The St. Mary Way is a network of pilgrimage routes across Central Europe, connecting the shrines of the Virgin Mary. The Way has two main axes: the pilgrimage route from west to east connects Mariazell in Austria with Șumuleu Ciuc (Csíksomlyó) in Transylvania. While the north-south pilgrimage route connects Czestochowa, the Pauline shrine of the Polish with Medjugorje in Bosnia. This branch is still under construction. So, the pilgrimage route St. Mary Way is still being built. The route of the hiking tour we offer is the same as the route of the future Marianka/Máriavölgy pilgrimage. The starting point of the pilgrimage is Báč/Bácsfa and the destination is Marianka (Bratislava). The total distance is 53 km, which can be covered in 3 days.

There is a place in Győr, Győr-Újváros (New City), where there is an abundance of churches of different denominations just a few meters away from one another. Karzat Színház Nonprofit Kft. has been building a successful series of programs on this idiosyncrasy for years (The Festival of the five Churches and the Five Church Advent). Apart from this, they offer a guided tour where visitors will become acquainted with the characteristics of the different faiths, their architecture and the possibility for peaceful, prosperous coexistence among different cultures and religions. If you wish to find out more about this topic, feel free to reach out to them:(https://ottemplom.hu/kapcsolat/)

We leave the hustle and bustle of the city and go off in search of adventure toward Écs and view the area’s cultural values from easy-to-cycle roads and pebble paths.