Top 10 Caves in Veszprém

Road section not passable by bike "red+" Due to the series of fallen trees and the unpaved path, we can lift our bikes more than we can ride them. It is more advisable to go "uphill" from the cave rather than on the downhill section!

Near Németbánya, on Hajszabarna Hill, we can reach it by bike on an adventurous route. Unfortunately, it is closed (due to the bats' swarming). Its total length is 35m, and it has rooms that are up to 10m high inside. There are also 4 smaller caves in the area that can be visited. It is important that if you are on a bike, DO NOT head south back towards Pápavár, because the "red +" sign is almost impassable due to the fallen trees.

Friends' houses, which were once human dwellings, are built into the basalt tufa, on a steep mountainside.

The cave entrance can be reached via a steep path.

We can approach the Cave from the Gerence Valley in 2 ways, or even (this way we can make it a short but more strenuous circular tour) These are: - Through the private forestry road, following the red cave sign, which is pleasant on the dirt road, but then the road leads up to the cave on steep stairs - From the Gerence Valley parking lot on the KDP Red lane (Pecsételődoboz a fán), up the stairs, which is steep at the beginning, but later on not strenuous, takes you towards the cave. However, here we should pay attention that we have to turn off the red lane towards the red cave sign. The Cave itself is a pretty nice (spacious) opening, about 20 meters long, and bats live in it. A photo was taken of the description of the cave, which I have uploaded. If we choose a circular tour, the length from the parking lot to the cave and back is about 1.5 km, but we should definitely calculate the serious elevation gain in the short term. The cave is a stop for several hiking and performance tours, such as the Öreg Bakony Bakancsosa, but the red lane of the Central Transdanubian Red Hiking Tour passes nearby. A prominent Bakony attraction, worth visiting.

The Hermit Caves are located at an altitude of about 165 meters on the northern slope of the 207 meter high Óvár Hill between the districts of Tihanyvár and Gödrös. From the top of Calvary Hill in Tihany, a narrow footpath runs along the same height on the southwestern slope of Óvár Hill. After about two kilometers, the path turns north and shortly afterwards east around Óvár Hill and after a few meters reaches the caves. This footpath leads through a landscape of so-called "Pannonian grasslands", which is home to numerous rare and protected plants. A shorter footpath starts from a parking lot at the end of Kecskeköröm utca in Gödrös. Another footpath climbs steeply to the caves from Lepke sor, the road leading to Tihany along the northern shore of the peninsula, about 300 meters before the Tihany pier. This footpath leads past the Cyprian Spring (Hungarian: ciprián forrás). The original name of the spring was "Russian Well" (Hungarian: Orosz kútnak), which can be interpreted as meaning that the hermits were Russian Basilians. On all signposts the caves are only called "Barátlakások" in Hungarian. The Óvár Hill is a basalt tuff rock. On its summit there are remains of earthworks.

The earthen castle on the Óvár Hill was built at the end of the Bronze Age. It was a prince's residence and a place of refuge for the population in times of war. On its south side are the burial mounds of its inhabitants. These were archaeologically excavated around 1970. Shards of pottery, bronze jewelry and charred wheat grains were found.

We were here in great heat. The temperature near the stones is 10-15 degrees lower. Refreshing.