality beers which are selected from all over Hungary by its owner. With a bit of luck or preparation, it is possible to take part in their occasional beer tasting. Note that it is necessary to book in advance.
Boszorkány kolesz
Student dormitory open to travellers in July and August. Every two double rooms share a bathroom, a toilet and a fridge. Every room has broadband internet access for free: 100Mbit/sec. You can park your car here for free, too - just a few minutes far from the center.
Lóránt apartman
It is a nice apartment with fully equipted kitchen and bathroom. Wifi, Tv.
It is in the main pedestrian street of the historic city centre. The hostel is in a building of eclectic architecture built in 1885. The rooms are spacious and colourful, the bathrooms are modern and there is a fully equipped kitchen for you to use. From the balcony, you can have a beautiful panoramic view of the whole city and of the Mecsek Mountains. Mobile: +36 30 2770733
It is in a quiet calm and decent place in the greenbelt out off the downtown on the hill. Free Parking, WiFi.
Ágoston Hotel
Rooms for 40 people. Shower bath, toilet, air-conditioning, cable TV, telephone, Internet connection (Wi-fi), hair dryer, medical mattresses; spare bed.
Főnix Szálló
Ideal for families and for business travelers as well. 13 rooms.
The pension has 14 rooms, a smaller and a bigger family-apartment, and a closed parking possibility.
Laterum Konferencia és Wellness Hotel
In the western part of Pécs. Hotel Laterum has been a provider of youth and group tourism for over 15 years, while also serving as a meeting place for both international and domestic conferences, various events, weddings.
In the Historian City in the neighborhood of the Castlewall. Just a few minutes from the city, along the road #6 and it is also easy to access with public transport.
Árkádia Szálloda
LCD TV, telephone, bathroom, key card lock, air conditioned, minibar, high speed internet access, Wi-Fi
A family atmospheric three-star hotel, which is on the hillsides of Mecsek by the pine forest, right above the centre of the town.
Most of the rooms can have spare beds so the biggest capacity reaches 100. All the rooms are at high standard, equipped with modern furniture, bathroom, air-conditioning, minibar, cable television and telephone.
Hunguest Hotel Kikelet, Art & Fit Hotel, Restaurant and Wellness
At one of the most scenic spots of the Mecsek Mountains, directly above the downtown of Pécs. The hotel offers a unique view onto the town and the neighbouring hills.
Boutique Hotel Sopianae
Mobile: +36 30 637-8444 - free facilities: internet connection in each room, fitness equipments, at request breakfast room service. - Additional facilities: half board dinner (at the nearby Fiáker Restaurant), closed parking, sauna, bathrobe, biliard room, massage, laundry.
Puchner Kastély
Vásárcsarnok
The atmosphere is simply unforgettable. Local fresh products. Try sausage of Majos, farmer cheese of Ormánság, extremely good quality Naturale 100% berry juice, thick sausage of Pellérd.
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