Cookie Policy — What We Store in Your Browser

The basics

What a cookie is doing here at all

A cookie is a small text file a website asks your browser to keep. Related technologies — local storage and session storage — do the same job in a slightly different drawer. This policy covers all of them, and should be read alongside our privacy policy.

We use as few as we can get away with. There is no advertising network on this site, no social media pixel and no cross-site tracking. Non-essential storage is only set after you have said yes on the consent banner, in line with the ePrivacy Directive and the GDPR.

Categories we use

Essential — remembering your cookie choice and keeping the page working. Cannot be switched off, because switching them off is itself a choice we have to remember.
Analytics — counting page views in aggregate so we know which guides deserve updating first. Off by default.
Functional — small conveniences such as remembering that you have dismissed a notice or expanded a section. Off by default.
Advertising — none. We do not set any, and we do not permit third parties to set any.

The full list

Every key we set

Name	Type	Category	Purpose	Lifetime
cookieConsent	Local storage	Essential	Records that you have answered the consent banner, so it is not shown again	12 months
cookieConsentLevel	Local storage	Essential	Stores which categories you allowed — “all”, “essential” or your saved selection	12 months
_cls_session	First-party cookie	Analytics	Aggregated page-view counting; no cross-site identifier, no profile	24 hours
_cls_visit	First-party cookie	Analytics	Distinguishes a returning reader from a new one, in aggregate only	14 months
ui_notice_state	Local storage	Functional	Remembers dismissed notices and expanded FAQ sections between visits	6 months
Hosting load-balancer cookie	First-party cookie	Essential	Routes your request to a healthy server; set by our EU host	Session

Photography and web fonts are delivered by external networks. Those requests do not set cookies for us, but the provider necessarily receives your IP address in order to send the file — see section 4 below.

Managing consent

How to change your mind

You can withdraw or change consent at any time, and it takes about ten seconds:

On this site: clear this site's data in your browser settings and reload the page — the consent banner will reappear, and you can choose “Reject non-essential” or open “Preferences” to select categories individually.
In your browser: every major browser can block or delete cookies per site. Look for “Cookies and site data” in Chrome and Edge, “Privacy & Security” in Firefox, or “Privacy” in Safari.
By asking us: write to the desk and we will confirm what analytics data, if any, is associated with your visits and delete it.

Blocking non-essential storage does not degrade the site. Every guide, table, itinerary and FAQ works identically. The only consequences are that your reading is not counted in our statistics and that small conveniences — remembering a dismissed notice, for example — reset on each visit.

4 — Third-party content

Some pages load photography from an image delivery network and typefaces from a font service. These providers see the IP address and user-agent of the device requesting the file, which is technically unavoidable for any remotely hosted asset. We do not embed social media widgets, comment systems, video players or maps that set third-party tracking cookies. When you follow an outbound link — to MÁV, to a bath operator or to a producer — that site's own cookie policy applies from the moment you arrive.

5 — Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control

If your browser sends a Do Not Track header or a Global Privacy Control signal, we treat it as a refusal of analytics and functional storage, whether or not you interact with the banner.

6 — Changes to this policy

If we add, remove or change a cookie we will update the table above and the review date at the top of the page. Any new non-essential category will re-prompt for consent rather than relying on a previous answer.

Read the privacy policy Ask about your data

Questions

Cookie FAQ

Why can I not turn off the essential category?

Because it is what remembers your refusal. Without it we would have no way of knowing you had already declined, and the banner would appear on every single page view.

Do you track me across other websites?

No. All our cookies are first-party, set by this domain only, and none contains a cross-site identifier. We have no advertising partners and no data-sharing arrangements.

Is my analytics data sent outside the EU?

No. Our analytics processor stores and processes traffic statistics on servers inside the European Union.

Will rejecting cookies break the itineraries or tables?

Not at all. Every guide on this site is plain, server-delivered HTML. Nothing behind the consent banner is required to read, print or use any page.

How do I get a copy of what you hold?

Email the desk with “Data request” in the subject line. We reply within 30 days, as described in the privacy policy.