Recent reviews Tihany
[fizzytom, 27/11/2011] The Tihany peninsula is full of interesting natural sites associated with the thermal activity that also created Lake Balaton, the body of water that the peninsular juts into. Nearly three million years ago the force of the thermal jets created a field of lava cones of which at least fifty are recorded. The ‘Golden House’ is one of them, so called because of the yellow lichen that grows on them and it's the largest of the cones in this geyser field.
The tourist information office has a free map which shows a street plan of the village on one side, and a useful map of the natural sights conn
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[fizzytom, 27/11/2011] Only a handful of the pubs and restaurants in the towns and villages on Hungary’s Lake Balaton open year round. We visited for the second time in May 2011 and found that the resorts were only now slowly gearing up for the oncoming season; facades were being painted, outdoor tables scrubbed and polished and shop shutters being thrown open.
Tihany’s 'Steg' Pizzeria is one place that is open almost all year round (March to December); it may be pizzeria by name but it’s actually one of those places that tick all the boxes: coffee shop, pub, pizzeria, steakhouse and snack bar, so it’s hardly su
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