The shortest way to the heart of the town. In an hour’s easy walk you go from the cobbles of the Market Square, past the parish church and the Poor Clares’ convent, all the way to the altar at which Kinga was made a saint.
Begin beneath the lime trees on the Market Square, by the well of 1848. From here it is only a few steps to St Elizabeth’s parish church, which has risen from the ashes so many times and where an organ of 1679 still plays. The way then leads on to St Kinga Square. There the traveller is greeted by the carved oak Székely Gate, a gift from Hungarian highlanders, and behind it rise the walls of the convent where the sisters have prayed since 1280.
Beyond the convent the town falls quiet. A path runs down to the chapel above St Kinga’s spring. Legend has it that the water gushed forth here at the duchess’s word, and to this day people come with bottles, just as they did centuries ago. It is worth pausing here, if only for a moment.
Finally you reach the Papal Altar, at which John Paul II canonised Kinga on 16 June 1999. Beside it stand the “Opoka” centre and St Kinga’s Gardens. The whole route is flat and short, so most of the time goes not on walking but on stopping.
Along the way
- Market Square Nearly a hectare of cobbles beneath old lime trees
- Church of St Elizabeth of Hungary – the parish church A parish church that rose from the ashes many times
- Székely Gate An oak gift from Hungarian highlanders, 1999
- Convent of the Poor Clares and Holy Trinity Church Behind the walls where the Poor Clares have prayed since 1280
- St Kinga’s Spring and Shrine Water said to have gushed forth at Kinga’s word
- Papal Altar, “Opoka” and St Kinga’s Gardens Here, on 16 June 1999, Kinga became a saint
Route: OpenStreetMap, routing.openstreetmap.de (foot), plotted 21.10.2026. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL licence), elevations: Copernicus DEM (Open-Meteo). The route and times are approximate – follow the waymarks on the ground.