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| Seventeenth-century chronicles tell of pilgrims descending on
BALATONFÜRED to "camp in scattered tents" and benefit from the mineral
springs. Some 30,000 people come here every year for treatment at the
springs, mingling with hordes of tourists, giving this popular Balaton
resort a distinctive, sedate air. Füred, as it is often called, is split
into two, with the older centre a couple of kilometres away from the
lake: here you'll find shops, churches and a market along its Baroque
main street, Kossuth utca. Most visitors head for the resort area beside
Balaton, whose centrepiece is the leafy Gyógy tér, with its sanatorium,
springs and run-down nineteenth-century facades, leading down to a tree-lined
lakeside promenade. On either side are beaches and a mix of modern
hotels and antebellum villas. |
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