Mezőkövesd

Hungary

Old town

Mezőkövesd is a small town in Hungary, north of Alföld.

  • 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.

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