Siofok is a well-known tourist destination in Central Europe. A lot of you might have heard of the biggest sweet water lake called Lake Balaton. It is an ideal spot for those who have children as the water is shallow and warm and there are no high speed boats along the lake.
Hungarians differentiate two parts of it: the north shore and the south shore. The latter is the shallow one. On its ahore you can find the above mentioned Siofok which is often refered to as the summer capital of Hungary as its population is 3-4 times bigger at this time of the year.
The city itself is considered a middle-sized provintial town just 100 km away from the capital of Hungary, Budapest. It is within easy reach as a highway connects them. Being middle-sized there are about 25000 inhabitants on an area of 15 km in length which is a pretty nice size for 25000 people.
As it is big in size it contains a couple parts, let's say a downtown area and the outskirt such as Kiliti, Töreki, Szabadifürdő, Sóstó, Széplak-Alsó and Felső.
Some of them are along the coast and some of them lie a couple kilometers away the lake shore making them silent during the noisy summer season.
The spring, summer and autumn are the seaons to go the town a go. Festivals such as the spring festival, Sio channel festival make spring interesting, but colourful events make summer exciting to those interested in culture: Stephanie festival, the Feast of Bread and Wine in August, not to mention the countrywide popular Eggfestivel in October which is the most popular event of all with Guinness recording breaking each year.
Besides events a lot of people come for doing absolutely nothing except for relaxing, eating and simpy having fun.
You can enjoy a cheap holiday in private apartments in Siofok and self-catering holiday homes or spend some unforgettable luxury vacation in one of the many four-star hotels of the town.
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