Discover Kétegyháza: Tájház, church and castle park

Kétegyháza brings together several distinct cultural and landscape features: the Romanian Tájház, the Romanian Orthodox Church, the Andrássy-Almásy Castle Park and a cycling route. For a broader selection of natural and cultural places, you can also explore the wider Békés destination.

Cultural sites in Kétegyháza

The Kétegyházi Román Tájház is also known as CASA MUZEU din Chitighaz. Its address is Kossuth u. 68; check it before your visit. The home of the Romanian Tájház houses a traditional collection of rural folk life. It brings together objects made by local self-sufficient households and craftspeople with everyday items from more distant regions. This places local craftsmanship and objects from other areas in the same collection context. Visitors interested in rural everyday life and crafts will find a different focus here than at the local buildings.

The Romanian Orthodox Church in Kétegyháza is a detached, single-nave building. The cross on its tower stands 28 metres high. The church is also associated with a local tradition: it is said to have been built using stones brought from Milova. Its architectural form and the story about the stones offer two different ways to learn about the place.

Castle park and cycling route

The Andrássy-Almásy Castle Park surrounds the castle as an arboretum. A different view of the town can be discovered along the cycling route laid out in 2021: it is 2.1 kilometres long and runs along Gyulai út and Toldi utca. For your trip planning, this means you can choose between a castle park described as an arboretum and a cycling route specified by its length and the streets it follows.

More nature and culture in the wider Békés destination

Within the wider Békés destination, Körösvölgyi Animal Park is located in a 26-hectare grove in Anna-liget, Szarvas. A walking trail of about two kilometres passes bird aviaries, animal houses, wetlands and spacious enclosures. The Jégmadár Water Nature Trail starts at the park’s pier. It follows a 1-kilometre stretch of the Szarvas–Békésszentandrás oxbow. Eight floating buoy stations introduce visitors to the oxbow and its animal and plant life; they are aimed mainly at canoeists and rowboaters without an expert guide. The nature trail can only be reached by canoe or boat. The two routes in Békés therefore differ both in their approximate length and in how you travel: a walk through the grove or a route on the water.

The other trails can also be distinguished by their described features. The Réhely Trail begins and ends at the Sterbetz István Bustard Conservation Visitor Centre. The Mágor-puszta Trail is just over 500 metres long and introduces visitors to the natural and cultural-historical values of the protected area. At the visitor centre, visitors can see great bustards from close up only here in Hungary. Guided tours, birdwatching, nature photography, themed programmes and astronomy presentations can be requested there.

For a cultural counterpoint, consider the collection of the Munkácsy Mihály Museum in Békéscsaba, in the wider Békés destination. It includes natural history, archaeological, ethnographic, historical and art-historical objects. The Kardoskúti Bird Migration Museum has a narrower focus: its interactive exhibition covers bird migration and the region’s distinctive plant and animal life. The landscape is also home to Kardoskúti Fehértó, an internationally recognised wetland protected under the Ramsar Convention since 1979. Two observation towers make it easier to watch the birds there.

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