From our starting point, the Vár-Liget Guesthouse, we set off towards the castle on Szabadság, then Béke streets. Leaving the castle behind, we continue our journey on the Mary (Mária) and Yellow arc routes, still on the main road. Opposite the doctor's office, we can see "Rákóczi's tree", whose three trunks, according to legend, grew from weeping willow twigs stuck into the ground by Francis II Rákóczi and his two generals. You can read the full tale among the legends! This tree is also our first checkpoint. The yellow V is painted on one of the tree's trunks, which has (unfortunately) been cut down since.

From here, we continue our path on the yellow arc along Dobó István street, from which we soon turn right onto Rákóczi street. Following this, we leave the settlement and continue on a dirt road until we reach a hunting blind. This is our second checkpoint; the marker is located on the side of the blind.

From the blind, our path continues to the left, where after a slight bend and an ascent, we reach our next checkpoint, "Greater Hungary" (Nagy-Magyarország). Between the two world wars, the Levente youth of Kisnána decided to make a large stone map on the hillside depicting Hungary before the Peace Treaty. We can see the remains of this at this spot today. On one of these stones, we can see the V of the checkpoint.

From here, we head west and descend into the Ördögvályú valley, at the bottom of which the Ördögvályú stream flows during rainy weather (in other places, it is also referred to as Forrás stream). Climbing up from the valley, we rejoin the Mary route. There is also a lookout point here, but be careful, because wasps have nested in it! Continuing from here in a westerly direction, after a small bend, looking back towards the lookout, we can see the White Shore (Fehér-part). Here we can find several larger rocks on the hillside, one of which is the so-called "Goat-head rock" (Kecskefejes-szikla), named after a carving shaped like a goat's head. According to legend, László Móré buried his treasure under this rock. If you have the mood and opportunity, you can search for this rock. Continuing from here, leaving the vineyards at a sharp bend, we don't follow the road but turn off the Mary route and continue our journey on the yellow arc in a Southerly direction. Here we find our next checkpoint, painted on a stone.

Heading South, we approach the Macskavár, the destination of our hike. You can sit and rest on the 3-4 meter high rocks and look around at the surrounding mountains and valleys. Not far away is an armchair-like rock, from which you can also comfortably overlook the surrounding areas. The checkpoint marker can be seen on the northern side of the rocks.

Leaving the Macskavár, we continue our path South. Unfortunately, the hiking trail marker is not properly painted here, but simply keeping South, we reach the Waterworks, on the eastern side of which is the old laundry and the so-called "mocsolyák", which were once used for soaking hemp. Nowadays, they are used by wild boars. Turning onto the main road from here, we head back to Kisnána, but after the village sign, we turn right and continue walking at the end of the gardens. From here we turn left and walk on the stony, dirt road to Sport street, where we start heading up, but at the first opportunity turning right we head down towards the sports field, but before that we turn left, where after a few meters we reach the main road. Turning right here, we soon reach the doctor's office, from where we can get back to our starting point on the already familiar route.

This hiking trail was designated in the early 2000s as part of the Mátraalja wine routes. Péter Simon wrote an experience report about walking it; he walked the route in 2001 with the then-mayor Sándor Koncsos and Béla Szőke, the owner of our Guesthouse. The experience report is available at the following link:  Mátra | Élménybeszámolók (matrahegy.hu)