Cegléd

By bus

• Cegléd Bus Station

  phone: +36 53 310605
  address: Cegléd, Mozdony u. 6.
  Local lines on map (PDF). Interurban Lines destinations include: Abony (E), Csemő (SW), Lajosmizse (SW), Tápiószőlős (N), Tápiószentmárton (N), Tápióbicske (N), Nagykáta, Szolnok. Long distance lines that pass Cegléd are: Budapest–Szolnok–Szeghalom–Komádi/Gyula, Eger–Kecskemét–Kalocsa, Gyöngyös–Heves–Jászberény–Kecskemét, Miskolc–Mezőkövesd–Jászberény- Újszász–Kecskemét, Szolnok– Nagykőrös.

By train

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• Cegléd Railway Station

  phone: +36 53 311024
  address: Mozdony utca
  Hourly direct train connection with Budapest via Monor and Szolnok via Abony. Infrequently with Kecskemét via Nagykőrös. To Nyíregyháza also regularly departing trains.

• Tourinform - Cegléd

  phone: +36 53 500285
  address: Cegléd, Kossuth tér 1
  Tourist information office of Cegléd. Up to date info about sights, accommodations, services. Free maps leaflets. Buy some souvenirs. Organize tours, bookings. Spoken languages: English, German.

Churches

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• Evangelical Church

  phone: +36 53 317886, +36 20 8242881
  address: Szabadság tér
  This Neo-Gothic church was built in 1895-96. The main bell of the church is 600 kg.

• Reformed Church

  phone: +36 53 311340
  address: Szabadság tér 1-3
  Designed by József Hild, built in 1835-1870, the biggest Calvinist church in Central Europe. The dome was destroyed in a fire in 1936 and rebuilt in a taller form. The church building is a symbol of the town. The twin-towered façade has a projecting porch with a tympanum supported by four Ionic columns. The frieze below the tympanum bears the inscription: "Come unto me all of you".

• Chapel church of Our Lady of Hungarians

  phone: +36 53 311144
  address: Széchenyi utca 87
  Designed in unique Modern style. The red roof, the white walls and beautiful green lawn symbolize the colors of the Hungarian national flag.

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• Holy Cross Parish Church

  phone: +36 53 500950
  address: Kossuth Lajos tér 3.
  A Saint Anne chapel stood on the site in the 14th and 15th centuries. Today's church was erected on the site of a Gothic church demolished in 1821. The main altar was built in 1830. An artist of Pest (now Budapest) did the painting of the Calvary scene on the main altar.

Museums

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• Drum Museum

  phone: +36 53 321068
  address: Szabdság tér 5
  shows the history of jazz drumming from the turn of the century to the present day. Instrument catalogues, music books, scores, concert and teaching videos, audio material, photo archive. Percussion instruments for visitors to try out in a music room.

• Duo Gallery

  phone: +36 70 5824444
  address: Szabadság tér 8
  This is an exhibition hall of a private collector. The collection include the contemporary art, the antiquities and paintings.

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• Kossuth Museum

  phone: +36 53 321904
  address: Múzeum utca 5
  The main museum of the city. Local history and local ethnography covering 4000 BC to 1946 AD. Selection from the Kossuth Relic Collection, Lajos Kossuth was a Hungarian lawyer, journalist, politician and Regent-President of the Kingdom of Hungary during the revolution of 1848–49.

• Museum the History of Education and Religious art

  phone: +36 53 311963
  address: Cegléd, Szív u. 1.
  temporary exhibitions.

• Sport Historical Collection

  phone: +36 53 316930
  address: Cegléd, Gubody utca 9.
  Contains more than 10,000 documents on the town's rich sports life and presents them to the public in its exhibitions. In addition to the valuable specialised library, the archive and collection of photographs, the visitor can admire the trophies of such great Hungarian sportspersons

• Stove Museum

  phone: +36 53 315638 (evenings)
  address: Dessewffy u 70.
  Cast-iron stoves from the 19th century. Stoves and other items over 100 years old such as irons, a variety of scales, weights, mortars, pans, tarkedli ovens and fireplaces.

• Old-timer Vehicle Exhibition

  phone: +36 70 4096236
  address: Külső Kátai út 1
  Presents vintage cars and motorcycles.

• Turf bog nature conservation area

  phone: +36 53 500285
  address: Mályva street
  with rare animal and plant species. The wetland formed mining and drainage, but the resulting ponds with diverse wildlife. The largest botanical value is the patches of peat moss.

