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Szigetköz, the gift of

the Danube river

Romantic, exotic... natural wonders

Szigetköz (Little Rye Island), also called the land of a thou- Szigetköz is the largest island of Hungary. There are 900

sand islands, is an area enclosed by the Great Danube and kilometres of river branches and almost a thousand is-
the Mosoni-Danube in Kisalföld, and it is a special and lands on an area of 375 square kilometres, a reason why the
extremely rich habitat for plant and animal associations. people living here call it the gift of the Danube. Together

Its floodplain area protected Pannonia as a border area of with Csallóköz (Rye Island) in Slovakia, it is the only in-

the northern border of the Roman Empire. land river delta in Central Europe.
It can be divided into two parts based on the features of the Th e narrow, romantic system of river branches has many

land. The towns and villages of Upper Szigetköz include wonders, which are worth exploring by kayak or by canoe.
Dunakiliti, Dunasziget, Feketeerdő, Halászi, Kisbodak, During the water tour, we can paddle between reefs and
Püski, Máriakálnok, Kimle, Dunaremete, Darnózseli, islands on open water or even in romantic passes.
Lipót, Hédervár, and Ásványráró, while Dunaszentpál, Szigetköz also has one of the cleanest drinking water re-

Dunaszeg, Győrladamér, Győrzámoly, Győrújfalu, Győr, sources of Europe. The water of exceptional quality obta-
Vámosszabadi, Nagybajcs, Kisbajcs, and Vének are found ined from a spring of a depth of 80 to 130 meters is con-

in Lower Szigetköz. sumed by the locals as drinking water and is bottled in its
natural form without treatment.

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