HELL Kart & Event Center

In Miskolctapolca, in north-eastern Hungary, the HELL Kart & Event Center lays out five hundred and sixty metres of covered track within the Avalon Park leisure complex. The venue runs electric karts, quiet and emission-free, on a long indoor layout drivable whatever the weather. The length of the track leaves real chances to overtake and to build up speed, a change from the usual small covered circuits.

Karting stays open to all, with no licence or experience: a briefing, a helmet, and you head off to find your best lap on the covered layout. The format appeals to families as much as to confident drivers, and the centre, geared towards events, gladly welcomes groups and corporate outings. Electric karting offers crisp, instant acceleration, which changes the driving experience. For opening times and prices, it is best to check before coming.

Miskolctapolca is a spa quarter of Miskolc, the large city of the north-east, famous for its cave baths, where you swim through the galleries of a natural cavity, a rare curiosity in Europe. All around, the Bükk massif, its forests and trails, the medieval Diósgyőr castle and the green valley of Lillafüred offer fine discoveries. The region is reached by the M3 motorway from Budapest, in about two hours, which makes it a fine stop in the north of the country.