Aggtelek accommodation, sights, events

One of Europe's largest stalactite caves, the Baradla Cave in Aggtelek, is a World Heritage site and, according to scientists, one of the world's most wonderful geographic phenomena. Its Hungarian segment is 17 km long, with a subterranean stream flowing through it.
There are rock caverns with stalactites of astonishing size, a veritable story-book world. Conducted tours set out from three entrances. From the Josvafo and the Voros (Red) Lake entrances there are short and medium tours on well lit, paved pathways, while from Aggtelek to Josvafo there are, by prior arrangement, long-distance and special tours with torches along the underground passages.
The Cave Museum next to the Aggtelek entrance presents the history of the discovery and opening of the 20,000-hectare Aggtelek karst (limestone) site. It exhibits the archaeological finds and introduces the rich flora and fauna, abounding in many rarities. The site has been an international biosphere reserve since 1979.
An additional artificial entrance to the world-famous cave has been opened in Josvafo. The enchanting little mountain village, reached by meandering roads, is criss-crossed by the Josva Stream.
The 30-metre high, 125-meter long and 55-metre wide Hall of Giants, full of stalactites, and the Beke-barlang (Peace Cave), where asthmatics are helped with fresh-air treatment, are to be found here.
The Voros lake entrance of the Baradla Cave and the lake itself are 2.5 kilometres from here, the Josva Spring and the Tarn Lake can be reached by a walking tour.
Getting there: From Budapest on route 3 you can get there in two ways: at Miskolc you can take route 26, then at Sajoszentpeter turn onto route 27, from which the road towards Aggtelek-Josvafo branches off. Or you can go on the route connecting Hatvan (route 21) to Nagybatony (routes 23, 25) and Ozd-Serenyfalva-Aggtelek.