Badacsonytomaj / Csangoi Dülő - Gulacs

Access to the starting point:
From the Pomurje motorway, take the Dolga Vas exit and then continue to Hungary. The route ahead takes you through Redics, then follow signs for Zalaegerszeg, and from there towards Lake Balaton, Heviz and Keszthely. When you reach Keszthely, turn onto the bypass and follow the signs for Balatonfuered (there are roundabouts along the bypass). At the end of Keszthely, when the road to Sopron turns off, we continue east, but only for 2 km, and then turn right towards the village of Badacsonytoerdemic. Continue through the village (the road is cobbled in the middle of the village). After leaving the village, go right at the first crossroads in an easterly direction. The road will become a four-lane road. At the point where the slight ascent ends, there will be a narrow road on the left going up to the north. This is the start of our route. Leave the car in a suitable place somewhere nearby.
The route Lendava - Pince - Tornyszentmiklos - Nagykanizsa - Balatonszentgyörgy exit - Keszthely is slightly shorter, but it is much more difficult in terms of orientation.

Path description:
From the main four-lane road, continue uphill between vineyards and farmhouses. At the first crossroads go right, at the second crossroads go straight ahead (part of the road between the two crossroads is gravel). The road then changes to cart track and leads you to the entrance to the forest. Follow Cart track through the forest for only one minute and then turn left along a slightly narrower path. The path climbs steeply for a while, then flattens out and even descends slightly further on.
You will then reach a point where you continue left (straight Kaptalantoti) towards the summit of Gulacs. There is a short, slightly steeper climb and you join the trail from the village of Nemesgulacs (the trail is marked with a green line).
Here again, continue to the left and climb further and further to the right. Higher up, the path leads over basalt scree, beyond which you gradually reach the south side of the summit. Further on, the markings are less frequent, but as there are no more crossroads there are no problems with orientation. The way ahead takes us from the south to the west, and higher up to the north slope. There is a short steep climb and the path leads to the summit of Gulacs, which offers a view of the Szentgyörgyhegy volcano and the Keszthely hills in the background.

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