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National Hiking Trails

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Hungary is a little country, but it has a lots of interesting and beautiful regions, hills with deep forests, valleys with clear streams, plains with unique animals not to mention historical sites and local architects. National hiking trails lead you to the most beautiful regions.

National Blue Trail

The Blue Trail was established in 1938, in the 900th anniversary ot death of our first king Stephen. This was the first long trail route not only in Hungary, but in Europe as well. The most important Hungarian hiking trial, Blue Trail, starts from the Austrian-Hungarian border, from teh top of the 882 m high Irott-kö, then it winds for 1100 km through the hill country of Dunantuli and Északi-közephegyseg (Western and Northern Hill Ranges) to the village of Hollohaza in Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen County. It is marked by a horisontal blue stripe.

Most interesting sites on the route of Blue trial are:

Köszeg, the historical town next to the Austrian border, which is famous for its fight against Turks.

Bakony is the largest range of hills in Hungary. Its deep forests was the home of outlaws (betyár) in the 19th century.

Danube bend is one of the more attractive site in Hungary. Here, north of Budapest the river makes an U-shape turn between Pilis and Börzsöny Hills. There is town Visegrad which is the most imposing relics of the Hungarian renaissance in the form of Visegrad Castle (15th century).

Hollokö, this little willage in Nograd County, was the first Hungarian site of UNESCO's World Heritage Programme.

Bükk montains (it is the home of Bükk National Park) is famous for its caves (there are more than 850) and Palaeolithic human bones and tools which were discovered there. (See also the article on Miskolc Lillafüred)

Aggtelek is the longest cave in Hungary, which is part of UNESCO's World Heritage Programme as well. (See also the article on Aggtelec cave)

Rockenbauer Pal South-Westwern Blue Trail

This trail was named after the famous Hungarian hiker and film director, who made nature films about Hungarian trails. This route starts from Irottkö and goes to Szekszard. Interesting sites on the trail:

Örseg with its varied hilly landscape and unique ethnographical and cultural traditions.

Pecs, the capital of Baranya County (and this town is the newest Hungarian UNESCO's World Heritage site).

The Blue Trial of the Great Hungarian Plain (Alföldi Kéktúra)

It is the newest long-range hiking trail in Hungary. It connects the ends of National Blue Trail at Sátoraljaújhely and Rockenbauer Pal South-Westwern Blue Trail at Szekszard making a great hiking loop.

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