Tihany

We left the resort after breakfast at a rather late hour as the distance to Tihany Heviz was barely 70 Kms. The day dawned with clear symptoms of rain, but even so we decided to undertake this short trip. Seizing the time to visit places like this is invaluable.

Tihany is a small riverside town near Lake Balaton, whose main site to visit is a Benedictine abbey founded in 1005 by King Andrew I and which was rebuilt in 1754 in a baroque style.

In this place Emperor Charles I of Austria was held, after being arrested for the second attempt to take the throne of Hungary. It also has a reputation for eco phenomena dating from the XVIII century, though I had not heard about it.