Cycling Lake Balaton 🌊 Hungary’s Most Beautiful Lake | Solo Bike Touring Europe

Day 228. 74km (91641kms 8yrs)

Strange sounds in the forest last night; lots of roadsigns warn of deer so perhaps it was them wailing and calling. But I’d been warm enough, and the tent was dry as I packed away, revelling in a return to my usual departure time – about 2 hours earlier than of late!

With a warm showers host booked I had 75kms to cover, plus a ferry to catch over the narrowest portion of lake Balaton. Even before the lake I picked up a bike path which guided me to the departure point of Szántódrév. The vehicle ferry goes every half an hour and is a few euros for passenger and bike for the 15minute crossing.

On the other side I mistakenly turned immediately onto the coastal route but should’ve paused in the village of Tihani. Instead I stopped 10kms later in Balatonfüred on its gorgeous flower-filled lake-front promenade. The guide book says you can drink the yellowish minieral water from a fountain in the main square, but it was sectioned off, and marked as not for drinking.

I lingered in this very lovely place as long as time allowed before continuing around the lake a final 20kms to my hosts in Balatonfúzfó. The language barrier meant communication was limited but we managed with the help of Google translate, and I was treated to a meal of cheese and salami with home baked bread, homemade jam, and milk straight from the farmer! (Which my hosts had microwaved I believe I was told). Hungarians eat their main meal and lunchtime, and a lighter meal – like the English 5pm tea – in the afternoon/evening. A bed was prepared for me in their home which 8 children had grown up in and since moved out from.

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