Törökszentmiklós (formerly Zenthmyclos, Balaszentmiklós) is a town of 20,000 people, (2018), and a district in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County.
Understand
[edit]Get in
[edit]The town is 20 km east of Szolnok.
By train to Törökszentmiklós from Budapest-Nyugati, Szolnok, Debrecen, Nyíregyháza, or Miskolc, on the main line between Budapest and Debrecen.
Törökszentmiklós is on the main road between Budapest and Debrecen, it is also a side road to Mezőtúr.
Get around
[edit]There are no local buses in Törökszentmiklós.
See and do
[edit]In the town
[edit]In 1 Törökszentmiklós:
- Törökszentmiklós Castle (Almasy Palace). 1860-1890 eclectic in. not open to visitors during renovation (2014-?) and its park (14 ha, conservation land since 1980).
- Holy Trinity Church, Arnold Ipolyi tér 1. Built between 1898-1900, Romanesque-Gothic style.
- 1 Calvinist Church, Kossuth u, 114. Historic building, built between 1787-89.
- Local History Collection (Ipolyi Arnold Library, Museum and Cultural Center. Address: Almássy u 20)
- Golgotha chapel. from 1761, also a place of pilgrimage
- Bathing beach, camping and fishing lake.
In the district
[edit]- 2 Kengyel (by train: Szolnok, Hódmezővásárhely, Makó). Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish Church (1934-36); Szélmalom Hill with a windmill (1900, now an ornithological monitoring station); Baghy-major Roman Catholic chapel and protected Turkish hazelnut trees
- 1 Middle Tisza Protected Area (Közép-Tiszai Tájvédelmi Körzet) (NE 20-35 km of Szolnok, Tisza river floodplain, between Kisköre and Tiszaug). 9455 ha. Part of the Hortobágy National Park. Pély bird sanctuary, the Óballa's and Vezseny's Nature Reserves and the Tiszakécske's sand martin colony. Related cultural values: The Tiszasüly (Roman Catholic Church, Sajfok's vapor pump, 1878), Szolnok (Damjanich Museum) , Miller (Museum of Water Management); Tiszaföldvár (Geographic Museum); Tiszaroff (Reformed Church, 1775); Fegyverneki (Truncated Tower, 1480)
Buy
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[edit]Sleep
[edit]In the town
[edit]Campsites
- Városi Strandfürdô in Kemping Törökszentmiklós
- Hostels
Fenyő Panzió
Hotels
- Ilona Panzió (3 star)
- Almásy Vendégház Törökszentmiklós
- MO-HA Panzió Törökszentmiklós