Fonyód

Fonyód, the town of 5211 people is located in North West Somogy, on the Southern Shore of Lake Balaton. The settlement can be reached on road, rail and water, too. In the shore-lane there was built a bicycle path. From the middle of the last century steamers regularly put in. Beside the scheduled ship services the most frequent line goes to Badacsony, the famous vine-growing area carrying 6500 passengers every day in the summertime. Due to train service there exists a direct connection between Fonyód and Kaposvár, the county town. At the same time Fonyód is able to join in the international rail network of Europe.
Road 7, which runs through on the shore of Balaton, was finished by 1928. Local bus-services became scheduled from the middle of the sixties.

Inside the limits of Fonyód a 10 km long green area can be found, which is suitable for bathing and spare time activities. From 168 hectares of green, parks and open-air pool take 43 hectares, while camps, campings, holiday homes and public domain take 50 hectares.

Winter is cold and wet, so ice near the shore is suitable for winter sports. But sunny and hot summers have the real attraction. The concomitant of summer weather is the slightly frequent, fast passing storm of Balaton.