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If it’s the weekend, we pick up our hiking boots and get up. Since it is not yet possible to sleep in lodgings due to the restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus epidemic, we are trying to condense the program for one weekend at another time. However, it is also possible to plan a more relaxed weekend hiking day: a shorter distance, a smaller level difference, but not necessarily less experience.
On weekends, popular Budapest destinations such as Normafa or Dobogókő, shivering under several inches of frost, are completely packed. If we can, take some time off and plan longer walks or hikes elsewhere.
Many times we also surprisingly miss many views in our immediate surroundings, but once we have marked all the views we can also plan thematically. The destination of our tour can be one (or more) watchtowers, a study trail, a castle or castle ruins, or even a canopy trail. Nowadays, in addition to planning, it is also important to consider current restrictions: buffets are open to go in one or two places, but not all.
Head over to the Big Bald!
This time we head to Kopasz hill near Páty, and start our hike from the Hidegvölgyi forest parking and resting place created by the Pilisi park forest. The resting place is located along the main road connecting Budakeszi to Telki, but the Erzsébet buffet, formed from the old forest house here, was sadly not open.
The weather didn’t promise much. Although there were no signs of rain, the cloudy weather that had been going on for weeks had engulfed us that we wouldn’t see much at the lookouts, that was later confirmed. We didn’t plan a long hiking trail, the elevation wasn’t significant either, but a good Sunday program now didn’t need more than that.
Passing through the green triangle, one of the stops on our tour was the Gran Calvo. It is the highest point in the Buda Hills at 559 meters. The Csergezán Pál viewpoint at the top offers a fabulous view of Pilis, the Buda hills, Gerecse in good weather, but you can also see the Mátra or Börzsöny mountain ranges. We didn’t see much of the December weather as below 700 meters there was misty and humid weather with a magnificent empire of frost on top.
Along the way, it’s worth taking a break at Tarnai Rest and looking at the rocky dolomite grass and wildflowers that grow here in spring and summer. By the way, we can also go from the Hideghegyi resting place on the Sisakvirág educational trail to Nagykovácsi, its length is 9.5 km, and eight information panels guide you through the life of the flora in the area.
Continuing along the green triangle, we soon arrive at the 18-meter-high lookout tower made of larch, which was delivered in 2006. His namesake, Pál Csergezán, was a nature painter, graphic artist, and illustrator, who captured the area’s wildlife in many paintings. The lookout was shrouded in frost and fog, so we didn’t spend much time on it.
We returned to the car park by another route, but if someone is interested in exploring even more, they can visit the Anna Hunting Lodge or visit the Budakeszi Arboretum or the Wildlife Park after a trip (they are now closed due to the epidemiological situation).
If you prefer to cycle around the area, there are two cycling routes in the forest: the Anna-laki walk (17 km, 440 meters ascent, sign PB89) and the Csergezán roundabout (15 km, 340 meters up, sign PB11) . ), however, none are recommended after rain.
The Buda Hills are part of the Dunazug Mountains, with an area of 201 square kilometers, so there is much to explore. It is mostly covered with oak and hornbeam. Peaks of more than five hundred meters can be found in the Nagy-Kopasz, Kutya, Nagy Szénás and János hills. In addition, it has more than 200 caves.
Their glances in the current situation are mainly their lookouts and study trails, but the mountains are criss-crossed by hiking trails, so we can plan shorter or longer hikes based on our needs. A very beautiful route can be the so-called Via Verde de Buda, which, following the green signal, winds through the mountain for about 44 kilometers. Its starting point is the Gellért square and up to Telki. It may be worth dividing the walking distance into two days, as there are many sights, the first part of which passes through Buda via Tabán, Hármashatár hill and Normafa.
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