Northern Great Plain
Regions
Cities
DebrecenThe second largest city in the country.
JászberényA small town famous for Lehel's horn.
NyíregyházaA medium-sized city with a busy water resort, museum village, and annual autumn festival.
MátészalkaA small town famous for it's early 20th century Jewish history and it's vibrant flea-market in modern times.
SzolnokA small city on the banks of the Tisza river
Other destinations
- — Hungary's largest protected area and the largest semi-natural grassland in Europe
Do
Multiple counties
Lake TiszaAlso known as Kisköre Reservoir (Hungarian: Kiskörei-víztározó). This is the largest artificial lake in Hungary. Following the reservoir's completion, Hungarians began to flock to the site for holidays, since it compared favorably with the crowded and expensive Lake Balaton, the traditional holiday site. The lake (or reservoir) has a new local ecology with a diversity of birds, plants, and animals.
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Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta
address: Hajdu-Bihar, Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok, and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg counties, partly Heves countyOne of the most iconic sight is the Nine-holed Bridge. Traditional T-shaped sweep wells dot the landscape, as well as the occasional mirage of trees shimmering in the reflected heat of the Puszta. - The Hortobágy is Hungary's largest protected area, and the largest semi-natural grassland in Europe. - 'Do list': Eco tours, horse riding, tasting special local cuisine and spirit (pálinka)
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address: The center is located in FehérgyarmatKaszonyi-hill.
Közép-Tisza Protected area
Hajdúság Protected area
Bihari-plain Protected area
Eat
- Try some 'Hajdú-Bihar' speciality: 'orjaleves' (Pork meat soup), 'dübbencs' (dill pie filled with cottage cheese), goulash soup (beef, vegetables and potato), pancakes of Hortobágy, 'töltött káposzta' (stuffed cabbage of Debrecen), 'pecsenye' (roast of Hortobágy), and a variety of turkey meat of Hortobágy,
- Shepherd foods: slambuc (a kind of cooked pasta with bacon, potato, pepper), the lamb stew and the cauldron goulash.
Drink
- peach schnapps of Hajdú-Bihar (barackpálinka)
- dry wines of Great Plain