Why this ride
A 413 km round trip from Komárom - roughly 5 h 45 in the saddle. On the way it passes Budapest, Old Village of Hollókő and its Surrounding and back through Budapest. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Iža - “Kelemantia” and Old Village of Hollókő and its Surrounding starting at Komárom
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 413 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 45
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
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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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. Iža - “Kelemantia”
The Danube makes a border here, and so it did two thousand years ago. On the north bank, at Iža in what is now Slovakia, stood the Roman fort of Celemantia, and on the south bank, near Almásfüzitő, another fort called Azaum guarded the Pannonian shore. Together they were part of the Danube Limes, the river frontier of the Roman Empire, and UNESCO listed sections of it in 2021. Close by, at Szőny, lay Brigetio, a legionary base and a real town with an amphitheatre. The river was the road, the wall and the defence all in one, and the legions patrolled it in boats.
Read the complete Iža - “Kelemantia” write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Iža - “Kelemantia” is where the day begins. Next is Budapest.
2. Budapest
Budapest is two cities that were joined in 1873: hilly, historic Buda on the west bank of the Danube, and flat, lively Pest on the east. The river between them is wide and powerful, crossed by a string of bridges, of which the Chain Bridge, opened in 1849, is the oldest and most graceful. From the Buda side, the castle hill rises above the water with its palace and the spire of Matthias Church, and across the river the neo-Gothic Parliament building stretches along the bank, lit gold at night. It is one of the best-looking capitals in Europe, and it knows it.
Read the complete Budapest write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Budapest comes up about 86 km into the recorded legs. Next is Old Village of Hollókő and its Surrounding.
3. Old Village of Hollókő and its Surrounding
Hollókő is a village of about three hundred people in the Cserhát hills of northern Hungary, thirty-odd kilometres south of the Slovak border, and it is one of the few places in Europe where a whole way of life has been kept, not by a museum but by the people still living in the houses. It was one of the first places inscribed by UNESCO, in 1987, as a living example of a traditional village of the Palóc, a Hungarian ethnic group of this region.
Read the complete Old Village of Hollókő and its Surrounding write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 207 km into the recorded legs you reach Old Village of Hollókő and its Surrounding. Next is back through Budapest.
4. back through Budapest
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Budapest write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Budapest, late in the day. Next is Iža - “Kelemantia”.
5. Iža - “Kelemantia”
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Iža - “Kelemantia” write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Iža - “Kelemantia”. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Iža - “Kelemantia” to Budapest
Iža - “Kelemantia” → Budapest is 86 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Budapest to Old Village of Hollókő and its Surrounding
Budapest → Old Village of Hollókő and its Surrounding is 121 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Old Village of Hollókő and its Surrounding to back through Budapest
Old Village of Hollókő and its Surrounding → back through Budapest is 121 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Budapest to Iža - “Kelemantia”
back through Budapest → Iža - “Kelemantia” is 85 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.