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Keszthely hills park forest Contact: Bakonyerdő Zrt. Keszthelyi Erdészet 8360 Keszthely, Sopron u. 41. István Szakács Silviculture Manager: 06/30-956-8042 Telefon: 06/83-515-360 Fax: 06/83-311-261 E-mail: keszthely@bakonyerdo.hu |
| Lookouts: - Festetics lookout: Follow the blue path marked with Δ from Nagymező. The lookout tower was rebuilt in 2000. There are rest suites near the marked path. - Berzsenyi lookout: Follow the yellow Δ forking off from the yellow strip. The lookout tower was rebuilt in 2002 and rest suites were placed around it. - Kitaibel Pál lookout: Follow the green Δ from Vonyarcvashegy. The Balaton Uplands National Park renovated it in 2002, it is located in the territory of the Vonyarcvashegy Association. - Bél Mátyás lookout: Follow the yellow Δ from Bélapi rest stop. The lookout was built in 1972 by the Keszthely Forestry and renovated in 2001 by the Balaton Uplands National Park. - Batsányi lookout: Follow the red Δ from Szépkilátó. In the summer of 2003 the lookout was damaged by arson, however, it was restored by the Keszthely Forestry in autumn 2003. - Padkűi lookout and rest stop: Follow the green strip and green Δ from the Büdöskúti rest stop. In 2002 Balaton Uplands National Park made smaller restoration work on the lookout, which is located 500-600 metres south of the rest stop in Büdöskút. In the rest area in front of the lookout there is a memorial wood column of Rudolf Jakobfi that was erected in 2002. Back to top! |
 
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| Nagymező rest stop and playground:
Nagymező rest stop and playground: Follow the asphalt road from Gyenesdiás. Tourist marks are blue, red strips and blue Δ. From the south follow the yellow + path. This leisure centre offers the largest variety of facilities and attracts the most visitors in the Keszthely Mountains. There have been many recent developments: the roofed rest area has been completely renovated and new resting facilities have been established, in 2000 a 1300-metre forest playground was built with 16 stops and the renovated Festetics lookout can also be found nearby. The forest playground is an outdoor leisure facility available for training and health protection free of charge to anybody at any time. At every stop there are exercisers in sizes suitable not only for adults, but also children. Each stop is designed to let you enjoy and discover the beauties of nature, get refreshed mentally and spiritually while doing exercises. The area of Nagymező also functions as one of the gates to the Balaton Uplands National Park and is the key approach point to the Western Balaton Region where tourist paths lead tourists to other spots of interest in the hills. In the long term, Bakonyerdő Zrt. wants to establish a training centre in Nagymező, the main gate to the Keszthely Hills. This centre will be based upon the existing facilities, and by expanding these facilities and developing infrastructure, a forest trail exhibiting the flora, fauna, geology, and silviculture in the Keszthely Hills can be created. Back to top! |
  
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| Bélapi rest stop in Balatongyörök:
Follow the paved road from Balatongyörök to Büdöskút along the path marked with the yellow strip. The rest stop, which is one of the key starting points of hikers and bikers, is also the southern gate to the hills and has many resting facilities, such as a barbecue place, a small playground, a hut, a toilet and a carved wooden memorial to commemorate the Széchenyi memorial tour of 1991. From here you can walk to the Mátyás Bél lookout. The natural trail called ”Uncle Dormouse”, created by the Balaton Uplands National Park can be found nearby. Back to top! |
 
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| Büdöskút rest stop, Szent Miklós fountain:
Follow the paved road from Balatongyörök or Vállus. The forestry’s roads from Vállus, Balatongyörök, and Keszthely are closed with gates. Gates are open in working hours; they may be closed at other times. Go on foot or by bicycle. The rest stop is in the heart of the hills at a cross point of many tourist paths. The Büdöskút forest house, and the Büdöskút and Szent Miklós fountains are in the close vicinity. There is a forestry arboretum, established by Károly Horváth silviculture engineer in 1937 and further developed in 1954. There are tables and benches, an information board, and a shelter. To get to Szent Miklós fountain follow the green ___ and green  from Büdöskút.Szent Miklós Valley is one of the most romantic valleys in the hills. The fountain used to be affluent, but, due to droughty summers, it nowadays delivers less water. On the hillside above the fountain there used to be a Pauline monastery and church named after St. Nicholas, which used to be called Vállusszentmiklós. In the 1930s the ruins looked like piles of stone, now there are hardly any traces of the former buildings. Back to top! Back to the previous page! |
