# Road trips in Hungary > 4 road trips and 11 hand-picked places in Hungary, with routes, stops and practical tips for driving and camping. Source: https://camping-spirit.com/roadtrips/hungary/ 4 road trips and 11 hand-picked places in Hungary, with routes, stops and practical tips for driving and camping. ## Road trips through Hungary - [Lake Balaton](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/balaton/): Tihany’s lavender and abbey, wine hills on the north shore and the thermal lake at Hévíz. - [Eger and Tokaj: Hungary’s northern wine hills](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b7-tokaj-eger/): From Eger’s castle and cellar valley to the Aggtelek caves and the sweet wines of Tokaj. - [Southern Hungary: paprika, Villány wine and Pécs](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b7-southern-hungary/): Down the Danube plain to paprika country, the battlefield of Mohács, the red wines of Villány and Mediterranean-feeling Pécs. - [The Danube Bend: Szentendre, Visegrád and Esztergom](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b16-danube-bend/): A short trip north of Budapest along the Danube to the artists’ town of Szentendre, the citadel of Visegrád and Hungary’s largest church. ## Places worth the detour in Hungary - [Eger Castle](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b7-eger-castle/): The fortress where a small garrison held off the Ottoman army in 1552, now a museum complex with bastions and casemates above the Baroque town. - [Valley of the Beautiful Women](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b7-szepasszony-valley/): A horseshoe of wine cellars cut into the tuff on the edge of Eger, where you can taste Bull’s Blood and Egri Csillag straight from the barrel. Walk or take a taxi back. - [Baradla Cave](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b7-baradla-cave/): Hungary’s best-known show cave, kilometres of dripstone passages in the Aggtelek karst that continue under the border into Slovakia. Tours of different lengths leave from Aggtelek and Jósvafő. - [Villánykövesd Cellar Rows](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b7-villanykovesd-cellars/): Terraces of whitewashed press houses stacked on a hillside, the most photogenic corner of the Villány wine region. Many open for tastings of the local red blends. - [Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b7-pecs-necropolis/): Painted burial chambers from Roman Sopianae, a UNESCO site displayed underground beneath the cathedral square. Combine it with the mosque-church on Széchenyi Square. - [Visegrád Citadel](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b16-visegrad-citadel/): A 13th-century hilltop castle high above the Danube Bend, with the best view of the river curving between the hills. Drive up the Panorama road to the car park, or climb on foot from the town in about 40 minutes. - [Esztergom Basilica](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b16-esztergom-basilica/): Hungary’s largest church, a neoclassical dome on Castle Hill above the Danube and the bridge to Slovakia. Climb into the dome for the panorama and visit the treasury; parking is below the hill. - [Rákóczi Castle](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b7-rakoczi-castle/): A Renaissance castle on the Bodrog river, seat of the Rákóczi princes, with a museum on their uprising against the Habsburgs and a pleasant riverside park. - [Mohács Memorial Park](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b7-mohacs-memorial/): A memorial on the site of the 1526 battle that opened Hungary to Ottoman rule, with mass graves marked by carved wooden grave posts and a visitor centre shaped like a crown. - [Siklós Castle](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b7-siklos-castle/): One of Hungary’s best-preserved castles, in use for more than 700 years, with a Gothic chapel and dungeons. Wide views over the Drava plain. - [Hungarian Open Air Museum](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b16-szentendre-skanzen/): A large open-air museum of rebuilt village houses, churches and farmsteads from every region of Hungary, in the hills just outside Szentendre. Allow half a day; a small museum train links some sections on busy days. ## FAQs **What are the best road trips in Hungary?** Popular routes include Lake Balaton, Eger and Tokaj: Hungary’s northern wine hills, Southern Hungary: paprika, Villány wine and Pécs and The Danube Bend: Szentendre, Visegrád and Esztergom. CampingSpirit has 4 trip guides that pass through Hungary, each with a stop-by-stop itinerary and a route map. **Which places in Hungary are worth a detour?** Our editors recommend Eger Castle, Valley of the Beautiful Women, Baradla Cave, Villánykövesd Cellar Rows, Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs and Visegrád Citadel. **Do you need a vignette or pay tolls in Hungary?** Vignette needed for motorways. Buy the e-vignette online before you drive on motorways. Rules and prices change. Check official sources before you travel. **What is the motorway speed limit in Hungary?** 130 km/h on motorways for cars, unless signs show otherwise. **Are there low-emission zones in Hungary?** Few or none.