The rampart view
Balaton from end to end.
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Badacsony for wine and the longer walk; Szigliget for a castle, a quicker view and a quieter village. Twenty minutes apart, and a day fits both.
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The castle that never fell: Szigliget stands on a 240-metre volcanic peak above a village of white houses under reed roofs, built after the Mongol invasion of 1242 and never taken by the Ottomans in a hundred and fifty years of siege — the Austrians blew it up in 1702 for fear of Hungarian rebels, and restoration has raised its towers and walls again in the past decade. The climb is twenty minutes on a paved path from the village car park, the reward the view: Balaton from east to west, the witness hills in a row, vineyards below you. At the top an exhibition on the castle's history, and in summer knight shows and archery for children. The village itself is among the lake's prettiest: an old church, a small harbour, a quiet beach, and restaurants cheaper than in Badacsony twenty minutes away.
Balaton from end to end.
In the courtyard in summer, for children.
Kisfaludy Sándor utca, Szigliget