Piliscsaba - Hűvösvögy (OKT 31st day tour)

The starting point of our tour, the Piliscsaba Blue Tour stamp near the railway stationat the intersection of Kálmán király útja and Wesselényi Miklós utca, on a light pole. The K signs lead you parallel to the tracks, past imposing villas and tree-lined streets - you're on the edge of Klotildliget, a formerly famous holiday resort.

Piliscsaba and its environs came into the possession of the noble line of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine in the early 19th century. In 1895, the Budapest-Estergom railway line was opened, which encouraged Archduke Joseph Károly to parcel out the area along the tracks and develop a holiday resort. Named after his wife, Klotild, the area soon became a popular holiday resort for the bourgeoisie of Pest.

We cross under the railway tracks, then the Blue Trail makes a small lap of respect towards the cemetery: the K+ signs lead to the grave of József Horváth, the first person to complete the tour. A well-kept park, a market square and the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Trianon. The route leads past a very expressive memorial to the 100th anniversary of the Trianon Peace Treaty, and then turns left behind the church onto the 10 road through Piliscsaba.

The Baroque building dates back to the 18th century. It houses one of the oldest churches in Hungary: The statue of Mary in the glass case of the altar on the right, made between 1350 and 1370.

The wide Kálvária street, in a less photogenic part of Piliscsaba, leads to the border of the village. At a Y-junction, it is worth leaving the K-signs, which are on asphalt, with several sightsavoiding several sights, and take the K Chapel sign to the left to start the Calvary. The crossroads, built in the 1850s from public funds, has undergone several renovations but is again a somewhat desolate sight today. A chapel stands at the top. Continue along the path that continues behind the small shrine. Soon you come to a lookout point above an abandoned quarry, with a panoramic view of south-western Piliscsaba and the Gerecse mountains in the background: the Nagy-Gerecse, the Öreg-Kő (Old Stone) of Bajó and the cone of the Nagy-Gete, recognisable from the transmission tower.

Continuing on, the next stop is the Gomba rock in Csaba, which is signposted. This interesting rock is a relatively common geological formation, the "mushroom rock": the harder rock material at the top is more resistant to erosion than the rock at the bottom, forming the curious, mound-like shape. You can also view the Mushroom from a small viewing platform.

Pass through the atmospheric St. Francis' cistern, with its resting place, and start your descent along the gas pipeline pasture. The K chapel sign diverges and soon becomes K▲. A loose climb to the left takes you to the very impressive Devil's Altar Rock, made of cemented dolomite.

The K▲ sign leads back to the Blue Trail on the asphalt road, so you can complete the detour. A comfortable walk gradually takes you deeper into the forest, and you start your slow ascent through the ash valley between the 3-400 m high hills of the Buda Hills. On the arrow-straight, wide path, you're in the popular hunting forest of Nádor József. There are many reminders of the "most Hungarian Habsburg": The Nádor Hill, the nearby József Grove, and the Erzsebet Fountain, which was built in 1825, are named after him, and the Blue Trail leads past it. The spring house has been beautifully renovated, but it's more of a "set", because you can't get water from it. From now on, our hike will pass through highly protected forest areas until we reach Mount Zsíros, so don't leave the marked trails!

As we climb the valley, it narrows, with imposing rock formations appearing at its edges. Cross the gully on an old stone bridge and start climbing up the side of the valley. A longer stretch of road follows, climbing 130 m, initially on a wide cart track, then a narrow gully gullyThis brings us to the atmospheric clearing of the saddle of the Dog Mountain, where we can rest on a log under the shade of a pine tree.

The next section of the route takes us through the karst scrub forest of the Szénás group. A 18. The huge demand for wood in the capital, which began to develop in the 18th century, has led to the almost complete destruction of the forests in the area.This was also the case in the Great Sénás, whose southern slopes were also planted with vineyards. The main building rock of the Buda Hills is dolomite, which, unlike other rocks, is typically incised.The dolomitic rock is typically more fragmented than malleable, and plants have difficulty establishing on the constantly moving debris rolls. Thus, even though intensive deforestation has been abandoned for centuries, the adult mossy boulders are stilland flowering ash trees are scattered and solitary, scarcely taller than bushes.

Despite - or partly because of - human interference, the Great Seneca and its surroundings are a highly protected area, which was awarded the European Diploma in 1995. Apart from the rocky grasslands and karst scrub forest mentioned above, its main value is that it is the only one of its kind in the world The yellow flowers of the Pilisi flax, which in May cover the northern slopes of the Sénas in a blaze of colour.

Sparsely spaced trees give a magnificent view to the south-southwest, but the highlight is theThe peak of the Great Sénás is 550 m high, and climbing up to the top of the peak offers a beautiful panorama. To the north, the basin of Pilisvörösvár stretches out, with the KéPilis Roof-Long Hill-Kevélyek range, with the main massif of the mountain range looming behind: the Dobogo Stone is clearly visible, to the right the Old Pope's Hill and the Table of the Urak, but the Naszály also "waltzes" across the Danube. To the east and south are the separate blocks of the Buda Hills; turning slightly to the right, the circle is completed: the ridges of Gerecse, Nagy-Gerecse and Nagy-Gete, and the dome of the Esztergom basilica is clearly visible.

