CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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A 147 km round trip from Rudabánya - roughly 2 h 26 in the saddle. It goes by way of Component of Plešivec plateau, Component of Esztramos Hill and back through Component of Plešivec plateau. It crosses from Hungary into Slovakia - carry ID and check vignette or toll rules. The line favours views over speed.
Under the hills on the border of Hungary and Slovakia lies one of the largest cave systems in Europe. The Baradla cave, entered from Aggtelek on the Hungarian side and from Domica on the Slovak side, runs for some twenty-five kilometres through limestone, a gallery of stalactites, stalagmites and underground rivers, and parts of it are open to visitors. It is the heart of the Aggtelek and Slovak Karst, a cross-border UNESCO site of more than seven hundred caves, listed in 1995 and extended in 2000. Concerts are held in the largest chamber, where the acoustics are excellent, and the temperature underground stays at a constant cool level, a relief in summer.
Read the complete Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst write-up.
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Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst is where the day begins. Next is Component of Plešivec plateau.
The Slovak Karst is a world of limestone plateaus and deep gorges in southern Slovakia, along the Hungarian border, and the Plešivec plateau is one of its great tablelands, a high, flat-topped block of rock rising steeply above the valleys of the Slaná and the Štítnik rivers. Its surface is a rolling steppe of grass and scrub, pitted with sinkholes, and beneath it lies a maze of caves and abysses, part of the UNESCO site of the Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst.
Read the complete Component of Plešivec plateau write-up.
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Component of Plešivec plateau comes up about 21 km into the recorded legs. Next is Component of Esztramos Hill.
Esztramos is a lumpy limestone hill rising from the valley of the Bódva in north-eastern Hungary, a stone's throw from the Slovak border. For much of the twentieth century it was quarried for limestone and iron ore, and in the process the miners broke into caves hidden inside it, full of crystal formations. The Rákóczi Cave, the best known of them, has delicate aragonite crystals and pools, and the hill now forms part of the Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst, a World Heritage site shared between the two countries. Visits to the cave are limited and usually need to be booked, so check before you count on getting inside.
Read the complete Component of Esztramos Hill write-up.
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about 74 km into the recorded legs you reach Component of Esztramos Hill. Next is back through Component of Plešivec plateau.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Component of Plešivec plateau write-up.
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back through Component of Plešivec plateau, late in the day. Next is Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst. That is the ride.
Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst → Component of Plešivec plateau is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Component of Plešivec plateau → Component of Esztramos Hill is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Component of Esztramos Hill → back through Component of Plešivec plateau is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Component of Plešivec plateau → Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.