Pécs

Pécs, the town of the jami

Pécs, county town of Baranya county

The settlement that is the richest in monuments in Hungary has a population of 170 thousand. The homepage of Travelport.hu enlists the offers of different hotels in the city.

How to get there?

In its capacity of the center of the southern part of the Trans-Danubian region and the seat of Baranya county, Pécs is the collection point of national and provincial road networks. It is interlinked with Budapest by the main road 6, which is at the same time the primary east-west axle of the town. Pécs is reached by further thee secondary main roads – the road 57 runs between Pécs and Mohács, the one No. 58 between Pécs and Drávaszabolcs while the road 66 interlinks the town with Kaposvár. Pécs is the terminus of the electric railway line 40 between Budapest and Pécs. The connection with the capital is provided by InterCity trains.

Places to see

Pécs is the public administrational and intellectual center of the southern part of the Trans-Danubian region. The cultural life of the town is outstanding as far as music and the field of fine art are concerned. Its collections – Modern Hungarian Gallery, “Csontváry” Museum, “Martyn Ferenc” Museum, “Victor Vasarely” Museum, “Amerigo Tot” Museum, “Schaár Erzsébet Street” as well as the municipal and private galleries offer a unique selection of the Hungarian works of art of the 20th century.

Events in Pécs

Numberless cultural programs await people wishing to relax in Pécs throughout the year. The town has an opera group and symphonic orchestra and its concert life is significant on national level as well. The vivid intellectual life of the town in Baranya county is well characterized by the fact that Pécs hosts, among others, the festivals of the Pécs University Days, those of the Pécs Days or the Pécs National Theater Festival. Pécs has the biggest university in the countryside with 31,000 students.

Towns and hotels in the vicinity of Pécs on Travelport!

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