We descend from the Nagy-Szenás pasta panoramic bench and plunge into the Mediterranean forest. Soon, the former Nagy-Sénás tourist house, built in 1982, will be a "movement" in keeping with the building's past. and the adjacent rest area with a rain shelter.

Since the end of the 18th century, the already treeless Nagy-Szénás has been a popular place for hiking and skiing. In 1926, the Workers' Physical Training Association built a tourist hut on the northern slopes, sheltered from the constant winds that battered the peak. The left-wing tourist group received a lot of help from the Social Democratic Party and various trade unions, and was visited mainly by proletarians and movement activists during its existence. Illegal meetings, agitation and, accordingly, gendarmerie raids were regular. Of course, it also fulfilled its basic function of providing food, drink and accommodation for tourists. In 1975, with the closure of the State Tourist Supply Company, the house closed down and its crumbling walls were demolished in the 1980s.

We continue along the comfortable path of the Upper Zsiros Hill, sometimes on a winding slope. You reach the outskirts of Nagykovácsi, from here the Blue Trail runs for kilometres along the edge of the settlement. We pass an old gravel pit, where the flora of the Nagy-Sénás is presented at one of the trail's stops. Switching to asphalt, we pass the former wire link connecting the sand mine of Pilisszentiván with NagykovácsiThen a slight climb takes us to the clearing of Zsíros Hill.

It is worth taking the K▲ sign to the left, which leads through the black pine-covered hilltop to the lookout point overlooking Pilisvörösvár. Although the panorama may be "familiar" from Nagy-Szénás, you are much closer to the elements of the view, so the experience is more intense.

The non-native black pine trees were planted in the area around Mount Zsíros with the intention of reforesting the area. When they were not here, the shiny, white dolomite 'hillocks' looked like fat from a distance - hence the name.

At the edge of the clearing, completely overgrown with plants, are the still-standing walls of the former tourist house on Mount Zsíros. Like the one in Nagy-Sénás, it was erected in the 1920s and its imposing building has been extended several times. It was abandoned around the time of the regime change and has since fallen into ruin.

The K sign leaves Mount Zsíros to the south, and the stamp is on the fence of the Muflon watering hole, open on Friday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons.

Mt Zsíros - Hűvösvölgy

We continue along the edge of Nagykovácsi. The route is a popular walking and running route for locals, so we continue on a comfortable wide path. Passing the houses, turn right and take a 3 km roller-coaster ride through wooded former pastures and ploughland, over the tops of Jegenye and Remete hills. On the southern slope of the latter, a steep, undulating slope begins. At one point, the wild gorge of Remeteszőlős, the Remete valley, appears below us, with the Hármashatár and János mountains to the left and right respectively. We descend in this way until we reach the level of the stream of the Devil's Ditch, which leads us into the gorge itself.

Cut deeply into the dolomite and limestone, which are prone to karstification, the Devil's Ditch has shaped not only the gorge itself but also the caves in the steep rock walls surrounding it. The most important of the many caves is the Hermit's Cave, which can be reached by a short detour from signpost K. The canyon itself is quite wild, but bears the hallmarks of its proximity to the town: There are wide walking paths and trailheads, and a significant number of dog walkers, runners and cyclists.

Once out of the gorge, the Blue Trail enters the administrative territory of Budapest and from here on it doesn't leave it for a long time. The asphalt of Csatlós utca leads to Ördögárok utca, but before turning left, geological delicacies are served in the we recommend the small path behind the waste collection points, which leads to the main Budapest base point, erected in 1954. The levelling markers on the geologically 'quiet' sites have helped the geodesists in their work.

Pass the bus stop for bus 157 and continue along the route of the line. We take Hímes street and then through a charming park to the church of St. Mary of the Cross. Partly designed by Alajos Hauszmann, the basilica-style building was consecrated in 1899 to replace the earlier chapel, which was erected on the site of a miraculous image of Mary.

Small streets lead back to Zsíroshegyi road, next to the Devil's Ditch. The brook disappears, with short breaks in a canal, reaching the Danube at Elisabeth Bridge. Pass the closed Szeleczky Chapel, which is in need of renovation, and turn left into the garden of a private house.In the private garden of a private residence, you can peek at the "Bird Dance" by contemporary sculptor Zénó Kelemen. We reach the roundabout of the busy Nagyrét street, next to which is the restaurant of Aunt Náncsi.

The Blue Trail leads out to the Nagy-Rét in the Veszprém Valley, but it's worth making a detour to the dolomite cone of Fazekas Hill on Villám Street. A beautiful view of Pesthidegkút is your reward for the short climb.

Bordered by busy roads, the relatively quiet Nagy-rét is now a popular resting place, excellent for small or large gatherings of friends or for exercise. In the 20th century, the atmosphere was different: it was mainly a place of entertainment, and in the socialist period it was the scene of Mayfairs. It was no coincidence that it was built on a convenient walkway winding from the tram terminus in the hűvösvölgy to here - along which the Kéalong which several monuments, now destroyed or relocated to Memento Park, lined the route. Some of them, less ideologically infused, are still standing, but only traces of the others remain.

Passing the Children's Railway remise, we cross the underpass to the other side of the tracks, where the Kt signs lead to the terminus, the stamp of the Blue Tour of the K hűvösvölgy. Walk straight on to the busy bus and tram terminus.