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Continuing our explorations in the area of the Geopark,

we offer some safe, cost-saving yet unparalleled experi-
ences.
Instead of Cappadocia in Turkey, we recommend that

you visit the rhyolite tuff of Kazár, formed during Mio-
A place cene volcanic activity. The spectacle of the stone falls

reminds us of a lunar landscape. The village also off ers

you should plenty of Palóc ethnographic attractions to visitors.

Instead of the Grand Canyon in Arizona, a trip to the gor-
ge valley of the Páris brook, which runs along Nógrád-
defi nitely see, szakál, is actually a journey into the “adolescence” of the
Earth. After the tour, the nearby Ipoly River may provide

and it doesn’t an additional experience (swimming, fishing) at Rárós-

puszta (farmland).
Instead of the ancient cave house in Guyaju, China, we
even cost any can visit the cave house at the Kőlyuk-oldal (Hermitage)
in Kishartyán and the hermit caves in Szentkút.
money! Instead of visiting Mount Olympus in Greece, we pro-
pose that you conquer the Palóc Olympus, i.e. the Ka-
rancs hill from Salgótarján or from Somoskőújfalu along
the tourist signs. And we should not forget: the High Tat-
ra Mountains are not seen from the Greek Olympus, but
they are especially beautiful from the Palóc Olympus. Up
on the hill, a chapel and a lookout tower wait for tourists.
Instead of the exciting and moving Vesuvius of Italy,
we recommend visiting the volcanic peak of the Salgó
Mountain, or the basalt flow of Somoskő. Th ey cooled

down 4 million years ago, and thus are much safer than
their Italian “relatives”.

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