Abstract: (The Era of Reforms, the Golden Age of Travelling in Hungary?) During 1830-1840 travelling in Hungary (and in Central Europe) becomes really fashionable. Travel narratives are more numerous and more detailed than before, a sometimes critical, sometimes condescending view manifests. The authors of certain travel narratives make a real diagnosis of the problems of the Hungarian society and they even give advice for the future. Their texts will be considered as major because of their social status (the ‘visibility’) and also because of the depth of the (social) analysis. On the basis of these narratives, the aim of the study is to examine, firstly, the reasons of travelling in Hungary and the factors influencing the view and perception about it. Then the representation of the society will be analyzed. A particular emphasis will be laid on the problems identified by the authors as well as on their suggested solutions. Even if everyone does not agree with the Hungarian reformists, the majority of the authors assess the same errors along with a burdensome historical heritage which prevented the country from flourishing. That is how the picture of a promising but backward country is drawn, whose problems and conflicts can be ignored, perceived or even treated. Yet, their approach always depends on the humanist, condescending or hostile attitude of the traveller who, nevertheless, remains the hero of his narrative.