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Approaching the southern shore by train, you'll catch your first
glimpse of Balaton at BALATONVILÁGOS , a five-kilometre-long village
which came into being following the amalgamation of two resorts, Aliga
and Világos. Built on wooded cliffs along the shore, the village was
once a favoured haunt of Party officials and boats were forbidden to
dock in its harbour - even those seeking refuge from a storm. Today it
is one of the lushest, least commercialized resorts around the lake.
Moreover, unlike many other resorts, it has what can properly be called
a beach .
The Tourinform office at Dózsa György utca 1, next to the post office in
the upper part of the village, can give information on accommodation (June-Aug
Mon-Fri 9am-7pm, Sat & Sun 9am-5pm; Sept-May Mon-Fri 7.30am-3.30pm; tel
& fax 88/446-034, balatonvilagos@tourinform.hu ). Heading down the steep
road that runs past the train station at the western end of the village,
you'll find plenty of lakeside accommodation . The extremely pleasant
Napfény Hotel , at Rákóczi út 12 (tel & fax 88/446-278, www.hotels.hu/napfeny
; 5000-7000Ft) is by far the best place to stay, with nine intimate, air-conditioned
rooms and a terrific restaurant and lakeside beer garden - they also
have cheaper, no-frills rooms (3000-5000Ft) in the big ugly building
next door. Five hundred metres further on, at no. 33, is the much larger
but less agreeable Dalma Panzió (tel & fax 88/446-015; 7000-10,000Ft).
The Hotel Balatonvilágos , at Zrinyi utca 24 (tel & fax 88/480-934;
5000-7000Ft), has worn rooms but is fairly priced and better value than
the other blocks along the front. Another 200m further on is a paying
beach (200Ft), while the free beach ( szabad strand ) is another 1km
further on.
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