Balaton’s best beaches of 2020 revealed!
Lake Balaton’s best beaches have been revealed for 2020, as part of the annual Kék Hullám Zászló competition. Each year, the beaches are put into different categories based on several aspects.
This year, due to COVID-19, the top beaches of Balaton were announced a bit later than usual, but the list is finally here. There were a total of 35 beaches which were graded, HellóVidék reported. The goal of the Kék Hullám Zászló (Blue Wave Flag in English) competition is to encourage beaches on Lake Balaton to be developed and modernised further.
The Blue Wave Flags were distributed in Zamárdi this year, and the judges were the Association of Balaton Tourism, Balatoni Kör, Hungarian Tourism Agency, Women for Balaton Association, Balaton Highlands National Park, and employees of the Department of Public Health of the County Government Offices.
Some of the aspects of the competition included:
- being family friendly,
- the condition of the public bathrooms,
- and an environmentally friendly operation of the beaches.
“There has never been a need for this competition like right now. We all believed and believe that there will be a Balaton summer. It feels really good that a lot of beaches applied. There have been countless beach developments in the past year, and there are countless on-going ones,” Gábor Lombár, the President of the Association of Balaton, said.
If you happen to visit any of these beaches, make sure to try some of the amazing food offered at Lake Balaton.
Five-star beaches
- Balatonföldvár East Beach
- Zamárdi Main Beach
- Balatonalmádi, Wesselényi Beach
- Balatonberény, Municipal Beach
- Alsóörs, Municipal Beach
- Balatonfüred, Esterházy Beach
- Balatonfüred, Kisfaludy Beach
- Szigliget Municipal Beach
- Csopak Municipal Beach
- Balatonederics Zöld Hullám Beach
- Vonyarcvashegy Lido Beach
- Keszthely City Beach
- Gyenesdiás Diási Játék Beach
- Gyenesi Lido Beach
- Balatongyörök Municipal Beach
- Balatonszárszó Mikszáth Street Central Beach
- Badacsonytomaj City Beach
Four-star beaches
- Keszthely, Libás Beach
- Balatonudvar, Fövenyes Beach
- Balatonudvar, Municipal Beach
- Balatonmáriafürdő Central Payer Beach
- Zánka Municipal Beach
- Siófok Main Beach
- Révfülöp Császta Beach
- Révfülöp Sziget Beach
- Ábrahámhegy Municipal Beach
- Fonyód, Sándortelep Panorama Beach
- Fonyód, Bélatelep Beach
- Balatonföldvár, West Beach
- Balatonlelle Napfény Beach
- Badacsonytomaj, Badacsony Beach
Three-star beach
- Keszthely, Helikon Beach
- Balatonfüredi Széchenyi Beach
- Fonyód City Beach
Two-star beach
- Berény Naturista Camping’s beach
Special Award by the Association of Balaton Tourism
- Balatonederics Zöld Hullám Beach
Special Awards by Somogy County, Veszprém County, and Zala County
- Fonyód, Bélatepel Beach
- Csopak Municipal Beach
- Keszthely, Libás Beach
Special Award for being best prepared for pandemic control and protection
- Gyenesdiás, Diási Játék Beach
Source: hellovidek.hu