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Balaton Pantheon
The Balaton Pantheon has memorial plaques from those who took the cure at the hospital. The Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore was one of them. A bust of this Nobel Prize-winning man of letters stands on Tagore sétány before a lime tree that he planted in 1926 to mark his recovery from illness after treatment here.
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Horváth House
The late baroque Horváth House, for many years a hotel, was the site of the first Anna Ball in 1825, but the former Sanatorium (1802) currently hosts the event.
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Jókai Memorial Museum
The Jókai Memorial Museum is housed in the summer villa of the prolific writer Mór Jókai, just north of Vitorlás tér. In his study here, Jókai churned out many of his 200 novels under the stern gaze of his wife, the actress Róza Laborfalvi.
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Kossuth Pump House (1853)
Along Blaha Lujza utca is Gyógy tér, the heart of the spa. In the centre of this leafy square, Kossuth Pump House dispenses slightly sulphuric, but drinkable, thermal water. This is as close as you'll get to the hot spring. Although Balatonfüred is a major spa, the mineral baths are reserved for patients of the State Hospital of Cardiology.
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Lóczy Cave
Consider walking or cycling to Lóczy Cave, north of the old town centre. It is the largest cave in the Lake Balaton region and accessible from Szent István tér. Just walk east a couple of minutes on Arácsi utca past the excellent market (which sells everything from food to shoes) and then north on Öreghegyi utca.
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Memorial
Close to the lake there's a bizarre Memorial of a hand stretching out of the water in memory of those who drowned in the lake when the Pajtás boat sank in 1954.
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Public Beaches
Balatonfüred has three Public Beaches, of which Kisfaludy Strand along Aranyhíd sétány to the east of Tagore sétány is the best.
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Round Church
The tiny neoclassical Round Church was completed in 1846. The Crucifixion (1891) by János Vaszary sits above the altar on the western wall and is the only notable thing inside.
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Villa
If you walk down Blaha Lujza utca you'll pass the Villa, which is now a hotel, at No 4 where the 19th-century actress-singer Lujza Blaha spent her summers from 1893 to 1916.
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