Hungary

The Great Hungarian Plain spreading out from the Danube and Tisza valleys is the last remaining extensive, continuous area in Europe. Teeming with horses, herds of longhorn cattle, sheep and geese along with tens of thousands of migratory birds, the Great Plain together with the Hortobagy Puszta has recently been declared a world heritage site by UNESCO. Hungary has one of the loveliest stretches of the great European river: the Danube bend. Here, high on a hill near where the river turns southwards stands one of Hungary's most impressive churches, the basilica of Esztergom with its 100-meter tall cupola.