CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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A 285 km round trip from Sátoraljaújhely - roughly 5 h 23 in the saddle. The stops in between: Oremus Cellars, Component of Esztramos Hill, Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst and back through Component of Esztramos Hill. It crosses from Slovakia into Hungary - carry ID and check vignette or toll rules. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Sátoraljaújhely is a town split in two by a river and a border. The Ronyva stream divides it into a Hungarian half and a Slovak half, Slovenské Nové Mesto, and the line became a national frontier after the First World War, when streets and gardens were cut in two. Today the border is open and easy to cross, and a pleasant walk takes you from one country to the other along the bank. The town sits at the northern tip of the Tokaj wine region, where the Zemplén hills fall to the plain, and it is a good starting point for exploring that country.
Read the complete Ungvári Wine Cellar write-up.
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Ungvári Wine Cellar is where the day begins. Next is Oremus Cellars.
Tolcsva is a quiet village in the Tokaj wine region of northeastern Hungary, on the slopes of the Zemplén hills above the Bodrog river. The Oremus cellars here are among the most famous in the region: a network of tunnels cut into the volcanic rock over centuries, their walls black with the noble mould that thrives in the damp, steady cold. The estate has been owned since the 1990s by the family behind Vega Sicilia, one of Spain's most celebrated wineries, and it has become a showcase for the revival of Tokaji after the communist decades.
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Oremus Cellars comes up about 26 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 116 km into the recorded legs you reach Component of Esztramos Hill. Next is Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst.
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.
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Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst, about halfway. Next is back through Component of Esztramos Hill.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Component of Esztramos Hill write-up.
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back through Component of Esztramos Hill sits at 181 km, about halfway. Next is back through Oremus Cellars.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Oremus Cellars write-up.
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back through Oremus Cellars comes up about 258 km into the recorded legs. Next is Ungvári Wine Cellar.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ungvári Wine Cellar write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Ungvári Wine Cellar closes the day.
Ungvári Wine Cellar → Oremus Cellars is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Oremus Cellars → Component of Esztramos Hill is 90 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Component of Esztramos Hill → Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst → 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 → back through Oremus Cellars is 90 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Oremus Cellars → Ungvári Wine Cellar is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.