#1. Holloko
The Cserhát Hills may not be graced with soaring peaks (none of them is higher than 650m), but they are cloaked in a rich folk-culture tapestry belonging to the Palóc people.
Hollóko (Raven Rock), a two-street village nestled in a tranquil valley, is the epicentre. What sets Hollóko apart is its restored 13th-century castle and the architecture of the so-called Old Village (Ófalu), where some 67 houses and outbuildings have been on Unesco’s World Heritage list of cultural sites since 1987.
The village has burned to the ground many times since the 13th century (most recently in 1909), but the residents have always rebuilt their houses exactly to plan in traditional wattle and daub.