On foot or by bicycle:
Kertek-alja Study Path (3 km)
Vár-alja Study Path (4,5 km)
Vár-forrás Path (6 km)
By bicycle:
Hollókő – Rimóc (6 km)
One of the most beautiful, constructed bicycle routes of the country.
Hollókő Landscape Protection Area:
Holló Nature Trail
The National Blue Trail Route leads through Hollókő and leads through the Hollókő Nature Reserve on a 15 km path.
The stops of the National Blue Trail Route that are easily reachable from Hollókő:
Becske (37 km) – Szanda – (30 km) -Terény (28 km) – Cserhátsurány (24 km) – Nógrádsipek (14 km) – Hollókő – Felsőtold (4,5 km) – Alsótold (6,5 km) – Garáb (7 km) – Nagybárkány(11 km) – Sámsonháza (13 km) – Mátraverebély (20 km)– Mátraszentistván (37 km)
Recommended towns for sightseeing:
Pásztó (20 km)
Pásztó national monument town centre
Cistercian baroque monastery
School master’s house
Winery from the middle ages
Benedictine ruins
Lido
Szécsény (16 km)
Forgách – Chateau (Francis II. Rákóczi was elected prince here)
Castle gardens
Castle ruins – walkway and watch-tower
Fire tower (leans almost as much as the world famous Leaning Tower of Pisa)
Franciscan church and monastery, Rákóczi-room
Holy Trinity Monument
Kubinyi Ferenc Museum
Haynald gate
Balassagyarmat (36 km)
Palóc Museum
County Hall
Local Historical Collection
Pannónia Motorcycle Museum
Serbian church
Roman Catholic Paris church
County prison from before
Town hall, Mikszáth – Madách Memorial Room
Jewish Museum and Jewish cemetary by Ipoly
Nyírjes Botanical gardens and wild-life par
Special attractions:
Memorials of famous Hungarians:
Benczúr-castle and mausoleum in Benczúrfalva (5 km from Szécsény), István Simon exhibition
Madách-chateau – Csesztve (38 km)
Tolnay Klári Museum – Mohora (32 km)
Mikszáth Memorial house - Mohora
Mikszáth-memorial chateau Horpács (51 km), buried in the cemetery are Mikszáth’s wife and their son who died young
Balassagyarmat (36 km) townhall, Mikszáth – Madách memorial room
Terény-Kiskérpuszta (33 km) – Szentgyörgyi Albert spent his childhood’s summer vacations here
Locations connected to Mikszáth in Slovakia:
Szklabonya (Sklabina) – he was born here
Rimaszombat (Rimavska Sobota) – he went to school here
Selmecbánya (Banska Stiavnica) he graduated from secondary school here, at the same school as Petőfi
Nógrád sanctuaries:
Nagylóc – Őrhegy, according to the legend, in an andesite stone one can see Jesus Christ’s footprint, prints of his donkey and his walking stick
Tar – Buddhist Stupa and Temple, Körösi Csoma Memorial park(28 km)
Pásztó- Holy spirit church, weeping Mary statue (20 km)
Szentkút – National Shrine (35 km) – Mátraverebély-Szentkút
Szécsény – Franciscan Church – Francis II. Rákóczi spent the night before the day when he was elected prince) (16 km)
Szanda – Mária-spring, Káponka
Connecting to the WAY OF MARY (Vanyarc – Bér – Buják – Ecseg – Kozárd – Mátraszőlős – Sámsonháza – Szentkút)
Castle tours and World heritage sites:
Castle visits in Nógrád, by the border and in Slovakia:
Nógrád (67 km),
Szanda (36 km),
Buják (36 km),
Salgó (53 km),
Somoskő (58 km),
Fülek (72 km – Slovakia),
Sirok (69 km),
World heritage sites in the region and nearby:
Hungary / Northern Hungary
Tokaj historical wine district and cultural landscape
Hortobágy National Park – A Puszta
Caves of Aggtelek Karst- and Slovak Karst
Mezőkövesd – Matyó embroidery
Slovakia:
Banska Stiavnica (Old Town of Selmecbánya)
