Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County

Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county is in Northern Great Plain.

Cities

 🌍 Szolnok and Szolnok district (Martfű, Újszász, Rákóczifalva, Besenyszög)
A small city on the banks of the Tisza river.
 🌍 Jászberény (Jászárokszállás, Jászfényszaru)
A small town famous for Lehel's horn.
 🌍 Törökszentmiklós
 🌍 Mezőtúr (Túrkeve)
 🌍 Kisújszállás (Kenderes)
 🌍 Jászapáti (Jászkisér)
 🌍 Kunszentmárton (Tiszaföldvár)

Karcag, Tiszafüred and Kunhegyes are described in the Lake Tisza article.

Other destinations
  • 🌍 Túrkeve — famous for its spa, the Kevi Sheep Festival, and Bronze Age mounds

See
  • Mezőtúr is a centre of traditional folk music
  • Szolnok is a cultural centre for the surrounding regions

Do
  • Walking, birdwatching tours in Fertő of Csépa (a marshy grassland area in Kunszentmárton district), angling in Tisza river backwater system.
  • Körösvölgy Conservation Area near Túrkeve for cycling and canoeing
  • Middle Tisza Protected Area, NE 20-35 km of Szolnok, is part of the Hortobágy National Park. It is a bird sanctuary, and nature reserves.
  • The Zagyva-menti Natural Protected Area between Jászfelsőszentgyörgy and Jászberény in the Zagyva river's flood basin protects rare plant and animal species. Willow, poplar and oak, ash and elm forests, floodplain meadows and high banks bare meadow.

Thermal baths Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County

Martfű, Cserkeszőlő, Jászapáti, Berekfürdő, Karcag, Kisújszállás, Kunhegyes, Mezőtúr, Szolnok, Tiszaföldvár, Tiszafüred, Törökszentmiklós, Túrkeve qualified thermal water baths

Events
  • Csángófesztivál (Csángó Festival) in Jászberény,
  • Cseresznyefesztivál (Sweet Cherry Festival) in Nagykörű,
  • Gulyásfesztivál (Goulash Festival) in Szolnok

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