• Lick lakes nature conservation area

  phone: +36 53 500285
  with magnificent wilderness scenery. Salt marshes, intermittent water-covered meadows and pastures. Flora and fauna specials: saline aster, the Hungarian statice, Ophrys sphegodes, lapwing, the tailed Godwit, redshank, avocet and winged Stilt. Fine place to walking, birdwatching and relaxing

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• Town Hall

  phone: +36 53 500285
  address: Kossuth tér 1
  This is an imposing two-storey building with a central projection topped with a two-planed roof and a small rounded dome and prominent corner. It was erected in 1891-93 in eclectic style. The Town Hall was designed by two architects Budapest.

• Tree of Liberty

  phone: +36 53 311340
  made by a local ceramic artist, belfry has been over it. There are seven ceramic bell with numbers on the side. These are indicate the important events of Hungarian history.

Further afield

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• Abony"Kaszáló" Forest, One of the biggest settlement in Europe of the blue falcon (Abony, Outskirts of Abony), Abonyi Lajos Exhibition Hall, local historical collection (Vasút út 16., Phone:+36 53 360096, abonyimuzeum@gmail.com), "Vigyázó" Mansion, Classicist, Baroque style monument building (Tószegi utca 51.,Phone: +36 53 360075, visit only from outside but valued), St Stephen Roman Catholic Church, built in the 1790s in baroque style. (Kossuth tér 14.,Phone: +36 53 360045, molnar.peter@vaciegyhazmegye.hu), Reformed Church, built in 1785, in late baroque style, a symbol of Abony (Kálvin utca 2., Phone:+36 53 360025, abony.ref@gmail.com, by booking), Abony Zoo, In the seven-acre mixed-planted forest, under the "sky-high trees' foliage in the cool shade, you can visit wild animals. (Bajtárs út 1., Phone:+36 53 362049, maganzoo@vipmail.hu, day: 09:00-17:00, Admission: Ft1400/1200.)

• Termal Bad with Aquapark and Camping

  phone: +36 53 505000
  address: Fürdő út 27

Events

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• Drum and Percussion Gala (Nemzetközi Dobos-és ütős gála), which is a jazz event, and numerous jazz concerts throughout every year.
• Open Air Music Nights (Szabadtéri zenés esték)
• Cellar Day (Pünkösdi nyitott pince nap)
• Food and Wine Fest (Laska-és borfesztivál)
• 'Dating' of Funny Vehicles and Oldtimers (Furfangos járművek és veterán járművek randevúja)
• Cocktail and Salsa Festival (Koktél-és salsa fesztivál)
• Jazz festival (Bori jazz fesztivál)
• Kossuth Days (Kossuth napok) - September
• Tetz Art Festival (Tetz művészeti fesztivál)
• Virga festival (Virga fesztivál)

• Klement Winery

  phone: +36 20 9451941, +36 20 2419178
  address: Kékkő utca 13.
  Wine tasting and shopping

• Fodor Ice Cream

  phone: +36 20 3175880
  address: Kossuth Ferenc utca 12
  Summer cooler sweets.

• Malom Tavern

  phone: +36 53 315111
  address: Kőrösi út 36.
  Hungarian, homemade food; stew, grill and oven

• La Toscana Bistro

  phone: +36 53 310083
  address: Kossuth tér 8.
  Home cooking food with product of different Hungarian Wine Region. Weekly menus. Tea and hot chocolates specials.

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• Aquarell Hotel, Harmonia Wellness Center and Aranyhegy Restaurant

  phone: +36 53 510900
  address: Fürdő út 24
  Four-star hotel. There are fifty twin of 92 rooms, the others are double. Each room has a minibar, safe, hairdryer, direct dial telephone, color TV.

• Garni Hotel

  phone: +36 53 505010
  address: Malom utca 9.
  Located in one of the quietest streets in the city center, lush greenery area. There is enclosed parking, double and triple rooms and suites

• Hotel Alföld and Restaurant

  phone: +36 53 318645
  address: Szolnoki út 15/a
  Cozy, family-run hotel. Sturdy furniture, cable TV, all room with shower. Hotel guests can use the Internet with a Card (ask at reception).

• Dózsa György Student home

  phone: +36 53 310988, +36 53 313055
  address: Cegléd, Rákóczi út 54-56.
  Sixty rooms. Hostel, with doubles available

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• Main Post Office

  phone: +36 53 311750, +36 53 311784
  address: Cegléd, Kossuth Ferenc utca 2.

• Nagykőrös
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