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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
37 km (23 miles) E of Zalaerg er-
szeg. Road Map B4. * 20,400.
n Tourinform, Kossuth utca 30,
(83) 31 41 44. _ Helikon Festival
(end Apr every second year); Verkli
Festival (early Sep). ∑ keszthely.
info.hu
Transport
k Hévíz-Balaton Airport. £
@ Mártírok útja. 4 Hajóállomás,
Promenading and people-watching on pedestrianized Kossuth Street Bal- atonpart from Szigliget,
Badacsony, Balatonmáriafürdő.
P Kossuth Street E Balaton Museum @ Bercsényi utca.
Kossuth utca. Balatoni Múzeum
Keszthely’s main, pedestrianized Múzeum utca 2. Tel (83) 31 23 51.
thoroughfare is markedly the Open May–Aug: daily; Sep–Apr: Tue– effects of pollution on life in the
widest street in the older part Sat. 8 7 lake. Also shown is Roman stone-
of the town, lined with some The mustard-yellow Neo-Baroque ware from the region and an
fine houses, many of them pro- Balaton Museum building, erected original milestone to Aquincum
tected buildings. The oldest, at in the 1920s to a design by Dénes (see p114), 69 km (43 miles) away.
No. 22, is the birth place of the Györgyi, is well worth seeing in
Hungarian-Jewish composer its own right. The exhibitions
Karl Goldmark. With its porticoes inside are equally interesting and
and covered upper-level loggia, include a fascinating look at life
the house is Mediterranean around Lake Balaton in pre-Roman
in feel. Just behind, in a leafy times and displays showing the
courtyard, is Keszthely’s well- development of fishing on
preserved Neo-Renaissance the lake. Children will love the
synagogue. Originally dating models of sailing ships, steamers
from 1780, it was entirely rebuilt and paddle boats that once
in 1851–2 and assumed its traversed the lake. A more The beautiful retro beach exhibit at the
current appearance in 1894. sombre display explains the Balaton Museum

Keszthely City Centre
Coach Festetics CSERSZEG UTCA VÁSÁR TÉR
1 Festetics Palace pp202–3 Museum Palace KATONA JÓZSEF UTCA
2 Fő tér and Town Hall Marzipan
Museum
3 Fő tér Church PÁ L U TC A KASTELY U. RÁKÓCZI TA POLCAI UTCA
TÉR
4 Doll and Waxwork Museum S ZALAS ZT Ó UTCA
5 Georgikon Farm Museum G EO RG IKON U TC A KISFALUDY U. ERKEL UTCA
Doll and
6 Kossuth Street Waxwork DÓZSA UTCA
Museum
7 Balaton Museum BE M J . U T CA LO VA S S Y S Á N D O R U T C A
Georgikon Farm VAROSHÁZ UTCA UT C A
Museum ADY E N DR E U T TESSEDIK UTCA
Town Hall M A LO M UT C A
SZECH ENYI UT C A FŐ Fő tér
ISKOLA UTCA TÉR Church MÓRA FERENC UTCA
PETŐFI UTC A
SORHAZ UTCA H ELIKON UTCA ER Z SÉB E T K I RÁLYN É ÚT J A APÁT UTC A
K OS SU T H LA J O S HUNYADI UTCA PA RK U TC A Helikon BOR BA S V IN C E S ÉTÁN Y
BALATON ÚT
R Á K Ó C Z I F E R E N C Ú T
ZRINYI UTCA
VA K BO TT YAN UT C A
Park
D E AK FER EN C UT C A
BE RC S ÉN YI MI KLÓS U T CA
GAGAR I N U TC A
MUNKÁCSY M. U. SÓHAJ ALLÉ CZY U T C A
Balaton MÁR TÍ R OK ÚTJA K A ZI N
ROZSA UTCA Museum
Sports
0 metres 300 Stadium Bus C SÍ K F E R E N C SÉTÁ NY
0 yards 300 SZ EN T M IK LÓ S U T CA M AD ACH UT CA Station Train Station
F E ST E T I C S U T C A RÓM AI ÚT H O N VÉ D U T C A Balaton
Lake
BERI BALOG ADAM U.
Héviz-Balaton Airport
10 km (6 miles)
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