1.3km
Total Distance
106m
Elevation Gain

Trail description

A 1.3 km walk with 106 m of climb from the Lillafüred waterfall below the hanging gardens of the Palace Hotel, past Felsőhámor and the metallurgy museum, up to the Szeleta cave. The cave was one of the first places in Hungary where cave excavations were carried out and gave its name to the Szeleta culture; it was inhabited for more than 100,000 years from the start of the last interglacial and is now strictly protected.

Route Map

Along the trail

  1. 1
    Viewpoint
    at the start
  2. 2
    Lillafüred · 0.2km
    Viewpoint
  3. 3
    Drinking water · 0.4km
  4. 4
    Spring · 0.7km
    springs can run dry
  5. 5
    Viewpoint · 1.1km
  6. 6
    Shelter
    at the end
  7. 7
    Drinking water
    at the end
Bus stop
Palotaszálló · 175m from the start
Parking
18m from the start
Surface
paved 83%, natural ground 17%
Marked route
Szinva tanösvény, KΩ (Szeleta-barlang)

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Difficulty

2/5 · Easy