A trek through the Mécsek Hills

This afternoon we saw the Mosque-Church, which, as its name suggests, is a mosque that was turned into a church after the Turks were expelled from Hungary in the 17th Century. Afterwards, having eaten an ice-cream to cool off, we thought it would be an excellent idea to go for a hike through the Mécsek Hills surrounding Pécs so that we could look out over the city from a TV tower (which you can see in the photo behind the Mosque-Church).

Now when I say "hills", that is what the locals call them, but in fact we ended up hiking through the forest for a considerable distance and to a height of 535m!

Although it seemed all too much at about the 3 hour mark...








... it was well worth it in the end, because we ended up with some fantastic views of the city below and of the forested hills to the north. In the photo on the left, you can see the dome of the Mosque-Church to the left and the Pécs Cathedral to the right.