Springtime at Lake Balaton – Programmes to look out for

The spring season is about to be kicked off at Lake Balaton. According to turizmus.com, you can take part in a castle attack, pancake festival and the treasure hunt of Captain Füred.

137 accommodations, 89 restaurants and 15 wineries joined the campaign that aims to prove that Lake Balaton is a good location to visit throughout the whole year, not only summer.

The participants of the Nyitott Balaton (Open Balaton) initiation believe that the region offers just as great programmes in spring as in summer.

Tamás Fekete, vice-president of the Association of Balaton Tourism, said that there will be:

• Pancake Festival in Balatongyörök on the 28^th of April,
• summering, gunnery castle attack and jousting in Sümeg on the 1^st of May,
• a city tour called “In the wake of old mansions” in Balatonalmádi,
• and a Riviera Tour Weekend for hikers (28^th of April – 1^st of May).

Meanwhile, Hévíz welcomes visitors with the “Hévíz of the Peacetime” programme series, which revives the heyday of the settlement from the 1860s to the 1930s. There will be a double coachmen competition in Balatonföldvár on the 26^th of May.