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Refreshment Abuse

Some walks pass through villages where cheap bars and excellent restaurants offer food and drink at very reasonable prices. Stopping for refreshments is a pleasant way to break up a walk and Appendix 2 lists a few drinks and how to order them in Hungarian. If you decide to take the opportunity for an extended lunch be aware that excess alcohol is dangerous on a long hot walk. You might also find yourself regretting it as you stumble through the dark to finish the route.

Waymarking

Hungary’s hundreds of trails are marked out by a system of rectangular coloured waymarks comprising two white bands with a central stripe of red, blue, green or yellow. Auxiliary routes use other symbols: a cross connects two routes; a square leads to a settlement or accommodation such as a hostel; a triangle indicates the route to a summit or viewpoint; an L is the way to a historic ruin such as a fortress; a coloured spot leads to a spring or well; a semicircle to a circular route; and an omega symbol leads to a cave. In ski resorts coloured saltires (stiles with a cross-piece) mark the ski routes. Waymarks are usually painted on trees, but on tree-less heath and karst rocks do the job, and in villages telegraph poles, fence posts, garden walls or water pumps are employed. A few routes have wooden signs giving directions as well as estimated walking times in hours (ó) and minutes (p).