Lake Balaton: Quick Facts

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Lake Balaton, Hungary

Several sailboats and a white passenger boat are on the calm water of Lake Balaton, Hungary, with a striped lighthouse and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Lake Balaton, Hungary

Lake Balaton, Hungary

Rows of grapevines in a vineyard stretch across fertile soil with houses in the middle ground, a flat-topped volcanic hill, and Lake Balaton visible in the background in Badacsony, Hungary.

Tihany Abbey with twin towers stands on a hill above the village of Tihany, overlooking Lake Balaton's north shore in Hungary, with houses and greenery surrounding the water.

Inside a health resort at Hévíz, Hungary

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