Red Stone

If you prefer not to drive, take a walk to the Vörös-kő viewpoint.

Vörös-kő offers the most comprehensive panorama of the eastern edge of the Visegrád Mountains. From the top of the steep cliff, you can admire the Danube Bend, as well as the meeting point of the highlands and the plains.
The viewpoint known as Vörös-kő actually consists of two panoramic points. The more popular one is a flat clearing known for its concrete pillar, from which you can see the scarred side of Naszály, Szentendre Island and its settlements, the Danube-side villages from Dunabogdány to Szentendre, and also the Buda Hills. On a clear day, the rolling hills of Nógrád and a significant part of Cserhát can be observed from Szanda to Mátra.

On the ridge stands a crude stone pillar, a remnant of a liberation monument. During World War II, it was a German firing position, and later became a “pilgrimage site” due to the monument erected by Soviet command: until the change of regime, every Sunday after April 4th, the obelisk was wreathed, and crowds of hikers visited it as part of organized tours. The memento is not without precedent: between Szentendre and Visegrád stretched a hunting ground largely closed off to tourists, which Miklós Horthy so favored that he even connected the two settlements with a private access road. Hikers were not welcome in the area by gendarmes and foresters; their movement was only possible with permission and serious restrictions (and sometimes not even then). Thus, as an achievement of the new regime, the Liberation Monument also symbolized the lifting of closures and the opening of the eastern part of the mountains to tourist traffic. Today, of course, the site is free from any forcibly imposed ideology.

Nearby, there is also a spacious rain shelter; on warm summer nights, it can even serve as a sleeping place for tourists who are able to embrace nomadic conditions. The second viewpoint is hidden precisely near this: opposite the building, a barely noticeable path delves into the trees. Following it, within meters you’ll tread on rock, descending steeply, but very soon the vegetation opens up, revealing the other panorama of Vörös-kő. From the top of a protruding rocky peak, the eastern edge of the Visegrád Mountains, Naszály towering above the Danube, and also the eastern fringe of the Börzsöny appear – now without a curtain of leaves, undisturbed. The view is made wild by the great depth and significant exposure, while a makeshift bench facilitates contemplation. In the distance, on a clear day, the ridge of Mátra also emerges.

The so-called breccia peak, built from coarse-grained, volcanic debris, is cemented together by a finer binding material. The site may have received its name from its reddish hue. It lies on a long ridge line running roughly northwest-southeast, the opposite end of which is approximately at the Borjúfő cliff. This strikingly steep, wall-like eastern edge of the Visegrád Mountains is formed by stumps and massifs that rose along a fault line, well after the volcanism of the region had subsided.

Source: termeszetjaro.hu