Best Selection Danube tour:
5 - 13 July 2008
If
interested, please email Peter and Marietta now
at: info@tradnaturasport.hu
Web site:
http://www.tradnaturasport.hu/t_tour2.htm
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If you want to go on a similar trip then
join us for the new Best Selection Danube tour: 5 - 13 July 2008 If
interested, please email Peter and Marietta now
at: info@tradnaturasport.hu |
Cycling tour in Hungary with thermal baths, easy rides, good food and companyWe went on a one week guided
cycle tour holiday, on the flat, alongside rivers, woods, vast fields and
flat plains to the east of Budapest in Hungary . Led by Peter, a very
knowledgeable local English speaking guide and followed by driver Marietta,
with support minibus for our luggage.. Daily thermal spa baths allowed us to
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Saturday, arrived Hotel Walzer, Budapest . If
you arrive early there is
an
opportunity to visit the Budapest thermal baths before your start your Hungarian
cycle tour. 6pm briefing and city tour by bus. Hero’s square, Hungary
was formed by seven tribes from Siberia in 872, many Kings and temporary
(sometime long) occupations since. Viewpoint across Danube later.
Sunday:. Bus 95km east from Budapest to dyke alongside Tisza
river north of Szolnok. Cycle via Nagykoru and Kotelek. Picnic lunch and water
powered ferry crossing. On to Kunhegyes and stay in private houses. Outdoor
music, lace and basket making. First thermal bath with hot water pouring from
pipe. Lots of frogs heard/seen while walking to private house late at night. 47
km today.
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Monday. Kunhegyes. Very good breakfast at
private house. Tribal leader on horse shooting arrow eastwards. Large white
church, climbed into roof, ice cream outside,
cycle
via Abadsolok to Tiszafurad along top of dyke to find holiday area with
water flume ride, the along dyke to nature conservation area with many moored
boats. Hot picnic lunch cooked at almost empty camping site sitting at
comfortable table under trees. Then near Tiszaentimetre across railway and
through Kunmaderas. to Hotel Panorama at Tiszaors-Furdo. Through gate opposite
to thermal baths open all evening, night and morning. Total 43km today.
Tuesday: Bus back to near railway engine museum then to
Tiszaszolos for stop near supermarket/post office. Then off into the country
again to find a dyke and eventually nature reserve lake and holiday/fishing
boats.
Boat trip in reeds to see black and white storks and other water birds.
Lunch in restaurant. Then TiszaFured, Egyek. Stopped cycling at junction with
Route E33. Then by bus to Hortobagy Mata Club Hotel.. Large posh hotel with
modern large pool & sauna. Much appreciated live local music at supper,
meatballs, chocolate pancake à la flambeé. Total: Cycle 52.km
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Wednesday: Horse carriage ride, horse riding, truly organic grey cattle, sheep with twisted horns and pigs. Set off on bikes. 9 arch bridge, visitors centre/museum., via several poor remote farms. Concrete cycle track had a few unusual bumps. Picnic lunch after Balmazvjaros alongside quiet river. Enormous loaves of bread. Snooze in the sun under line of trees. Eric went to see if there were any walnuts on the ground from last year (none). Then to Trofors Hunting lodge hidden in woods with fishing lake about 3km north of Nadudvar. 52km today. Evening meal outside. Evening bus to pool. Best so far with plenty of champagne, stars and satellites to watch. Massage/sauna.
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Thursday: Cycled into Nadudvar to see local
black pottery making. Then 10km south to Kaba Thermal bath in town. Kaba is
famous for its meteorite which exploded with fragments all over the place on
April 15th 1857.. Large open grass area, nice new brick walkway around pools.
Lunch cooked in large witches cauldron under shady trees. Natural gas flare
tower. Afternoon route partly off road but not difficult. Chris did tumble
bumpkin beside bridge while walking down steep slope with bike pulling. (All
mended now.) Arrived Hajduszoboszio town at enormous thermal baths with 17 pools
and plenty of tiling and stainless steel. Ice cream before bus back to Trofea
Hunting Lodge. 38km cycling today.
Friday: Breakfast in Kings Room with gallery, wooden panelling.
Bus back to Budapest, afternoon in town using No 8 local bus to Elizabeth Bridge
- food market. Final evening meal. Thanks to all.
Saturday morning: Departure, although some stayed on to visit
Gellert bath, music concert, library, museums etc.
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The groups contributions to the velo-tour guestbook are below:
| The first spa tour of 2002 came with warm,
sunny weather and skies clear and blue. Our guides were George and Steve in the van and we all had a good time even getting a tan. When the sun grew much hotter and the wind blew much stronger the Hungarian kilometre grew very much longer. The navigational aid was quite a delight we could always find the next satellite. When travelling through scenery lush and bucolic we were urged on by Vitamins quite alcoholic. Food, weather and the
company of such splendid folk will live long in memory and 'it's not a joke' |
Ach, wir können es nicht fassen, kaum sind wir da, müssen wir Ungarn schon verlassen. Die Radtour war sehr schön, von uns aus könnt´ es weitergehn. Und waren es manchmal 40 Kilometer nur, der Sattel hinterließ trotzdem seine Spur. Die Sonne hatte uns richtig lieb, wie gut, dass es soviel Bäder gibt. Wir ließen so manches Wässerchen rinnen, teils von außen, teils von innen! Der Kuckuck ruft, die Nachtigall singt, der Reiher seine Flügel schwingt. Radeln, Entspannen und gutes Essen ließen uns den Alltag schnell vergessen. Ein letztes "Gemma" hängt wehmütig im Raum, dass wir nie mehr wiederkommen, das glauben wir kaum. |
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Any comments please e-mail Eric/Chris Johnston. Many thanks to contributors for pictures and text.
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