NYÍREGYHÁZA

Town with 120,000 inhabitants, seat of county Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, 230 km from the capital. If you have not been to Nyíregyháza for a long time, you will be amazed to see how dynamically it changed: it has busy cultural life, nice parks, beautiful statues, buildings and friendly cafes.

The town is famous for its medicinal bath, its friendly resort is Sóstógyógyfürdő. In the town you can also find the largest and the richest Zoo park in the country, as well as the only open-air museum of North-East Hungary, the Museum village, the Krúdy Vigadó serving as a significant programme centre. The Park bath, the Lake bath, the Bath house and the latest attraction of Lake Sós, Aquarius aquapark offer excellent relaxation and recreation.

SÓSTÓFÜRDŐ, which has the atmosphere of untouched nature, is situated a few kilometres from the town centre of Nyíregyháza. It is a popular resort. There is an open air bath, a boating lake, medicinal thermal water, a bath formed on the lake and there are beautiful buildings in wonderful woody surroundings. The Zoo park of Sóstó, where most of the animals live freely, without cages, is known all over Europe.The Sóstó (Saline Lake) Museum, one of the largest outdoor village museums in Hungary, presents folk architecture of the regions in an area of 12 acres.