This is an important stop on a number of beautiful hiking trails. However, to reach Visegr\u00e1d\u2019s highest vantage point, you don\u2019t need hiking boots \u2013 it can be reached from the town itself, yet on a clear day, the view from up there stretches from the M\u00e1tra Mountains to the Zs\u00e1mb\u00e9k Basin, a distance of roughly 100 km. And yet the Zsitvay Lookout Tower, built on the summit of Nagy-Vill\u00e1m in 1933, stands at \u201emerely\u201d 378 m\u2026<\/p>\n
The lookout tower was erected to mark the 20th anniversary of the Hungarian Tourist Association, and its design was intended to pay homage to Visegr\u00e1d\u2019s historical past, hence its fortress-like form.
\nUpstairs, on the viewing level, illustrations arranged in a circle help visitors find their way around, organised to correspond with the panorama.<\/p>\n
The building named after Tibor Zsitvay was designated a listed building in 2005.<\/p>\n
The highest point of the Pilis is Pilis-tet\u0151, at an altitude of 756 m. Although Dobog\u00f3k\u0151 (700 m) is by no means dwarfed by it, contrary to a common misconception, the famous Dobog\u00f3k\u0151 lookout tower is not the highest point of the Pilis.<\/p>\n