The almost 800-year old Gyula town is located in the south-eastern region of Hungary, at the gate of Transylvania. It is an important border crossing along the Romanian border with county-level and regional institutions, as well as, it is a settlement of multi-nationality and multi-religion, where the inhabitants always lived together in peace.
Historical traditions, intellectual and built heritage radiate calmness and beauty.

Gyula Fortress

The Castle Theatre has operated within the walls since 1960,

and the permanent exhibition was opened also at this time. Following a long-standing renovation, the new Renaissance Castle Museum was finished in 2005, in which the visitors can go through the history of six centuries in 24 exhibition rooms.
Gyula Fortress being the only flatland, Gothic brick-masonry fortress of Central-Europe remained intact stands at the persons’ service showing an interest.

Castle Baths

With its 19 pools, the Castle Baths of Gyula has won the four-star lido and thermal baths classification, the highest category qualified by the Hungarian Baths Association.

Doboz is located 15 kilometres northeast from Békéscsaba. It is the oldest settlement in Békés County: even early Hungarian settlers dwelled here; and it has a population of 4530 people. Its first written mention is from AD 1075; its name is probably derived from a person’s name.

The village became Wenckheim property in 1798. Rudolf Wenckheim built the hunter’s castle at the end of the 19th century - it houses an elementary school, a shop and a café today. The castle garden - a nature reserve since 1979 - has 180-year-old English oaks. In the park we can find the neo-Roman

Holy Cross chapel and crypt, built in 1902. The extremely beautiful pulpit made of Süttő limestone once won a World Exhibition grand award. The three-storey granary, built in romantic style in 1863, is located behind these two previous buildings; it is an agro-historical site.

Tourists come to a pleasant park in the centre of the village. The statue Shepherd with flute is located in the centre of the park; it reflects the lifestyle of old inhabitants. It was erected in the year of the Millennium. The Presbyterian Church built in baroque style between 1794 and 1798, whose organ from 1912 is a protected monument. Famous Hungarian composer and ethnomusicologist Béla Bartók lived and collected folksongs here in the village from 1904 to 1906; it is commemorated by a plaque on the wall of the village hall.

Szanazug, a resort area on the two banks of Kettős-Körös at the confluence of the rivers Fehér-Körös and Fekete-Körös, is about 4 kilometres away from the centre. More than 300 cottages, a youth camp and a camp site await holidaymakers. Lovers of fish and fishing enjoy the fact that Doboz is rich in fresh waters including the Kettős-Körös, two fishing lakes and the backwaters of Fekete-Körös. Surrounding woods offer pleasant opportunities for hunters.

Tarhos can be approached by road from Békés, Vésztő and Doboz. The settlement is situated 8 kilometres north-east of Békés. Tarhos is bounded by Békés, Bélmegyer, Vésztő, Sarkad, Doboz, along the bank of the Hosszúfoki channel. Gyepes channel is protected by Natura 2000. Area of the settlement: 5745 hectares, number of inhabitants: 935.

The settlement was an ancient Hungarian puszta. Tarhos became the Wenckheim family’s land from 1775. In the park of the castle are protected birds, 100-years-old trees (oaks, hornbeams) and many of evergreens. At the confluence of the