Southern Great Plain

Southern Great Plain (Hungarian: Dél-Alföld) is a region in eastern Hungary.

Regions

46°34′12″N 20°12′36″E

Map of Southern Great Plain

Bács-Kiskun
The largest county, with mostly flat terrain - apart from small emergences around Baja.

Békés

Csongrád-Csanád

Cities

46.18333318.9536111 Baja
46.68333321.0833332 Békéscsaba
46.6521.2827783 Gyula
46.43027820.3188894 Hódmezővásárhely
46.907519.6916675 Kecskemét – a town famous for its vibrant music scene, plum brandy, and Art Nouveau architecture
46.70519.856 Kiskunfélegyháza
46.43194419.4883337 Kiskunhalas
46.56777820.6427788 Orosháza
46.2520.1666679 Szeged – the sunniest city in Hungary

Other destinations

46.88319.41 Kiskunság National Park (Kiskunsági Nemzeti Park), National Park Directorate (House of Nature), Kecskemét, Liszt F. Street. 19 (Bács-Kiskun county), ☏ +36 76 482-611, fax: +36 76 481-074, titkarsag@knp.hu. The park covers an area of 570 km² and stretches across the Little Cumania (Kiskunság) region of the Great Hungarian Plain. Declared a biosphere reserve by the UNESCO. - Szeged Regional Office: Szeged, street Föltámadás., 29,- Phone / fax: +36 62 498-058, e-mail: knpi@t-online.hu, at the services of the offices: Tourist information, Excursions management, Open excursions at scheduled times, Lectures and sessions on nature and the environment, Films and slide shows on nature and the environment, nature preservation camps, Information leaflets and gifts on sale. Tours depart to: Tour No.1 Upper-Kiskunság Plain, Tour No.2 Fülöpháza Sand Dunes, Tour No.3 Bugac's Native Juniper Grove and sodic lakes, Tour No.4 Lake Kolon birdparadise at village Izsák, Tour No.5 Lake Szelidi, the fishers favourite place and also a significant archeological site, Tour No.6 Red Swamp (Vörös-mocsár), near to village of Császártöltés, Tour No.7 Szikra and the Alpár Meadow, Tour No.8 Pusztaszer Landscape Protected Area with sights: Labodár backwater, Smelly-chair Lake (Büdös-szék tó), Eagle-vein Forest Reserve (Sas-ér Védett Erdőterület), Tour No.9 Mártély Landscape Protected Area. - Exhibitions at different places. - Take selfguided tours: Red Cross Trail, Bugac; Yellow Stripe Trail, Lake Kolon area; Blue Square Trail at Császártöltés. - The main visitors' centre] is situated in Kecskemét (Liszt F. utca 19, open Apr 30 - Oc 15, Tu-Fr from 8:00-16:00 and Sa 10:00-14:00 ). - Tisza Valley Exhibition House, Szatymaz - Seven disjoint units: Lake Kolon near the town of Izsák ( Izsáki Kolon-tó). It is famous for its marsh tortoises, herons, expanses of untouched reeds and nine species of orchids which grow in the vicinity. - The sand dunes in the vicinity of Fülöpháza (Fülöpházi buckavidék). They are said to move under favourable wind conditions. - Felső-kiskunsági puszta (Puszta of Upper Cumania) - Lakes of Upper Cumania ( Felső-kiskunsági tavak), - Orgovany Meadows (Orgoványi rétek), - Mound world and Puszta of Bócsa-Bugac (Bócsa-Bugac bucka világa és pusztái), - Szikra and Alparian meadow ( Szikra és az Alpári-rét), - Mikla mere ( Mikla puszta), - Peszéradacsi meadows (Peszéradacsi rétek). - Mártély Protected Area (Mártélyi Tájvédelmi Körzet), - Pusztaszer Protected Area (Pusztaszeri Tájvédelmi Körzet). - Nature reserves: Ásotthalom fen ( Ásotthalmi Láprét), Red swamp of Császártöltés (Császártöltési Vörös-mocsár), Csólyospálos geological exploration (Csólyospálosi földtani feltárás), Csongrád Kónya-chair (Csongrádi Kónya-szék), Hajós Sand Pustas (Hajósi Homokpuszták), Hajósi meadows and Loess walls (Hajósi Kaszáló és Lösz part), Kéleshalmi Sand dunes (Kéleshalmi Homok buckák), Kiskőrösi Turjános, Kunfehértó Holdrutás forest (Kunfehértói Holdrutás erdő), Kunpeszér Forest Belt (Kunpeszéri Szalag Erdő), Petrine Lake (Péteri-tó), Pusztaszeri Fülöp-chair (Pusztaszeri Fülöp-szék), Pusztaszeri Hétvezér memorial (Pusztaszeri Hétvezér emlékmű), Szelidi lake (Szelidi-tó)

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Baths, beaches

47.00218.9611 Danube River Beaches (Nyaralóhelyek a Dunán Tasstól délre), From Tass toward south to the national border (E 40 km of Kecskemét). Very popular some resort place on both side of the river
46.93120.0952 Tisa River Beach (Tisza strand), Tiszakécske (E 40 km of Kecskemét). Also popular relaxing place

Eat

Try the Békés County food: Csaba sausage (csabai kolbász), Gyula salami (gyulai szalámi).
Try some 'Bács-Kiskun' speciality: Baja's fish soup (bajai halászlé), nationally famous

Drink

plum brandy of Békés (békési szilvapálinka)
Kecskemét's 'whistling' apricot brandy (kecskeméti fütyülős barackpálinka)

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