Things to do in Badacsony
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Walking
The flat-topped forested massif overlooking the lake is just the place to escape the tipsy herds. If you'd like to get a running start on your hike, catch one of the open 4WDs marked 'Badacsony-hegyi járat'. The driver will drop you off at the Kisfaludy House restaurant where a large map of the marked trails is posted by the car park. Or you might arm yourself in advance with a copy of Cartographia's A Balaton 1:40,000 topographical map (No 41).
Several Walking paths lead to lookouts - at 437m, Kisfaludy Lookout (Kisfaludy kilátó) is the highest - and to neighbouring hills like Gulács-hegy (393m) and Szentgyörgy-hegy (415m) to the north. The landscape includes abandoned …
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Kisfaludy House
Perched high on the hill overlooking the vineyards and the lake is Kisfaludy House, a charming stone cottage built in 1798 that was once a press house of the Kisfaludy family. The view from its alfresco terrace easily ranks among the top five on the entire lake, and is the best place in Badacsony for a meal or a drink. To the west is lovely Szigliget Bay, and directly across to the south lie what Hungarians call the two 'breasts' of Fonyód: the Sípos and Sándor Hills.
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Róza Szegedi House
The dramatic slopes and vineyards above the town centre are sprinkled with little wine-press houses and 'folk baroque' cottages. One of these is the Róza Szegedi House, which belonged to the actress wife of the poet Sándor Kisfaludy from Sümeg. Established in 1790, it contains a literature museum.
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József Egry Museum
The József Egry Museum is devoted to the Balaton region's leading painter (1883-1951) and Hungary's equivalent to Kokoschka. Many of his works powerfully capture the essence of village and fishing life on the lake through the use of strong, dark colours.
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Wine Stalls
Food stalls with picnic tables dispensing sausage, fish soup, lángos and gyros (meat skewers), line the pedestrian walkway between the train station and Park utca, and are intermingled with Wine Stalls serving cheap plonk.
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Halászkert
If you can't make it up the hill to Kisfaludy and are looking for a range of fish dishes to choose from, head here. It may be crowded and touristy at times, but the food is top-rate.
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Beach
The postage-stamp-sized Beach is reedy; you would do better to head a few kilometres northeast to Badacsonytomaj or Badacsonyörs for a swim.
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