Fonyód

By boat

• Port of Fonyód

  phone: +36 85 360012
  address: Fürdő utca 1
  Shipping timetable (high season). Ships to Badacsony (up to four per day).

By bus

• Bus Station Fonyód

  address: Ady Endre utca

By train

• Fonyód Train Station

  phone: +36 40 494949
  address: Állomás tér
  From Budapest (Déli, Keleti also Kelenfold, Ft 2420 plus seat reservations, and/or supplementary ticket, two and a half hours, all trains stop at Székesfehérvár, Siófok and Balatonszemes). Trains going also to southward to Kaposvár, to west to Nagykanizsa. It has a daily train connection to Zagreb (Ft 5610) - The railway station building was erected in 1928. One of the most beautiful and preserved in its original form Balaton lakeside railway station.

By car

Fonyod is less than two hours drive from Budapest via Székesfehérvár and Siófok on the M7. To the North(esat) Coast you can take a ferry at Szántod.

The city is very compact all part is within walking distance

• Tourinform - Fonyód

  phone: +36 85 560313
  address: Vigadó tér 1
  Information about: accommodation, restaurants, transport, programs, attractions, services.

Fonyod Hill gives a great view of the Balaton and the hills of the northern shore with their volcanic tops.

Churches

• Chapel with bell tower

  address: Szent István utca/tér
  Its form reminiscent of the Hungarian crown. A small, 'summer' chapel

• Protestant Church

  address: József u. 21
  Similar to the wooden churches in Transylvania. Built in 1936.

• Roman Catholic Church

  address: Templom utca
  The church is on the high mountain near to Lakeshore. Delightful views over the lake and the north shore mountains. The church was built in 1902 to replace the old chapel. This is a neo-Romanesque church. It was built with carved stones. When the dome collapsed, it was rebuilt, but instead of carved stone used bricks. Instead tower a so called Hussar turret raised above the dome. The bell placed in a timber belfry in front of the church

• Reformed Church

  address: József u. 21
  Protestants and Reformed using same building.

Museums

• Crypt-villa

  address: József u. 16
  According to the legend of unfulfilled love made the man, who lost his sweetheart, later carved our own shape and form of the deceased love in stone carving wedding bed.

• Fonyód's Museum

  phone: +36 85 560392, +36 20 4654786 (Mobil)
  address: Bélatelep,Bartók Béla út 3
  In a 100-year-old villa, former cinema building. Collections: local history and ethnographic, about Balaton animal and plant life, nature protection.

• Villa Gallery

  address: Fürdő u. 7
  In a listed building.

• Mini Gallery

  phone: +36 85 560 058
  address: Balaton utca 3
  Temporarly art exhibits.

Others

• Double nudes sculpture

  address: Fürdő utca
  A symbol of the town. Made by István Kiss sculptor.

• Pilot Lányi Antal sculpture

  address: On the waterfront
  He was the first who flew across the Balaton.

• Ruins of the Fácános fort

  address: Fácános park, Szent István u. 121.
  Here are a part of the former castle Fácános, the so-called 'Pile-dwelling ' rampart and moat

• Press house restaurant

  address: Lenke utca 21
  Agricultural monument One of the local vernacular architecture remained intact memories (around 200-year-old historic building).

• Wooden headboards

  address: József A. u.
  A World War II memorial. Made by Tóth József.

• Villas

  address: Bélatelep, Bartók Béla 22-80
  Significance monuments area in the center of the Historic settlement. 29 villas, with outbuildings in filled with plants gardens . These are protected monuments, built in the 1890s. Here was the holiday destination to the members of genteel middle class.

• Várhegyi Lookout (formerly Berzsenyi Lookout)On the 233-meter high Castle hill (Várhegy). Beautiful view.

• Boros Palace

  phone: +36 85 360 458
  address: Csisztai út
  Now a guesthouse.

• Sipos Mountain LookoutStunning picture emerges from Keszthely to Balatonkenese. From this site alone (on the shore of Lake Balaton), you can see the whole Balaton.

• Valkó Lookout

  address: József utca

• Eötvös Károly Public Library

  phone: +36 85 560033
  address: Szent István u. 29.
  One of the largest public library (of Lake Balaton Area) with more than 50 thousand volumes of books. Wi-Fi access is available.

• Boat Station Building

  address: Fürdő u.
  An ornate monument building was built in 1913. based on Kaal Nagy Dezso (engineer, port inspector) plans.

• PierLake Balaton's longest pier, 464 m. Built in 1898 by designer Scholcz Gyula. Gulács Hill directed perpendicular to the center line. In 1906 it was rebuilt extended with a breakwater.

• Music pagoda

  address: Fűrdő u.
  Chimes will entertain you there.

• Zsolnay Fountain

  address: Dísz tér

• Town Hall

  phone: +36 85 562-980
  address: Fő utca 19
  erected in 1939

• Ripka Ferenc Fountain

  address: Márffy tér, ( Várhegy, Bartók Béla u.)
  Ripka Ferenc was a Lord Mayor and spend his vacation here in Bélatelep, forty years long.

• Gatyás folk restaurant

  address: Fő u. 105.
  Still working. A beautiful thatched building.

• Somogyvár Abbey

Walking

• Sister City ParkHere are Fonyód sister cities (Leipheim, Wine Court, Novi Vinodolski Érsekújvár) coats of arms and flags as well as the spacing and direction of their index table.

• Panorama walkway

• Kossuth ForestHere stand the monuments to World War I and World War II. Fallen Fonyód's soldiers (made by György Benedek sculptor).

