Things to do in Szarvas
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Szarvas Arboretum
The Szarvas Arboretum, with some 30,000 individual plants not native to the Great Plain, is Hungary's finest. On 82 hectares it contains around 1600 species of rare trees, bushes and grasses, including mammoth pines, ginkgo trees, swamp cedars, Spanish pines and pampas grass. The arboretum is about 2km northwest of the centre across the Holt-Körös.
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Sámuel Tessedik Museum
The Sámuel Tessedik Museum has some interesting Neolithic exhibits from the goddess-worshipping Körös culture taken from burial mounds on the Great Plain, and while the section devoted to Tessedik is intriguing, it's only in Hungarian.
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Bolza Mansion
The neoclassical Bolza Mansion, facing the Holt-Körös, was built in 1819 as the homestead of a land-owning family of that name who founded the arboretum. Today it is part of the Tessedik Agricultural College but the grounds can be visited.
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Birthplace of Endre Bajcsy-Zsilinszky
The Birthplace of Endre Bajcsy-Zsilinszky, the resistance leader murdered by Hungarian fascists in 1944, is on the same street as the Sámuel Tessedik Museum four blocks to the north.
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Millennium Monument
Splitting Holt-Körös' current in two in front of the mansion is the Millennium Monument, a statue of St Stephen's Crown flanked by two angels on top of a pole.
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Panoráma
For a quick, cheap pizza in informal surroundings, try Panoráma, next to Tourinform, which has the advantage of outdoor seating. Has internet access too.
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Slovakian Village House
Just north of Tourinform in the town's dusty back alleys is a Slovakian Village House filled with hand-woven textiles and articles from everyday life.
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Dry Mill
Just north of Tourinform in the town's dusty back alleys is Hungary's best-preserved horse-driven Dry Mill, dating from the early 19th century.
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Granárium Zebra Club
This is the town's mainstay for loud live acts; otherwise, pick up a free copy of biweekly Békés Est for more information.
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Green House Irish Pub
Next to Belváros is this large pub that's far more green than Irish, and has the potential to get rather rowdy on weekends.
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Belváros
For a quick, cheap pizza in informal surroundings, try Belváros, an appealing option on a quiet back street.
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Kiszely
Kiszely is a cute cukrászda, small in size but big on ice cream and cake selections.
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