The hungarian sea
Lake Balaton
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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.
Best beaches on Balaton
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!
Activities, Biking, Sailing
Lake Balaton has a good connection between cities and villages by boat. Siofok, Balatonfured, and Keszthely ports.
Ships, ferry, pleasure cruises on Lake Balaton
Biking around Lake Balaton
Hotels around Lake Balaton
Nussbaum Pansion
friendly pansion in the heart of keszthely.everything is in walking distance
Andrea wellness pansion
Wellness pansion, more than a pansion, familiar than a hotel. Full service
Anna Grand Hotel
Old, but fully renovated hotel. One of the best in service around the balaton
Hotel Silver Resort ****
New wellness hotel straight on the shore of the lake,panoramic view from the rooms,own harbour
Seasons at Balaton
Of course summertime is the better known time for a holiday at lake balaton. Many tourists came, there are high nighlife, all the shops are open, you can go for sailing, horseriding, winetasting, and there are music festivals and cultural exhibitions throughout the summer.
But autumn and winter can be fun also, balaton is a famous wine region, with many small winecellars, where you are always welcomed to taste the latest harvest.Wellness hotels are open all year long, offers warm water, indoor pools and the area has many things to offer as hiking, horse riding (in winter as well) and the frozen lake is a remarkable memory.
Related tours
Balaton offers a lot to do, not only swimming. But you can rent bike, and biking around the lake see more info
Choose train and boat to go around the lake, it is cheap and there are new trains in the summer and there are the discount ticket Balatonmix, which is good both for boat and trains.
