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www.tihany.hu • tihany@tourinform.hu 28 The land of the echo, lavender and goat-nail shells The only pensinsula of Lake Balaton attracts roughly a million visitors throughout the year due to its beautiful location, geological formations, historic monuments and flora and fauna. The Benedictine Abbey, which also hosts concerts in the summer and exhibitions and other cultural events from autumn to spring, celebrated its 950th anniversary in 2005. The museum of the abbey welcomes visitors with temporary exhibitions. Among its attractions you can find the monks’ houses carved into the side of the old fortress, the cells, the chapel and refectory carved into the rock by Greek Orthodox hermits between the 11th and 14th centuries. The most beautiful 20th century stations of the cross were built by public donations within a few years starting in 1926. The Romanesque crypt with three domes commissioned by King András I in 1055 (at the same time as the founding of the monastery) is the only preserved royal burial chamber in Hungary. The king who died in 1060 is buried here. A copy of the foundation deed of the abbey, which is also the oldest document in Hungarian, can also be found here. Several legends are linked to Tihany. The oldest Balaton Guide from 1848 claimed the tourists to Balatonfüred took an excursion to Tihany to listen to the echo as the wall of the church on the Echo Hill would clearly repeat a quickly uttered 15-syllable sentence. The Tihany Echo remarked by various poets has gradually become weaker since the 1860s although on clear evenings with no wind it would still repeat our words. TIHANY Museums, exhibitions Doll Museum Visszhang u. 4. • Tel.: +36-87/448-431 Open: 12 April – 31 May: 10 – 17 1 June – 31 August: 10 – 19 1 Sept. – 30 Sept.: 10 – 17 Entrance fees: Adult: 400 HUF Student, Pensioner: 300 HUF School groups: 200 HUF Benedictine Abbey and Museum I. András tér 1. • Tel.: +36-87/538-200 Open: 1 April – 30 April: 10 – 17 1 May – 30 Sept.: 9 – 19 1 Oct. – 31 Oct.: 10 – 17 1 Nov. – 31 March: 10 – 16 Entrance fees: Adult: 700 HUF, Child, pensioner: 300 HUF Open Air Ethnographic Museum Pisky sétány 12. • Tel.: +36-87/714-960 Open: 1 May – 30 September: 9 – 18 Entrance fees: Adult: 350 HUF, Student: 250 HUF Groups (adult) 10 people or over: 250 HUF Hungarian Kings Wax Museum and Pirate Museum Kossuth u. 35. • Tel.: +36-30/9468-220 Open: 1 March – 30 Sept. Every day 10 – 18 1 Oct. – 28 Febr.: open to group if pre-booked Entrance fees: (including the guided tour): School and pensioner groups: 400 HUF Children, student and pensioner: 800 HUF Adult/groups: 800 HUF/1.200 HUF Marcipan Museum Batthyány u. 17. Tel.: +36-30/216-8191 Open: 1 April – 31 October Every day 10 – 18 Entrance fees: Adult 280 HUF, Student: 180 HUF Hungarian History (Audiovisual attraction) Postaköz 1. Tel.: +36-30/864-8373 Open: Every day 11 – 17 Entrance fees: Adult: 500 HUF, Pensioner: 400 HUF, Student: 250 HUF
Our poet Sándor Endrődi called the landscape that our villages are part of the Balaton Riviera. We who live here believe that this is the best location for relaxation. Our overnight guests are entitled to a free BALATON RIVIERA tourist card which will give them 10-100% discounts at our beaches and certain tourism service providers. Tourists using the cards will enter a draw for valuable prizes at the end of the summer. FIRST PRIZE: A CAR! Spend your holiday here and win a car! Main events in <strong>2009</strong> Almond Festival in the five villages 17-19 April Whitsun Showjumping and Horse and Carriage Competition – Lovas, 1 June International Harley-Davidson Festival – Alsóörs, 10-14 June Bagpipe Festival – Alsóörs, 20 June Gastronomic Journey in Felsőörs – Felsőörs, 20 June Lovas Days – Lovas, 3-5 July Jubilee Endrődi-Jókai Literary Bean Soup Day – Alsóörs, 18 July Village Days – Felsőörs, 24-26 July Csopak Days and Wine Festival – Csopak, 14-23 August End of Summer Festival – Alsóörs, 19-22 August Grape and Scarecrows Day – Csopak, 12 September Show jumping – Lovas, 13 September Village days and harvest procession – Paloznak, 25-27 September Farewell-to-the-Year Week – Lovas, 23 December - 2 January Balaton Riviera Tourism Association • 8228 Lovas, Fő u. 9. (open all year) Tel.: +36-70-371-8501 • www.balatonriviera.hu • info@balatonriviera.hu <strong>Tourinform</strong> Alsóörs (15.06-31.08.) 8226 Alsóörs, Sirály Park 1. Tel.: +36-87-575-000 • alsoors@tourinform.hu Tourist Information Centre (15.06-31.08.) 8229 Csopak, Kossuth u. 1. Train station • Tel.: +36-88/788-486 • csopakinfo@csopak.hu Our offices provide the following services: accommodation, restaurants, wine bars, attractions, other services, programmes and information.
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