Hungary

Hungary is situated on the plain. The eastern part of the country is situated in quite a large area of lowland Alfeld. In the north-western part of the country there is a smaller area of lowland Kisalfeld. Two major rivers, the Danube and the Tisza, form a significant part of the landscape of the country. The Danube here is in fact the shortest river: in Hungary its total length is 417 kilometers. At the same time the Tisza which is 598 kilometers long is the longest river in the country.

The area between the Danube and the Tisza (Duna-Tisza Koze) is also a flat terrain. Only to the west of the Danube Hungarian landscapes become hilly. This region is known as "Dunantul" or "Transnubiya".

Almost in the middle of Transnubiya located the largest and the warmest inland lake in Central Europe, the Lake Balaton (it is situated on a plateau). In Hungary, Lake Balaton is called «the Hungarian sea». This lake, along with Budapest, is the main tourist attraction, which annually brings to the treasury of the country millions of euros. Recreation at the Lake Balaton is traditionally preferred by the Hungarians and also Austrians, Germans and Frenchmen. Recently here started to come frequently visitors from Eastern Europe, mostly from Ukraine, Russia and Moldova.

Hungarian mountains are of an average height: to west of the Danube there are Transdanub mountains Dunantuli Kozephegyseg with its 400-700-meter mountain ranges (such as the Keszthelyi-hegyseg, Bakony, Vertes, Gerecse, Pilis, Visegradi). Near the East Danube are situated the northern mountains Eszaki Kozephegyseg with a height from 500 to 1000 meters (Borzsony, Cserhat, Matra, Bukk, Cserehat, Zempleni). Along with the tours to the Lake Balaton and to the historic cities of Hungary, such as Estregom or Tokay, in the list of services offered to tourists there are tours to the Hortobad National Park, the heart of the famous Hungarian Pusta.

Hungary is known as a country that is actively developing agritourism. Agritourism in Hungary is represented with the thousands of private farmsteads throughout the country. The rural recreation, which is represented in the famous wine region of Hungary, Tokay, is worth special mentioning. Here the tourists have lots of ways to spend their holidays and to get a large amount of positive impressions, beginning with a tasting of local wines to harvest festivals and the young wine festivals.