Why this ride
From Debrecen it runs 82 km to Debrecen; allow about 1 h 25 of riding. The stops in between: Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta and back through Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Debrecen afternoon · Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 82 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 25
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Debrecen
Debrecen is the capital of the Great Hungarian Plain, a city of two hundred thousand people where the horizon is perfectly flat and the sky does most of the work. For centuries it was the stronghold of Hungarian Calvinism, so much so that it was nicknamed the Calvinist Rome, and its yellow Great Church, the largest Protestant church in the country, dominates the main square. It was here, in 1849, that Lajos Kossuth declared Hungary's independence from the Habsburgs, and for a short time Debrecen served as the capital of the revolution.
Read the complete Debrecen write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Debrecen is where the day begins. Next is Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta.
2. Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta
The Hortobágy is Hungary's great grassland, the puszta, a flat, wide, open plain in the east of the country, and it is unlike anything else in central Europe. Nearly eight hundred square kilometres of it is protected as a national park, which was the first in Hungary, and it is on the World Heritage list too. What you see from the road is grass, sky, horizon, and then, if the light is right, something odd shimmering on the horizon, which locals will tell you is the fata morgana, a mirage that has fooled travellers for centuries.
Read the complete Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta comes up 25 km in. Next is Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta.
3. Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
49 km in you reach Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta. Next is back through Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta.
4. back through Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta, late in the day. Next is Debrecen.
5. Debrecen
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Debrecen write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Debrecen. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Debrecen to Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta
Debrecen → Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta is 49 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta to Debrecen
back through Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta → Debrecen is 49 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.