Programmes elsewhere
Chairlift Lillafüred
The new chairlift starts at 333- metre height and carries tourists to the top of the hill situated at 606-metre high on a total length of 1,080 metres. More than 180 tourists can admire the landscape during the 16-18-minute journey. Bükkszentkereszt is 2.2 km away from the hill station.
Discount is available for the guests of Hotel Palace.
Roller path
Terrain roller riding is a romantic mountain sport that can be done on slopes and sloping countryside. The sport that is novel in Hungary offers a lot of entertainment for the whole family, any day of the year.
Hanging garden and waterfall of Lillafüred
The hanging garden with a terrace, located under the Palace Hotel offers unrivalled sights in every season for the lovers of nature, romanticism and arts.
The route along the Hanging Garden is a “thematic path” consisting of 9 stops, connected to Szinva educational pathway. The specific stops are about poetry, poets, scientists and love, but the natural and artificially built environmental elements are sufficiently emphasized, as well. On the terrace of poetry, one can find the statue of Attila József, at which a remarkable memory of this great figure of Hungary and the admiration of poetry is set by some lines of his poem title “Ode”, engraved into a rock.
On the terrace of the waterfall, we can admire the highest waterfall of the country, which is the 20-meter-high Szinva Waterfall.
The Hanging Garden offers wonderful sights in every season, and the Anna’s Cave opens from its lowest terrace.
Distance from the hotel: by foot, approx. 5 minutes.
Trout farm with an open-air restaurant
Accessible by the forest railway, bicycle, bus or car.
Distance from the hotel:
approximately 5 km.
Massa Museum – Újmassa
Ancient furnace, exhibition and open-air museum.
Distance from the hotel:
approximately 4 km.
Herman Ottó Memorial House
The exhibition on Erzsébet Promenade in Lillafüred is dedicated to the attraction of the natural scientist to Bükk Mountain. The memorial house was established from the old age residential home of the polyhistor.
Distance from the hotel: across on Lillafüred Park approximately 20 minutes on foot.
Metallurgy Museum in Felsőhámor
The exhibition presents the universal history of metallurgy in this small village near Lillafüred.
Distance from the hotel: walking across the hanging garden, approximately 20 minutes on foot.
Miskolc ZOO and Culture Park (Wildlife Park)
Miskolc ZOO and Culture Park presents nearly 700 specimens of more than 120 animal species living on the five continents to the visitors, in a unique forest-like environment.
The Zoo’s biggest favourites are the two brown bears, Dorka Forgó and Borka Füles, who received their names from the guests. In addition to them, the large predators are represented by tigers, a Persian leopard, wolves and lynxes, but the wildlife park also hosts some other, special animals, such as the Liszt monkeys, the big hairy armadillos, the North American porcupines, Père David’s deer and the popular meerkats.
You can reach the ZOO through a small forest road, turning left at the administrative board from Lillafüred.
Distance from the hotel: about 5 km towards Miskolc.
Diósgyőr castle
About 8 kilometres from the downtown of Miskolc, at the foot of the Bükk Mountains, in a beautiful natural environment, one can find the Diósgyőr Castle, which is a prestigious place among the monuments of Hungary. The uniqueness of the equipment of the castle lies in the informal cognition.
By moving freely, the visitor can experience the atmosphere of a medieval castle by trying out all things.
Permanent exhibitions and sights:
- North-eastern tower: The favourite room of Louis the Great, wax museum; Knights’ interior
- Round bastion (Rondella): Arms and armour in the medieval Europe; the history of the Pauline Order
- South-eastern tower: Royal crowns and crown jewellery (a temporary exhibition from May to September)
- North-western tower: Exhibition about the history of the Castle; Coin minting ball press and manual coin minting machine; furthermore, a bone depot; Five-cornered Italian bastion: Copy of a 17th-century decorative cannon; Casemate; Historical wax museum
Distance from the hotel: about 5 km (by car, by bus or narrow-gauge train).
Theatre History and Actors’ Museum
The first museum was reconstructed and opened where the first Hungarian stone theatre stood in the summer of 2010. The exhibition area on the first floor still reflects the spirit and admired relics of the first permanent exhibition but waits its visitors with visual effects, archive photos and interactive attractions that satisfy the expectations of a new museum of our age.
The museum also presents memorable groups and venues of Miskolc amateur theatrical plays. Children can play for hours within the walls of the museum: from puzzles through colouring books and paper theatre building, a lot of creative activities help them learn about the world of theatres.
Opening hours: apart from Sunday and Monday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., from 1 June to 31 August: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Distance from the hotel: (by car or bus) approximately 12km.
Laser Point Visual Store
Visitors can enjoy the largest clothing collection of the Carpathian Basin, slowly forgotten crafts of our grandfathers, the special objects and culture of the 50s, the Russian bronze icons, more than 300 Miskolc postcards from the turn of the century, and the often mysterious world of special minerals and optical history at this one place.
Opening hours: From Monday to Friday: from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Distance from the hotel: (by car or bus) approximately 12km.
Programme opportunities: horse riding, carriage ride, horse driven sleigh, glass museum.
Bükkszentkereszt
The village emerged in relation to the glass factory established by the Diósgyőr crown estate in 1755, hence its original name - Újhuta. The three villages that still exist in the Bükk Mountain are the result of the establishment of glass factories. The first village in time was Óhuta (today known as Bükkszentlászló), followed by Újhuta (known as Bükkszentkereszt from 1940), and then by Répáshuta.
Distance from the hotel: approximately 10km.
Répáshuta
It is a Slovak village on the road to Eger. The village sites include the charcoal burners and lime kilns, because these are still active trades in the village. Its hunter restaurant serves local dishes.
Distance from the hotel: approximately 15km.
Discount Cave bath tickets are available at our hotel!
Cave Bath
The real treasure of place is the „lake bath” that has been shaped into Cave bath. It has been excavated and channelled by water from hard bath stone cliff during thousands of years. The Cave bath of Miskolctapolca is unique in Europe, it is an unmatchable experience to bath in the swimming pool covered by nature, that has a nice temperature thermal water arisen depth of mountain, enjoy clear, fine air.
Miskolctapolca bob course
The country’s fifth Alpine bob course is in Miskolctapolca, near the Cave Bath. The course leads through an oak forest on a total length of 800 metres with height difference of approximately 54 metres between the lowest and highest points. It is a fantastic adventure both in winter and in the summer.
The starting point is not far from the summer exit of the Cave Bath. The bobs are taken to the highest point of the course by a lift. Visitors can control the speed to suit their own temperament.
The course is open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. in summer, and closes at 6 p.m. in the winter season (from October).
Distance from the hotel: approximately 20km
Anna tuff cave
Cave visit with a guide, tours start every hour. The cave is open from May to the end of September. A group of at least 10 people is required for a guided tour, but once a day another tour is provided, irrespective of the number of participants.
Distance from the hotel: through the hanging garden, approximately 10 minutes on foot.
Szent-István dripstone cave
Cave visit with a guide, tours start every hour. The cave is open to visitors all year. A group of at least 10 people is required for a guided tour, but once a day another tour is provided, irrespective of the number of participants.
Distance from the hotel: across on Lillafüred Park, 15 minutes on foot.
Forest railway
Lillafüred station is accessible on foot across the underpass behind Hotel Palota garden.
Distance from the hotel: approximately 5 minutes on foot.