Sporty wheelchair hike at the Pilis Teve Rock

Itinerary :

• From the parking lot, follow the blue cycling sign. 
• The K sign of the Blue Trail (Kéktúra) joins us from the left, then where it turns right, we continue on the cycling sign for about 400 meters.
• We turn back and now follow the K sign to the Teve Rock and the quarry.
• We return to the cycling sign we came on and follow the same path back to Pilisborosjenő.

Detailed description of the route:

Along the Lavender Field and Kevély Hills 

If arriving by public transport, starting from the bus stop turnaround, we proceed a few hundred meters on the steep, winding asphalt of the Main road, which flattens and continues into a multi-branched limestone gravel road. The hike essentially starts here, where you can find a parking lot and a periodically open buffet. A characteristic orientation point of the route is always to follow the right-hand branch uphill at the 2-3 Y-shaped forked hiking trails.

For the first kilometer, we walk on a gently sloping, partly limestone-gravel, water-channelled but mostly solid meadow road. To our right, at the foot of Nagy-Kevély, a spectacular lavender plantation has brightened the environment since 2016, where pick-your-own events are organized during the flowering season. If you want to time your hike for this period, choose early to mid-summer. To the left of the road lies a beautiful natural meadow with the silhouette of Hármashatár Hill in the background.

Next, choosing the right side of the first Y-fork, begins the slightly water-deficient oak forest typical of the southern, sunny slopes of Pilis, welcoming us with a wide, gently sloping, sparse forest, bordered on the right by a denser woven scarp. A few hundred meters ahead, a widening forest grassy clearing beckons. If you want to shorten the hike, it is recommended here to turn left and gradually ascend through the steppe-grassy terrain to the top of Teve Rock, from where there is a stunning, broad view of the western peaks of Pilis and the surrounding settlements.

However, if you continue on the depicted route, leaving the grassy area, you proceed on a well-passable, wide forest road, while the tree crowns form a tunnel over you, keeping the path in good condition even after wet weather. After a few hundred meters, we reach the turning point of our hike. At another Y-junction, the left branch descends steeply to the ruins of the Egri Castle replica, built in 1968 as the set of the movie "Eagles" directed by Zoltán Várkonyi, based on Géza Gárdonyi's novel. Although the surface would be suitable for barrier-free travel, the long steepness makes wheelchair access impossible. Not recommended even with assistance!

The right branch of the path similarly leads steeply uphill on a rocky, rutted forest trail, also not barrier-free! So shortly after the Blue Trail K sign turns right, we can proceed a little further but then must turn back.

The panoramic posture of Pilis, the Teve Rock

On the beautiful, gentle, slightly descending forest path, we reach the clearing now on our right, climbing to its edge reveals the wonderful, almost 180-degree panorama from the quarry top beside Teve Rock. From left to right, the mining site of Pilisborosjenő appears at the foot of the Vendel Hill cone; in the background, the silhouettes of Solymár, Pilisszentiván, and Pilisvörösvár stretch out, to the right Pilisszántó and Pilisszentkereszt, with Fehér Hill, Jenő Tower, Solymári Wall, and Kerekes Hill visible, and in the distance the peaks around Csobánka.

A few tens of meters in front, we can see the wonderfully perforated Teve Rock from a bird's-eye view. The highest rock of the group with its double-branched shape indeed resembles the namesake animal from a certain perspective. Dolomite is an easily erodible sedimentary rock. However, where hot water solutions have previously passed through the already settled layers, the rock became more resistant than its environment and slowly rose in interesting shapes, leaving it to our imagination what we see in those shapes. Of course, quarrying helped the prominence: the crumbling dolomite was mined here, traces of which are visible in artificial cavities in the rock wall.

A highlight of our hike is that walking back along the viewpoint ledge, you can turn under the charming, shaded resting wild rocks on a rather steep but assistable slope. Unfortunately, this slope is also limited for wheelchair accessibility; practically, the long steep trail later leads to the Egri Castle replica climb.

Climbing back on this short, no more than 200-meter section, we join our uphill trail (blue cycling sign) and flow back to the starting point, where if we are lucky, the buffet will be open.

The hike, including smaller detours and rests, can comfortably be done in 3-4 hours.