Every nation projects an image of its landscape to the outside world and the image of Hungary is its Great Plain. As a result most visitors are unaware of Hungary's secret highland landscape of rolling hills, high karst meadows, vineyards, sink-holes, crags, thirteenth-century castle ruins and forest villages. Hungary's volcanic mountains and limestone plateaux stretch in a chain from the Slovakian border in the north-east to central-west and southern Hungary. Hundreds of tracks and trails zig-zag the highlands, which were once used by the Roman legions, miners, Turkish janissaries, pillaging Hussites, herders, beekeepers, charcoal-burners and foundry workers. These ancient trails are now a network of walking paths with a system of coloured waymarks first set up in the late nineteenth century. The book guides the reader around the best of these routes and includes invaluable information about accommodation in rural Hungary, public transport and the little forest trains. Apart from giving an insight into the history and geology, the guide attempts to supply tips on how to survive in the countryside and includes useful words and phrases and a glossary of Hungarian topographical terms to aid map interpretation.
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Tom Chrystal was born in Huntly, north-east Scotland, and began walking in the eastern Grampians of his native Aberdeenshire. He has walked in over 30 mountain and wilderness areas in 15 countries. Beáta D--sa was born in Mezkövesd in north-east Hungary and is a freelance interpreter and translator. She has enjoyed walking throughout her life.
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Eötvös Loránd, északi rész, green waymarks, blue waymarks, beehive stones, red waymarks, glass foundries, railway halt, waymarks guide, national park sign, yellow waymarks, forest train, waymarked track, yellow route, wooded spur, waymarked route, track descends, track descending Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
World War, Lake Balaton, National Blue Route, War of Independence, Danube Bend, Szegedi Róza-ház, Füzér Castle, Budapest Népliget, Ferenc Rákóczi, Mór Valley, Budapest Arpád, Budapest Keleti, Ottoman Empire, Cuha Valley, Budapest Népstadion, Transport There, Saint Stephen, Greek Catholic, Badacsony Hill, Buda Hills, Szabó-kövek Nagy-Hideg-hegy, King Béla, Blue Route, Hunting Tower, Green Route Browse Sample Pages:
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