Tihany - Inner Harbour

From the village of Tihany two winding roads lead down to the "Inner Harbour", the bustling business center with moorings for passenger ships and a promenade along the bank of the lake, guest-houses and a neighboring bathing beach. The former summer residence of the Grand Duke of Habsburg, now with a modern extension wing, has been made into a first-class hotel.

Large numbers of rare plants and many beautiful conifers are grown in the hotel park.

Since time immemorial there has been a ferry plying between the southern tip of the peninsula and Szántód harbor on the south bank of the lake. In recent years hotels, a holiday club, a sailing marina, restaurants, a swimming pool, a riding school, a mini-golf course and other leisure facilities have sprung up in the beautiful surrounding countryside.