Travel Guide Somló

A little further afield, to discover the vineyards of Somló, you must leave the route No. 8 (km 97) and walk in the charming vineyards, where many old cellars invite wine tasting from the region.Towards the Kisalföld (Petite Plaine), where the steep slopes of the Bakony mountains become softer, lies Somló. It is the smallest of the wine-growing regions of Hungary, but probably the nicest. The 500 hectares of vines plantations extend on the southern slopes, at the foot of basaltic columns, called "organ pipes". This lava stone absorbs the heat of the sun in the day and leaves it back at night, now the temperature of the constant air. In several places, the vines are arranged in terraces. Mount Somló, which dominates the plain of its 433 m, is crowned by a ruined citadel, built after Mongolian invasions.The north slope is covered by a dense forest. Four "wine routes" revolve around Mount Somló and each leads to the ruins of the old castle. A sign with a precise map of these roads is located next to the restaurant, at the foot of the hill hill. Thanks to the excellence of its soil, Somló produces some of Hungary's finest dry white wines. The juhfark (tail of lamb) is a very old local vine that exists only in that region.The Viticole wine region on a hill was spared by the ecological disaster of the Ajka plant in 2010.