# Kalocsa

Kalocsa (Croatian: Kaloč, Kalac, Serbian: Kaloč or Калоча, German: Kollotschau) is a Baroque provincial town of 15,000 people (2018), and a district in Bács-Kiskun County. The district is famous for its peppers, which are called "red gold".

## Understand

Kalocsa is one of the oldest towns in Hungary. The present archbishopric, founded about 1135, is a development of a bishopric said to have been founded in 1000 by King Stephen the Saint.
It sits in a marshy but highly productive district, near the left bank of the Danube River. The residents of Kalocsa and its wide-spreading communal lands are chiefly employed in the cultivation of paprika, fruit, flax, hemp and cereals, in the capture of waterfowl and in fishing.

## Get in

Kalocsa is on the road between Budapest and Baja, running to Kiskőrös and Mélykút. At the village of Gerjen a ferry runs across the Danube to connect Fadd and Kalocsa. It is 142 km (88 mi) south of Budapest.
The nearest international airport is in Budapest.

## See
### In the town

* 46.5299918.973671 Assumption Cathedral (Nagyboldogasszony Főszékesegyház). The treasury is open to the public Under the main cathedral are crypts with tombs of archbishops, and István Katona (historian) was buried in a side altar.
* 46.5306718.972022 Archbishop's Palace (Érseki palota). An impressive Baroque ecclesiastical historical monument in Kalocsa town, where the Archbishop of Kalocsa resides.
* Pepper Museum
* Schöffer Museum
* Folk House
* Archbishop Botanical Garden
* Theater
* Forty-Eights Square
* King Stephen (Main) road
* Lajos Kossuth Road (the continuation of St Stephen Street)
* Trinity Square (Main Square).
* Well known is Kalocsa's brightly painted historic train station from 1882, an example of folk art in the region.

### In the district

* 46.64318.9963 Dunapataj (Dunapataj – Szelidi-tó) (N 10 km from Kalocsa). - Szelidi lake is a holiday resort and nature reserve with unique wildlife is 4 km away from Dunapataj. Events: the Szelidi Summer Festival (Jul and Aug)- the Pataji Autumn (Sep).
* 46.419.1174 Hajós (Croatian: Ajoš, German: Hajosch) (SE 20 km of Kalocsa, NE 30 km of Baja). cellar village (Pince falu). There are over 1,200 press houses, Hajós Palace (Hajós Kastély) Event: Urban day wine festival (Orbán Napi Borünnep, end of May)
* 46.41818.9195 Fajsz (Croatian: Fajsin) (Kalocsa 17 km, Baja 32 km). Neo-Romanesque Church of St. Stephen Szent István-templom (1910).
* 46.44419.0316 Tompa (28 km from Kiskunhalas). St. Anne's Church built in 1893-1905, Redl Palace

## Do
### In the town

* Picnic Fest (Majális)
* Dragon Boat Cup (Sárkányhajó Kupa)
* Midsummer Night fun (Szent Iván-éji mulatság)
* St. Stephen's Days (Szent István Napok)
* Danube Folk Festival (Duna Menti Folklórfesztivál)
* Blue Bird Festival (Kék Madár Fesztivál)
* Kalocsa's Paprika Festival (Kalocsai Paprikafesztivál) in mid-September
* Csajda Swimming Pool and Spa (Csajda Uszoda és Gyógyfürdő). Thermal water with high chemical content, sodium chloride, bromide and iodide at 35 ° C. It is primarily recommended for the treatment of musculoskeletal and joint disorders. All five of its pools are indoor.

## Eat
### In the town

* Belvárosi Kávéház, Szent István király út 39.
* Nyárfa Vendéglő, Bátyai út 13.
* Arizóna Ételbár, Tomori u. 35.
* Diófa Vendéglő, Petőfi Sándor utca 67.
* Halászcsárda, Bátyai út
* Judit Vendéglő, Foktői út 34.
* Kalocsai Csajdakert étterem, Csajda u. 2
* Klub étterem, Szent István király út. 38.
* Korona étterem, Szent István király út 6.
* Klub 51Vigadó étterem, Bátyai út 40.
* Vincenzo étterem, Obermayer tér 7.
* Club 502 Söröző és Pizzéria, Szent István király út 64.
* Corona pizzéria, Búzapiactér 9.
* Papa Chico Ételbár, Negyvennyolcasok tere 1.
* Bufly Burger, Búzapiactér.
* Kaméleon Gyorsbüfé, Búzapiac tér 3.
* Oázis Hamburger, Szent István király út 31.