Kékes

Top of Kékes

The Kékes [ ke ː kɛʃ ], also referred to as Kékestető is, with 1014 m the highest peak of Hungary. It is situated in Mátra in the north of the country.

The Kékes is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Hungary. He is now well developed for tourists to ski slopes and hotels. In addition, the Mátrabahn between Gyöngyös and Lajosháza, a mountain village in Mátra, the center of winter sports in Hungary wrong. So she uses the flow of tourists to the Kékes. Even as a wine -growing region of Kékes is known. From the climatic health resort Mátraháza is the tip of Kékes on a trail (also access road - 4 km ) to reach. There is a mountain sanatorium and a walk- TV tower, guyed to the ground.

The name Kékes means " bluish " and is due to the fact that the mountain sometimes appears in this color.

About the pinnacle result of long-distance hiking Országos Kéktúra and the mountain hiking Eisenach- Budapest. On the third weekend in July, a mountain race will be held on the summit starting from Parádsasvár.