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Pécs

Pécs

Pécs is the fifth largest city in Hungary, on the slopes of the Mecsek mountains in the country's southwest, close to the border with Croatia.

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It is the administrative and economic centre of Baranya County, and the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pécs.

Get in

Getting to Pécs

  1. 01
    Railway Station
  2. 02
    Bus Station
  3. 03
    Pécs Airport
See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Early Christian
  2. 02
    The Mosque of Pasha Qasim
  3. 03
    Cathedral
  4. 04
    Archaeological Exhibition
  5. 05
    House of Arts and Literature
  6. 06
    Csontváry Museum

    This museum houses the largest collection of visionary painter Tivadar Kosztka Csontváry.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Zsolnay Cultural Quarter

    Zsolnay Vilmos utca, 37 (East), info@zsn.hu.

  2. 02
    National Theatre
  3. 03
    Croatian Theatre in Pécs

    17., +36 72 210-197, szervezes@horvatszinhaz.hu.

  4. 04
    Third Theatre of Pécs
  5. 05
    Janus University Theatre
  6. 06
    Puppet Theatre
Eat

Where to eat

In general, the budget traveler would do well to seek out self-service canteens (of which there are plenty) near his place of accommodation. These offer authentic (though of course not spectacular) dishes at very low prices, and offer a great opportunity to get acquainted with Hungarian cuisine in the company of locals. They tend to be only open for lunch, however, and many close on weekends.

  1. 01
    Kappuciner Étterem

    A small, old-fashioned establishment offering various dishes for weekday lunch -- the grilled chicken is quite good.

  2. 02
    Kinai Étterem

    See also Lili Kinai Bufe in the city center.

  3. 03
    Casablanca

    Wonderful kebab and gyro spot in the city center.

  4. 04
    DZ Street-Food

    Mátyás király u.

  5. 05
    István Cellar

    Kazinczy u.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wolfgang Moroder (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.