Blessed with a mild climate, an illustrious past and a number of fine museums and monuments, Pécs (pronounced paich) is one of the most pleasant and interesting cities to visit in Hungary. Many travellers put it second only to Budapest on their Hungary 'must-see' list.
Mosque ChurchMOSQUE
(Mecset templom)
The one-time Pasha Gazi Kassim Mosque is now the Inner Town Parish Church (Belvárosi plébánia templom), but it's more commonly referred to as the Mosque Church. It is the largest building from the time of the Turkish occupation still standing in Hungary and the very symbol of Pécs.
SynagogueSYNAGOGUE
(Zsinagóga)
Pécs' beautifully preserved 1869 Conservative synagogue is south of Széchenyi tér and faces renovated Kossuth tér.
Cella Septichora Visitors CentreRUIN
This early Christian burial site illuminates a series of early Christian tombs that have been on Unesco's World Heritage list since 2000. The highlight is the so-called Jug Mausoleum (Korsós sírkamra), a 4th-century Roman tomb; its name comes from a painting of a large drinking vessel with vines.
Csontváry MuseumMUSEUM
The Csontváry Museum shows the major works of master 19th-century symbolist painter Tivadar Kosztka Csontváry (1853–1919), whose tragic life is sometimes compared with that of his contemporary, Vincent van Gogh. Don't miss Solitary Cedar and Baalbek.
BUS
Eight buses a day connect Pécs with Budapest (3690Ft, 4¼ hours), eight with Szeged (3410Ft, 3¼ hours) and three with Kecskemét (3410Ft, 3½ hours).
TRAIN
Pécs is on a main rail line with Budapest's Déli train station (3950Ft, four hours, nine daily). One daily train runs from Pécs to Osijek/Eszék in Croatia (two hours), with continuing service to Sarajevo (nine hours) in Bosnia.
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