CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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319 km from Rožňava to Rožňava, about 5 h 29 of riding. On the way it passes Component of Esztramos Hill, Component of Szendrő-Rudabánya Hill, Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landsc and back through Component of Szendrő-Rudabánya Hill. It crosses from Slovakia into Hungary - carry ID and check vignette or toll rules. Open plateau country, wide and exposed.
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.
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Component of Plešivec plateau is where the day begins. 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.
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Component of Esztramos Hill comes up 47 km in. Next is Component of Szendrő-Rudabánya Hill.
The Szendrő-Rudabánya hills are a modest ridge of low wooded hills in northeastern Hungary, between the Bódva and Sajó valleys, and they are not on any tourist itinerary. That is a large part of their charm. This is the quiet borderland near Slovakia, with small villages, orchards, vineyards and forests of oak and hornbeam, where the roads are empty and the pace slows to that of a cart.
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94 km in you reach Component of Szendrő-Rudabánya Hill. Next is Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landsc.
Some wine regions are famous for a grape. Tokaj is famous for rot. Here in north-eastern Hungary, where the volcanic Zemplén hills meet the Great Plain and the Bodrog flows into the Tisza, autumn mists from the rivers encourage noble rot on the grapes, shrivelling them and concentrating their sugar. The berries, picked one by one, become aszú, and the sweet wine made from them has been celebrated for centuries. A line attributed to Louis XIV calls it the wine of kings and the king of wines.
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Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landsc, about halfway. Next is back through Component of Szendrő-Rudabánya Hill.
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back through Component of Szendrő-Rudabánya Hill sits at 187 km, about halfway. Next is back through Component of Esztramos Hill.
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back through Component of Esztramos Hill comes up 234 km in. Next is Component of Plešivec plateau.
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Component of Plešivec plateau closes the day.
Component of Plešivec plateau → Component of Esztramos Hill is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Component of Esztramos Hill → Component of Szendrő-Rudabánya Hill is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Component of Szendrő-Rudabánya Hill → Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landsc is 79 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landsc → back through Component of Szendrő-Rudabánya Hill is 79 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Component of Szendrő-Rudabánya Hill → back through Component of Esztramos Hill is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Component of Esztramos Hill → Component of Plešivec plateau is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.