Backpacking Hungary: 10 best places to visit
The most rewarding stops for backpackers in Hungary, ranked and mapped — and real routes through them, written by travellers who went.
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Budapest
Budapest
Thermal baths and ruin bars.
2
Lake Balaton
Veszprem
Central Europe's big lake.
3
Eger
Heves
Baroque town, bull's-blood wine.
4
Pecs
Baranya
Sunny southern arts city.
5
Szentendre
Pest
Riverside artists' town.
6
Debrecen
Hajdu-Bihar
Great-plains second city.
7
Holloko
Nograd
Preserved folk village.
8
Tokaj
Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen
Sweet-wine hills.
9
Hortobagy National Park
Hajdu-Bihar
Wide puszta grasslands.
10
Sopron
Gyor-Moson-Sopron
Medieval border town.
Backpacking routes through Hungary
Real trips through Hungary, drawn on maps by the people who took them.
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