Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Location
130km southwest of Budapest
87-580 480;
http://balatonfured.info.hu/oldal/tourinform
;
Blaha Lujza utca 5;
9am-7pm Mon-Sat, 10am-4pm Sun mid-Jun-Aug, 9am-5pm Mon-Fri, to 3pm
Sat Sep-mid-Jun)
SIGHTS
SQUARE
GYÓGY TÉR
This leafy square is home to the
State Hospital of Cardiology
(Országos Szívkórház;
counter the
Kossuth Pump House
(1853), a natural spring that dispenses slightly sulphuric,
but drinkable, thermal water. If you can ignore the water's pale-yellow hue, join the locals
lining up to fill their water bottles. On the northern side of the square is the
Balaton Pan-
theon
, with memorial plaques from those who took the cure here.
MUSEUM
JÓKAI MEMORIAL MUSEUM
87-343 426;
www.furedkult.hu
;
Honvéd utca 1; adult/conces-
sion 900/450Ft; 10am-5pm Tue-Sun)
The Jókai Memorial Museum is housed in the summer villa of the prolific writer Mór Jókai,
just north of Vitorlás tér. In his study here, Jókai churned out many of his 200 novels under
the stern gaze of his wife, actress Róza Laborfalvi. The museum is filled with family mem-
orabilia and period furniture.
CHURCH
ROUND CHURCH
Inspired by the Pantheon in Rome, the tiny neoclassical Round Church was completed in
1846. The
Crucifixion
(1891) by János Vaszary sits above the altar on the western wall.
GALLERY
VASZARY VILLA
87-950 876;
www.vaszaryvilla.hu
; Honvéd utca 2-4; adult/child 1700/850Ft;
10am-5pm Wed-Sun)
This beautifully restored villa (1892), once the residence of the Vaszarys, exhibits some
works of the best-known family member, the painter János Vaszary, as well as a wonderful
collection of arts and crafts from the 18th century.
