Lake Balaton - South: Holiday apartments and holiday homes

In Somogy County (Somogy megye), the official museum network comprises museums, exhibitions, galleries, collections and traditional open-air village houses; these cover the region's geography, history and ethnographic heritage. For travellers who would also like to experience Lake Balaton - South from this cultural perspective, this provides a concrete point of reference.

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Culture and history

The open-air ethnographic collection in Szenna is located in the centre of an inhabited village and includes a church in its original location with a painted coffered ceiling, as well as reconstructed houses from Inner Somogy.

Landscape

Named mapped terrain features include Mészáros Domb, approximately 5.7 km south; Fehértói Domb, approximately 6.3 km northwest; Csoknya, approximately 6.4 km east; and Szőlő, approximately 9.5 km southwest of the centre of Somogy County. For travellers who would also like to explore Lake Balaton - South through named landforms, this specific classification provides a useful point of reference.

Traditions and nature

Vörs has an annual nativity tradition; the nativity display presented indoors is described as covering 50 square metres.

In southern Somogy lies the Babócsa Basakert daffodil field, which blooms around the end of April.

Regional location

Somogy County is located in southwestern Hungary, with Lake Balaton to the north and the Drava along its southern border.

Andocs is presented as a pilgrimage site with a statue of the Virgin Mary and a collection of more than 250 garments; the collection is displayed in the monastery building.

Somogy County is characterised as an area with small villages, diverse forests and hilly landscapes.

As a rural area, Somogy is described as having small villages, varied forests and hilly terrain.

Regional cultural heritage sites include the ruins of Somogyvár Abbey, the medieval church ruins of Somogyvámos, the Catholic Church of Kőröshegy and the Museum of the Virgin Mary in Andocs.

Other regions at a glance: Békés, Heves, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Somogy, Baranya, Fejér, Hajdú-Bihar, Bács-Kiskun.

To the higher-level travel overview: Hungary.