Gerendás: Vacation Apartments and Holiday Homes
Accommodation in Gerendás
Gerendás can be explored through its lime-tree avenue, historic monuments, and churches. Its connection to Munkácsy Mihály, as well as a park-like lakeshore, are also among the town’s distinctive features.
Anyone wishing to rent a vacation apartment in Gerendás can include the town in their travel plans.
Culture and History
The war memorial in Gerendás, erected during the First World War, was completed in 1929 and features a bronze Turul figure. The pyramid-shaped monument commemorating Hungary’s first concrete road recalls the history of transportation. It refers to the road completed between Gerendás and Csorvás in 1931.
The Catholic Church of Szent István király in Gerendás was built in 1862 by Count György Apponyi. It was granted parish status in 1927 before being renovated both inside and out in 1962. The Evangelical church of the Gerendás-Csorvás Evangelical Filial Congregation was built in the 1930s and consecrated in 1937 by Bishop Dr. Sándor Raffay.
Munkácsy Mihály is also connected with Gerendás: during his youth, he spent a great deal of time at the Gerendás estate of his uncle, István Reök, where he drew and painted.
Nature and Townscape
The Hársfasor in Gerendás is an avenue of lime trees classified as a natural asset, running along the town’s main road. The avenue was planted by the beekeepers’ association at the end of the 1920s.
The Topolyfa stood in the Gerendás area for 250 years and was marked as a landmark on historical maps. A sapling grown from a shoot of the Topolyfa was planted in 1994; the municipality placed a bench beside it and installed a carved commemorative plaque describing the tree’s history. The Topolyafa in Gerendás is also listed in the tourism office’s catalog of natural assets of Békés County.
Festivals and Walks
The Hársfafesztivál in Gerendás was held as an annual festival featuring various programs and a cooking competition. The park-like surroundings of Csicsely-tó in Gerendás are suitable for walking.
Other places: Nagyszénás, Orosháza, Gádoros, Tótkomlós
To the broader travel overview: Orosházai.
