page_title: National Blue Trail
section_title: Pilis Mountains and Mountains of Buda
hierarchical_section_title: National Blue Trail / Detailed description of the route / Pilis Mountains and Mountains of Buda
caption_attribution_description: English: The view of Budapest from the hills. فارسی: نمایی از بوداپست.
context_page_description: The National Blue Trail is a national trail in Hungary incorporated into the European Long Distance Walking Route E4. The route starts atop the Irottkő Mountain on the Austrian-Hungarian border then cuts across Hungary eventually ending 1,168 km later at the village of Hollóháza by the Hungarian-Slovakian border. The name of the Kéktúra is a reference to the marking of the path itself: it is a horizontal blue stripe between two white stripes. All segments of the trail are freely accessible to the public; no fees have to be paid or permits obtained, there is only one ferry to take over the Danube between Visegràd and Nagymaros where you have to purchase a ticket.
  During its course the Blue Trail visits arguably the most beautiful natural and man-made sights of Hungary, e.g. more than a dozen forts and castles, lookout towers, three World Heritage Sites of Hungary, Lake Balaton, the Danube Bend, and the spent volcanoes of the Basin of Tapolca, etc.
  According to the latest GPS survey conducted in 2020, its total length was measured to be 1168.2 km and the total elevation change was found to be 30,213 metres in a Western-Eastern direction over the whole route.
context_section_description: 100.7 km, 2880 metres climb
  The Pilis Mountains lie in the big bend of the Danube, where it turns towards southern direction from the earlier western-eastern direction.  The route of the Blue Trail is similar to a big, inverse "Ω" letter here; the Trail first goes in southern direction until the area of Budapest, only touching the forests of the capital (Mountains of Buda). Not much later the path returns to the Pilis Mountains and reaches the Danube at the Danube Bend at Visegrád, a popular tourist destination known for its castle atop the hill.
  Stamping places: 
  
  Dorog railway station, Klastrompuszta, Piliscsaba railway station, a pub named Muflon Itató on the Zsíroshegy, Hüvösvölgy Children's Railway Station, peak of Hármashatár-hegy, Virágos-nyereg (Virágos Col), Rozália Brickyard, Kevély-nyereg (Col of Kevély), Pilisszentkereszt, the peak of Dobogókő (700 m), forester's lodge of Sikáros, Pilisszentlászló, forester's lodge of Pap-rét, peak of Nagy-Villám, ticket office of the ferry in village Visegrád
caption: The view of Budapest from the hills
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