Hungary Travels: Lake Balaton's Castle Ruins | Day 2 | Szigliget | Badacsony |

A must visit summer destionation for your Hungary Travels is Lake Balaton! In this video we show you areas near Badacsony to visit: the Szigliget Castle ruins, Hiking to some natural wonders, eat delicious food and do some wine tasting!
The Szigliget Castle ruins are near Badacsony, a unique area at Lake Balaton which is one of the most popular destination for travelers. Those who want to chill, enjoy the water or even take some culinary Adventures all come here. The region was shaped by geological activities millions of years ago and has many mountains for people to hike up to. One of them is located in Szigliget where once a great castle stood. In this video we explore the Castle Ruins of Szigliget, then go and explore another mountain nearby to find the geological objects called Basalt Organs.
This videos chronicles our adventures during our 2nd day in the Badacsony area, if you are interested in our first day adventures make sure to check out the first video in this series:
• Hungary Travels: Lake ...
Szigliget is a small town close to Badacsonytomaj. The Szigliget Castle ruins lie on top of the hill which is overseeing the small little town. Although its only the ruins of a once thriving castle, they were recently renovated, showcasing what life once was among the walls of the castle that are standing there for 800 years. But the real reason to visit this place is for the amazing views and scenes you get from looking over the walls.
As many people are visiting the castle ruins, an IceCream shop and Cafe operates at the bottom of the hill, and they serve Amazing IceCream! Plus some nice local handcraft items can be bought here as well.
Next we went to nearby mountain of Szentgyörgy. The region is famous for it's wine, and this mountain also hosts many vineyards. We went to Szászi Estate Viridarium Restaurant where we recharged with some excellent lunch, and then we checked out a nearby little chapel called Lengyel Kápolna.
After this we moved over to the other side of the mountain to try and hike up to some unique geological formations also known as Basalt Organs. It was a tough trip, but definately worth the experience.
Finally after returning to our place of stay in Badacsonytomaj, we went for a wine tasting at the FATA Cellar, then ending the day with some dinner.
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Following places were visited:
Szigliget castle ruins:
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Szigliget IceCream:
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Szászi Estate Viridium Restaurant:
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FATA Pince / Borbarátok Panzió
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro and the Plan
01:09 The Szigliget Castle Ruins
02:45 IceCream and Coffee
04:27 Szaszi Estate and Polish Chapel
06:00 Hiking up to the Basalt Organs
09:35 Wine Tasting and DInner

[@StuffedCabbageAdventures]

When you go out hiking, what are you mostly looking for? Is it the journey, the path you take and the challenge it gives you, or is it your destination you look forward to, the scenery you may get or the vibe the goal is giving you? Share your thoughts with us below! :)

[@PinnedonPlaces]

This is so great to watch and learn about Hungary with you, thank you for sharing and taking us around! Loving the look of Sziglitget ruins, what a place! Your ice cream looked so yummy! Another incredible explore and hike to the basalt organs :) great video! really enjoyed watching! 🔥☀

[@StuffedCabbageAdventures]

Thank you so much for the kind words! The ice-cream was indeed very yummy, not just the perfectly shaped ice-cream ball, it had amazing texture and you felt the care that went into it :)

[@StacheEsq]

Very cool to see your visiting the place where I spent all my summers as a child at my grandparents' house. Funny enough, they lived right across the street from Borbaratok at the end. Enjoying your videos from Chicago!

[@rekapatronum1675]

Great video Ákos, I love to see that you show tourists how colourful our country is. And it is not all about Budapest :⁠-⁠) I would like to add a bit of a correction about the "Witness Hills", as you have called them. They are actually called this not because these mountains witnessed a lot of thing, but because, as you have said, they have a storng basalt core and so the natural forces cannot tear them down. So today they are the only standing testimonies of the former sea level. So geologists can learn a lot about pre-historic time by studying these mountains.

[@StuffedCabbageAdventures]

Thanks for the clarity, it makes the name of those Mountains even more interesting this way :)

[@TheFluffiesChannel]

Thanks for sharing your adventures. We loved the humor (energy level). We have been to Balaton twice now. How do you discover these places, like restaurants, hotels, etc.? Stay Fluffy! (Eric)

[@StuffedCabbageAdventures]

Thanks, happy to hear you enjoy these videos :) I am very blessed because my Wife helps with a lot of the research when we search for hotels, restaurants and unique places. It's a lot of browsing the web to find interesting places but also just by looking at the map and finding areas that way works well too :)

[@TheFluffiesChannel]

@@StuffedCabbageAdventures thanks Akos. We have noted down many places because of your videos. It has been very helpful. Stay fluffy (Eric).