Lake Balaton, the largest lake in Central Europe, not only offers you to pamper yourself relaxing on its beaches, or find joy in sports, but also provides you with many cultural and natural adventures to take all along its shores.
In the course of a tour from the Festetich Palace in Keszthely, first you can have an insight into the history of Hungarian aristocracy.
Tihany, in its Benedictine Abbey,keeps the first written document -its deed of foundation from 1055- in Hungarian language. Along the northern shore you can explore the history of the bulwarks, even eyewitnessing the duel of knights in Nagyvázsony. You can also decide to climb
Badacsony Hilland see the amazing volcanic formations in organ pipe shape; boat in the Cave of Tapolca; make yourself familiar with the production of the world-famous Herend porcelain of in its manufacture; to stroll along the promenade in the city of Balatonfüred, enjoying the sights of villas from the 19th century and that of yachts, even to take a cruise in the bay or, to visit farmsteads tasting local food and wines.