Mezőkövesd

Mezőkövesd is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in Northern Hungary.

Get in
By car you can reach the city by travelling on highway M3 (towards Miskolc), about 100 km from Budapest.

See

 * Matyó Museum - Local history with its attractive handmade textiles
 * Museum of Agriculture
 * Matyó homes, streets with the atmosphere of 19th-century country towns - also called "Hadas" district, meaning that people who used to live here inhabited the area in big family groups.In the ancient cottages local folk artists offer a view of what it is like to be "Matyó". The houses give home to embroiderers, a furniture painter, a glass cutter, a potter and for the children: a gingerbread maker, among other craftsmen.

Further afield:

Do

 * Zsóry Thermal Baths, with indoor and outdoor swimming and medicinal pools. The sulphur-rich waters of the medicinal pools have curative properties.

Sleep

 * Balneo Hotel Zsori Thermal & Wellness
 * Rózsa Panzió
 * Csikós Panzió

Go next

 * Eger – town northwest
 * Füzesabony – town west
 * Heves – town west
 * Mezőcsát – town east
 * Miskolc – city northeast