Danube Bike Tour Day 31: The woods outside Gyor to Komarom
Posted by Cassie, December 7th, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
We had a fun day of riding through rural Hungary. The official bike route followed a busy road for part of the way, and it wasn’t much fun riding along it. As we were riding along the busy road, we saw a Danube bike route sign that directed us to turn off the main road onto a quieter secondary road. We checked our map, and the bike route sign did not match the route on our map. But, we were tired of riding along the busy road, so we decided to try it. That was the last bike route sign we saw, so we had an adventure finding our way back to the official bike route. We rode on dirt roads through tiny farm towns. We passed people in the towns, and they stared at us like we were from outer space. It didn’t seem like they got many bike tourists. The dirt road was surprisingly well maintained, and we realized the reason was the building of a new wind turbine.
Riding through rural Hungary
Wind turbine in rural Hungary
Once we passed the wind turbine, the road degenerated into something that could not be called a road. It was mud track that was used by tractors to get to their fields. Fortunately, we had our mountain bikes because it was bumpy, rough ride. But, we had a lot of fun going through it! It was more exciting that riding along a paved bike path. 🙂 We made our way to Acs, and we joined the official bike route again. However, the roads weren’t much better once we were on the official bike route. I would recommend riding a mountain bike if you plan to do bike touring in Hungary. 🙂
Riding along muddy, dirt road on official bike route
We reached Komarom by 2pm, and it was another 20km along busy roads to reach Tata.We didn’t want to get into the same situation as last night, so we decided to stop for the night in Komarom. We actually found a campground in Tata that was still open for the season! The campground was next to the thermal baths, so we could use the baths as part of our camping fee. We spent a couple hours relaxing at the thermal baths in the evening. The thermal bath complex was huge! There were several rooms with pools with different water temperatures. We spent most of our time in a wonderfully hot outdoor pool. The thermal baths were a popular place, and they were packed with people.
Campsite at Komarom
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