• Woodland gymnastics pathBased on tables can move arms and legs.

Beaches

• Municipal beach

  address: Vitorlás utca
  Free beach, 3,500 m² green surface, playground, buffets and rental suppliers.

• Bélatelep beach

  address: Vitorlás utca
  Fonyód most exclusive resort. 9,170 m² of green space, boat dock, dressing cabins, bars, rental, lockers, foot tennis and basketball courts, and playground.

• Árpád beach

  address: Árpád part utca
  8,960 m² of green space, playgrounds, snack bars, rentals, lockers, giant water slide and a badminton court.

• Fürdő utca beach

  address: Fürdő utca
  2,650 m² green area, children's playground, football and basketball courts. Familiar character.

• Huszka Jenő utca beach

  address: Huszka Jenő utca
  1,400 m² green space, a playground and a snack bar. Familiar character

• Báthori utca beach

  address: Báthori utca
  6,400 m2 green surface, a playground and a snack bar. Familiar character

• Sándortelep beach

  address: Vigadó tér
  8,900 m² of green space, free beach, snack bar, deposit box, rental suppliers, giant slide, children's playground, beach volleyball, badminton, basketball and beach soccer courts. The water depth is suitable for small children to bathe. Unobstructed beach.

• Tópart utca beach

  address: Tópart utca
  2 670 m² green area, maximum capacity 220 people, one beach bar operating

Events

• Fonyódi Tavaszi Fesztivál
• Fonyódi Nyári Fesztivál
• Aug 20 - Szent István-napi rendezvények (St. Stephen's Day events)
• Kolbászfesztivál (Sausage Festival)
• Fonyódi Helikon költőtalálkozó (Fonyódi Helicon poet meeting)
• Triatlon Balaton nagydíj (Lake Balaton Triathlon Grand Prix)
• Országos strandfoci bajnokság (National beach soccer championship)
• Országos frizbi bajnokság (Frisbee national championship)

Banks

• K & H Bank

  phone: +36 85 562960
  address: Ady Endre utca 7
  A branch and an ATM (max. Ft 100,000 per transaction

• OTP Bank

  phone: +36 1 366 6388
  address: Ady Endre utca 25

Shops

• Covered market

  address: Gáz u.
  Good buys are artisan made hams and salami, kolbasz sausages and preserves and pickles. There's also a much wider range of fruit and vegetables than in local stores. In the open air area stalls clothes antiques and hardware abound. Much of the clothing on offer is very poor quality and not as cheap as it should be. Haggling is ok, though many of the stalls are manned by students and not the stall owner, so they won't do deals.

• Line of storeThe South shore most impressive line of shops

• SPAR

  phone: +36 20 8237706
  address: Ady Endre utca 9
  Parking: 54 cars

• Balatonáruház

  phone: +36 36 562 075
  address: Fonyód, Ady Endre utca 5
  Technical articles, industrial goods

Lots of cheap and simple food in the new area between the beach and the station.

• Scone and pancake

  address: Vigadó tér
  Fast food

Restaurant

• Aranyhíd Restaurant

  phone: +36 85 361943
  address: Szent István u. 42
  Familiar environment, home-style cuisine, reasonable prices

• Présház Restaurant

  phone: +36 30 3853169
  address: Lenke utca 21.
  Local specialties.

• Makkos Tavern

  phone: +36 20 3264965
  address: Hunyadi János u. 7.
  Lunch: 12 kinds of tourist menu up to Ft 690-1200. Dinner: oven baked specialties, steaks, fish dishes, show kitchen. Cozy, shady garden.

• Torony Restaurant

  phone: +36 85 363315, +36 20 2210818 (Mobil)
  address: Fonyód, Vitorlás u. 25.
  100 different food specialty, a wide variety of Hungarian dishes, specialties of Lake Balaton and finest beverages. Streaming wines, bottled wine, draft beer, bottled beer, soft drinks, coffee and ice cream.

Cafes

• Cafe Balaton

  address: Hunyadi János u.32?

• Barbakán Cafe

  phone: +36 20 3894014
  address: Ady E.u. 7.
  Sweet and salty snacks, good coffee, wide assortment of sandwiches, hot and cold drinks. A/c room. WiFi.

• Fácános Brewery

  phone: +36 30 2925525
  address: Kupavezér u. 3.
  Garden room. Hungarian plates. Draft beers.

• Nosztalgia Ice cream

  address: Fonyód-Bélatelep, József A u. 37
  Milky and real fruit ice creams, charming garden

• Balatontourist Napsugár Camping

  phone: +36 85 361211
  address: Wekerle utca 5

• Juhász Inn and restaurant

  phone: +36 30 6915116
  address: Turul u. 44.
  10 rooms.Pool, Jacuzzi, sauna, solarium. Bike rental.

• Hotel Balaton

  phone: +36 20 9674511
  address: Szent István utca 1
  3-star. Sixteen rooms

• Torony Holiday Park

  phone: +36 20 2628515
  address: Fonyódliget district, Thököly u. 75.
  Thirty rooms. 2-3-4 beds (different standards of comfort) rooms / TV, refrigerator, umbrella, table, chairs / available. Sports fields and volleyball courts, concrete table tennis tables, playground

• Zöldfa Guest House

  phone: +36 70 2877009
  address: Bartók B. u.
  Four rooms.

• Fonyód Post Office #1

  phone: +36 85 361406
  address: Fő utca 7.

• Budapest
• Kaposvár
• Keszthely
• Nagykanizsa
• Siófok
• Székesfehérvár
• Zagreb, Croatia