Mária-forrás

I don't even understand who throws a lot of eyes in such a place

According to a local uncle for water - whom we met there - his water has been tested several times and is cleaner than bottled water.

On the national blue tour route above Szandaváralja, at the foot of Vár Hill, there is a shrine and a spring with fresh, clear water, it is worth stopping, taking a few sips and getting ready for the steep section leading to the castle.

From Szandaváralja, on the blue marked route to the castle, approx. The source is a 15-minute walk away, with easy access to the terrain. There are benches, it is worth resting here for a few minutes, taking water from the spring.

The well-known place of pilgrimage for the parents and grandparents of the fifties and sixty-year-olds living here was the spring area erupted on a wooded hillside, which is called Képecské from the image of the Virgin Mary here. Ten years ago, the preservers of the Sandand tradition urged that the history of the Source of Mary not be forgotten. At their initiative, the famous place was renewed and beautified, where a wooden crucifix “brought down from the mountain” also stands. With the help of the municipality, seats, stairs and wooden railings were made, the “well” in the drier was cleaned, and today the water flows in a small pipe, to which healing power has been attributed. Healing from his illness, fulfilling the vow of János Agócs from Szandai, he enriched the former-present farewell place with a statue of Mary. The spring can be reached from Szandaváralja, a 15-20 minute forest walk.

One of the stops on the route to the ruins of Szanda Castle, where due to the proximity of the starting point there is no walk, but in the future it may be worth relaxing, staying, refreshing with the clear water of the spring. I wish the horrible, utterly dissonant, green plastic frame would "beat out" the hiker's eyes in the soft lap of nature ...