Virtual tour

Summer and good weather have finally arrived. It is high time you went out and explore the well-known and hidden tourist places of Hungary.

The sections of the Countrywide Blue Tour must be part of our selection, but other natural or historical sights are also included.

The Countrywide Blue Tour is a hiker tour that leads through the northern parts of Hungary from Írott-kő to Hollóháza. Its length is more than 1100 km. It is the first long-distance tourist path of Hungary and Europe. Its aim is the same as it was in 1938: to let more and more people explore our mountains and hills, get familiar with the natural beauties, built environment and historical monuments of our country.

Parádfürdő. Kilátás a Kékestetőre, Terleczky József, CC BY-NC-ND Our selection provides not only the hiking lovers this time with the rediscovery of the movingly beautiful natural environment and already forgotten castles hiding in the heart of it. We can leave for a virtual tour that revives contemporary picture postcards and photos taken in the 1930s.

Szenna község skanzenje, Csorba Győző Könyvtár, © Ingyenes hozzáférés There are photos of scouts, family excursions, pictures of a famous art-historian, a newsreel from 1936 in the Mecsek Mountain and a graphic of an artist.

We wish you a pleasant roaming!

TÉ

Translated by Zita Aknai

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