Medieval Hungary lay on the cross-roads for medieval travellers, along one of the main communication routes of medieval Europe. Its position in the Carpathian basin determined many aspects of its connections with regions near and far. All travellers, diplomats, pilgrims, and armies who wanted to take the overland route from Western Europe to Byzantium or further, to the Holy Land, followed the valley of the Danube from Southern Germany through Austria, Hungary, and on to the southeast. Travel literature for Hungary should be appreciated as complex. Hungary was visited by foreigners coming from many different directions, Christians and non-Christians, monarchs, armies, and simple travellers. Pilgrims travelling to holy places, students studying in foreign universities, rulers on military campaigns or diplomatic missions, mercenaries fighting in various military conflicts, and prisoners of war, were among the many reasons for travel. are. Distinctive travel literature for medieval Hungary is only a small part of the textual sources relating to travellers who arrived in or departed from this country.