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Balaton Travel Guide: 67 reviews and 210 photos

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Lake Balaton is the largest lake of Central Europe with a surface area of 592 square-km. Its length is 77 kilometres and the width ranges from 4 to 14 kilometres. The lake's surface is 104 m above sea level; depth is up to 11 m (mean depth 3.2 m). Since Hungary is landlocked, Lake Balaton is sometimes called the "Hungarian Sea". The Zala River provides the largest inflow of water. The Sio Canal provides outflow as needed.

Last visit to Balaton: May 2005
Intro Updated Oct 14, 2005
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Reviews (3)

Wildlife around the Lake Balaton Things to Do (3)

Keep open Your eyes and explore the wildlife around the Lake Balaton. It is as colourful as the landscape around it. more travel advice

Landscape around Lake Balaton Things to Do (3)

Around the Lake Balaton You can find so many marvellous places with brilliant landscapes. If You are not only interested... more travel advice

Lake Balaton in winter Things to Do (3)

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TheWanderingCamel Sep 4, 2008 at 6:29 PM

It's a dream of my husband's to visit Lake Balaton one day.
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Bwana_Brown May 12, 2007 at 6:22 AM

Nice photos of the Lake Balaton area, except those frozen scenes on the lake reminded me of frigid Canadian winters!!
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cold_dead_bunny Feb 17, 2007 at 8:43 AM

ah relax man, not only you were on Balaton at winter ;)
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Matyas Jan 10, 2006 at 8:24 AM

Én is imádom a Balatont, az északi parton minden évben eltöltök egy hetet az öregemmel. Szépek a képek nagyon.
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deeper_blue Nov 15, 2005 at 7:00 AM

Great pics, wish I had seen more of Lake Balaton
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Knoto Apr 20, 2005 at 1:43 AM

Great pictures of the frozen Balaton....
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JLBG Sep 9, 2004 at 9:27 PM

Walking on Lake Balaton must be a very special experience !