This city is a drab industrial town, but streets have their charm, and the city does have some unusual attractions: Avas Hill, which overlooks the city and is filled with numerous wine cellars; an interesting 13th-century castle; and museums devoted to metallurgy and hairdressing.
Nearby, at the spa of
Miskolctapolca, are the famed cave baths where you can bathe underground in the slightly radioactive (supposedly beneficial) waters or aboveground in pools or medicinal baths.
90 mi/145 km northeast of Budapest.