You don't have to travel abroad to walk in a volcano's crater! You can do it here on the Haláp Hill, whose cap has already been removed during mining in the past. Haláp is the only mountain that does not belong to the Badacsony wine region, but to the Balaton Uplands. This, however, does not detract from the beauty of this former volcano, which has been almost completely excavated. Legend has it that a giant called Balaton once lived in this area. His daughter was the suicidal Haláp, after whom this coffin-shaped mountain is named. Beautiful volcanic formations can be seen in the mine area, and the mountain, which borders the basin from the north, is also home to valuable wildlife.

Volcanic activity in the Haláp region occurred at the end of the Pliocene Epoch, making Haláp one of the youngest members of the Bakony-Balaton volcanic field, with phreatomagmatic volcanic activity dating back 2.7 million years. During volcanism, a pyroclastite ring of volcanic debris was formed and then the lava filled the interior of this ring, creating lava lakes, as in the case of Badacsony or Szent György Hill. The contact between the hot magma pushing upwards and the wet pyroclastic sediments has resulted in the presence and study of an interesting mixed rock, peperit. A small cone of slag has also been built up in the central part of the Haláp to complete the volcanic activity. Mining continued on the mountain until 1986, resulting in a 291 metres decrease in the original 358 metres high mountain. There are also horizontal pillars on the mine wall. The Haláp rock is the hardest and most mineral-rich rock, which has been worked with 9 quarries. On the side of the mountain, vineyards grow green, belonging to the Balaton Highlands wine region.