Hungary Travels: Tihany | The Charming Town of Lake Balaton |

Tihany should not be missed out on your Hungary Travels as it is a Charming little Town at Lake Balaton full of rich history and culture! One you'll surely fall in love with!

The Hungarian Countryside offers some cute villages and towns to visit and one of the highlights of those has to be Tihany. A place that is part of Hungary's history for almost a 1000 years, it can be seen from miles away as the famous Tihanyi Bencés Apátság (Benedictine Tihany Abbey) towers over the Peninsula of Lake Balaton. But besides the Abbey, the small town has some charming little streets with cute houses and many artisan shops.

Lake Balaton offers many interesting places to visit. One of our Favorites closeby is the Badacsony region where you can explore some geological formations, hike and most importantly: Enjoy some excellent wine and food. Check out the first video in our 3 part series about the Badacsony Region:
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Another Charming Little town in the Hungarian Countryside is Kőszeg. Also full of history and interesting stories:
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More About Tihany:
The most common product of Tihany is Levander, the place is famous for it. There is an insane amount of stuff that have Levandar in them. From Beer to Pálinka, from Cosmetic Goods to Decorative items. You'll definately find something you can take as a souvenir. You can even visit a Levander Center where you can learn more about this plant and how it is used in everyday products! (I would not recommend the Levander Pálinka for it's flavour though.... it's an experience)

The town of Tihany has many traditional Hungarian Restaurants (called Csárda, or Fogadó) so if you wish try out some local dishes, you can easily find a place as the town isn't huge it's easy to get around and visit any of the eateries when you are hungry.

The Tihany Peninsula has many hills and forests, you can easily spend a day here hiking around, or when it's the hot summer you can rest on the beaches.

We visited Tihany from the City of Siófok using the Boat services. Similar services run from Balatonfüred and Szántód as well. But you can visit the town also from Budapest by using Public transport. It will be around 2,5 hours to reach Tihany. With car it should be under 2 hours to get to this town from the capitol.

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
00:40 Tihany Bay and Getting into town
02:33 Visiting Tihany Benedictine Abbey
04:47 The Tihany Echo
05:39 Eating and Exploring the Town
07:46 Levander Shop and Lakeside Cafe
08:24 Inland Lake Outro