Dobogókő

Dobogókő is a popular tourist area near Pilisszentkereszt in Hungary, and the site of the highest point in the Visegrád Hills at 699 meters.[1] 133 people live here.

Up in the hills lies the Ödön Téry Memorial, a stone pyramid built in memory of one of great pioneers of Hungarian tourism. In Dobogókő there is a tourist museum and accommodation.[2] There are hiking possibilities to Prédikálószék, Rám-szakadék, and Árpádvár. Nearby larger settlements are Dömös and Szentendre.

Dobogókő is also a pilgrimage site for Hungarian neopagans (followers of the revived Táltos faith, that is similar to shamanism) who believe that the place is the "heart chakra" of the earth.[3][4][5]

References

Phillips, Adrian; Scotchmer, Jo (2005). Hungary. Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 978-1-84162-091-6 – via Google Books.
Guides, Rough (1 March 2010). The Rough Guide to Hungary. Rough Guides UK. ISBN 978-1-4053-8715-6 – via Google Books.
Szilárdi, Réka (2013). Neopaganism in Hungary: Under the Spell of Roots. Modern Pagan and Native Faith Movements in Central and Eastern Europe. Acumen Publishing. pp. 230–248.
Hoppál, Mihály (2008). The first twenty years of the ISSR (International Society for Shamanistic Research). Shamans Unbound. Akadémiai Kiadó. p. 231.
Povedák, István (2014). "From Attila to the Heart Chakra: Postmodern Pilgrimages". Acta Ethnographica Hungarica. 59 (2): 371–388. doi:10.1556/AEthn.2013.001.

External links

Dobogókői kirándulások képekkel - Dobogókő Hiking page – www.dobogokokirandulas.hu
Dobogókő Ski Centre – www.dobogokosi.hu
Snow forecast for Dobogókő Ski Centre
Dobogókő in Utazgató.hu page
Photos from the air about Dobogókő

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[Phillips_2005-1] Phillips, Adrian; Scotchmer, Jo (2005). Hungary. Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 978-1-84162-091-6 – via Google Books.

[2] Guides, Rough (1 March 2010). The Rough Guide to Hungary. Rough Guides UK. ISBN 978-1-4053-8715-6 – via Google Books.

[3] Szilárdi, Réka (2013). Neopaganism in Hungary: Under the Spell of Roots. Modern Pagan and Native Faith Movements in Central and Eastern Europe. Acumen Publishing. pp. 230–248.

[4] Hoppál, Mihály (2008). The first twenty years of the ISSR (International Society for Shamanistic Research). Shamans Unbound. Akadémiai Kiadó. p. 231.

[5] Povedák, István (2014). "From Attila to the Heart Chakra: Postmodern Pilgrimages". Acta Ethnographica Hungarica. 59 (2): 371–388. doi:10.1556/AEthn.2013.001.