Discover Hárskút

• The 20-metre-high Vitéz Bertalan Árpád kilátó can be reached from Hárskút on foot; there is a rest area at the summit.
• The Hárskúti keresztkör circular trail passes, among other places, the Catholic church, the village museum, a First World War memorial, the Cholnoky víznyelő karst cave and the Esztergáli-forrás spring. It returns to its starting point.
• The Fekete István kilátó stands near Hárskút, between Hárskút and Márkó. The tower on 486-metre-high Kis-Bükk is 19.56 metres tall.

The Vitéz Bertalan Árpád kilátó stands on Papod-hegy, near Hárskút. From its top level, you can see across the forests of the Bakony. With its rest area at the summit, the lookout is a clearly defined destination for a walk from Hárskút.

At the Fekete István kilátó, the visit is shaped not only by the views but also by opportunities to get your bearings: from the top level, you can see, among other things, the mountains of the Southern Bakony as well as Miklós-Pál-hegy, Kab-hegy, Som-hegy and Kőris-hegy. Small signs on the railing help you identify the surrounding settlements. The tower opened in 2014.

The two viewpoints offer different highlights: the Vitéz Bertalan Árpád kilátó looks out over the forests of the Bakony, while the Fekete István kilátó highlights several named mountains and helps visitors orient themselves in relation to nearby settlements. If you want to compare different views, these two specific landmarks can help you plan your visit.

The Hárskúti keresztkör passes, among other places, the village museum, the First World War memorial, the Cholnoky víznyelő karst cave and the Esztergáli-forrás spring. The Catholic church is also one of the points along the route. Since the trail returns to its starting point, it can be considered a loop, without assuming a specific order for the stops listed.

The stops offer a range of thematic points of interest: the village museum and memorial relate to history, while the karst cave and spring bring geological and water-related features into focus. This sets the loop apart from a walk to a single viewpoint. When choosing, you can consider whether you would rather visit one lookout or include several named stops along a circular trail.

The wider Northern Lake Balaton destination offers additional landscape and cultural highlights. Hegyestű is a 337-metre-high mountain between Zánka and Monoszló. A quarry there exposes the interior of a basalt volcano that was active around eight million years ago. At the western edge of the quarry site, a panorama board helps identify the surrounding hills; a rock garden displays characteristic rock types of Transdanubia.

Boat trips are available in the Tapolcai-tavasbarlang, which also features the guided exhibition “Csodálatos karszt” (“Wonderful Karst”). The cave is part of a cave system beneath the town that has so far been explored over a length of 14.6 kilometres. This combination of exhibition, boat trip and underground landscape offers a different focus from the viewpoints and trail stops in Hárskút.

Badacsony also offers its own nature and landscape highlights within Northern Lake Balaton: the volcanic mountain has hiking trails and panoramic views for hikers; its distinctive geological formations are called basalt organ pipes. Grapes are also grown on its slopes to produce Badacsony wine. The wider destination therefore ranges from geological features to landscapes and winegrowing, without equating these with the experiences in Hárskút.

Discover more destinations: Tótvázsony, Barnag, Herend, Pula, Szentgál, Nemesvámos, Veszprém and Veszprémfajsz.

What view does the Vitéz Bertalan Árpád kilátó offer?

From the top level, you can see across the forests of the Bakony. The 20-metre-high tower can be reached from Hárskút on foot; there is a rest area at the summit.

Which stops are on the Hárskúti keresztkör?

The circular trail passes, among other places, the Catholic church, the village museum, the First World War memorial, the Cholnoky víznyelő karst cave and the Esztergáli-forrás spring. It returns to its starting point.

What makes the Fekete István kilátó different?

It stands between Hárskút and Márkó on 486-metre-high Kis-Bükk. From the top level, you can see, among other things, several mountains in the Southern Bakony. There is a small car park beside the road between the two places; the Kis-Bükk tanösvény, which is linked to the lookout tower, also starts there.

Go to the wider travel overview: Veszprémi.