Kistarcsa: Vacation Apartments and Holiday Homes

For travelers who would like to rent a vacation apartment in Kistarcsa, the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest is located in the surrounding area of Kistarcsa. This is particularly interesting for anyone who would like to include art and culture in their trip.

The wider regional area of Kistarcsa is also home to the Hungarian Natural History Museum, the Holocaust Memorial Center, and the Museum of Applied Arts (Budapest).

Geographical Location

Palotai Sziget is located in the surrounding area of Kistarcsa. Luppa-sziget and Óbudai-sziget are located in the wider regional area, while Bolnoka is located in the nearby area of Kistarcsa.

Kistarcsa is a town in Pest County within the Budapest metropolitan area in Hungary.

Kistarcsa is associated with the Gödöllő Hills physiographic microregion and the larger Cserhát landscape unit.

The town covers 11.02 km² and is located on the northeastern city boundary of Budapest, 17.5 kilometers northeast of central Budapest and 9.5 kilometers southwest of Gödöllő.

The earliest documented mention of present-day Kistarcsa as an independent settlement dates back to 1467; at that time, the place was called Felsőtarcsa.

Kistarcsa has three stops on HÉV line 8: Kistarcsa Hospital, Kistarcsa, and Zsófialiget. This specific transportation context is of interest to travelers who would like to take the HÉV into account when planning their trip.

Junction 60 of the M0 is located at the southwestern boundary of Kistarcsa; main road 3 runs through the town.

Kistarcsa is also classified within the larger Cserhát landscape and the Gödöllő Hills micro-landscape region.

Culture and History

During the Holocaust, Kistarcsa was the site of a concentration camp and later, in the 1950s, an internment camp for political prisoners.

Archaeological evidence of settlement in Kistarcsa dates back to the Neolithic period; later evidence refers to Celtic, Vandalic, Alan, Sarmatian, Avar, and Magyar populations.

If you would like to view additional destinations for your trip planning afterward, you can find Nagytarcsa, Csömör, Pécel, Isaszeg, Gödöllő, Dány, Kerepes, and Szada here.

To the higher-level travel overview: Gödöllői.