The largest natural grassland in Europe, the 'puszta', a UNESCO World Heritage Site in eastern Hungary, where herdsmen still keep grey cattle, racka sheep with spiral horns, and horses. The Nine-Hole Bridge is the longest stone bridge in Hungary.
Watch a horse show where csikós horsemen stand on their horses' backs. The fishponds are great for birdwatching, especially in autumn when tens of thousands of cranes stop on migration. It's about 40 km from Debrecen.
A castle famous for its heroic defence in 1552, when a small garrison, with the help of the women of the town, held off a huge Ottoman army.
A cave system stretching 25 km under the Hungarian-Slovak border, part of the Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst UNESCO World Heritage Site.
One of the largest spa complexes in Europe, in a grand neo-baroque building in the City Park, fed by hot springs.
The largest synagogue in Europe, built in the 1850s in a Moorish Revival style, with twin onion-domed towers.
A vast neo-Gothic building on the bank of the Danube, completed in 1904, with 691 rooms and a great central dome, the symbol of Budapest.
The Castle Hill on the Buda side of the Danube is crowned by the Royal Palace, home of the Hungarian National Gallery and the Budapest History Museum.
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