- Lake Balaton is Europe's largest freshwater lake at 50 miles long and 10 miles across.
- The water is of excellent quality and reaches a balmy 28° in mid summer
- making the waters a mecca for swimmers and watersport enthusiasts alike.
The water deepens very gradually from the shore making it ideal for small children.
- There is a car ferry which runs regular trips across the lake making it easy to get to the other shore
- and passenger ferries connect all major lakeside towns.
- You can rent the equipment for boating, wind-surfing, kite-surfing, yachting and water-
skiing locally.
- Outside peak season, when the water is a little cooler,
over 40 species of fish, some over 1½m long give anglers superb sport .
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