Lake Balaton

The Lake Balaton and surrounding areas are the most famous holiday place in Hungary. The "Hungarian Sea" offers nice, warm water, bicycle riding and hunting opportunities, good tasty wines, rural heritage sites and amazing natural surrounding.
The beauty and the thousand appearances of Balaton captivate both the curious tourists and the natives. The region holds countless unique recreational facilities, secrets and experiences for the guests coming here. Hike in the shadowy woods of the gentle slopes of the hills among ancient castles and ruins of churches! Dip into the summer, refresh your body and mind in our spas, admire the fabulous scenery of the .golden gate. from the board of a ship and relax while listening to the soft sounds of the waves licking your legs or dance with us at a harvest home where you can quench your thirst with excellent, full-bodied wines.

Lake Balaton is one of the most precious natural treasures of Hungary. It is the largest lake of Central Europe, its length is 77 kilometres and its width ranges from 4 to 14 kilometres. On the sunlit slopes running towards the lake there has been grape and wine production going on since centuries. Either by car, bicycle, on horseback or on foot but you will surely find the most fabulous and wonderful face of Lake Balaton and one of the memorable moments will call you back, to Lake Balaton!
Travel tips
Do not sit in one place. Discover Lake Balaton, there are plenty easy and cheap ways to do it!
1. By train
There are train connection around Lake Balaton.
Pros :
The route sometimes quite scenic, fast (since the towns are close to each other), and quite cheap (for example : Siofok-Keszthely 2400HUF return) and the train frequency is good in summer.
Cons :
Trains usually a bit crowded in summertime. No airconditioning (although you can open all the windows). Trains are not the cleanest things (but do not count any horroristic). You have to buy tickets, look for timetables. (it is easy as ABC. Check out timetable )