Balatonlelle is a popular tourist town located in Hungary on the southern shore of Lake Balaton, about 35 km west of Siófok. Attractions include a beach over 3 km long, an aqua-park, go-cart course, and annual wine festival. It is easily reached from Budapest by direct train (approx 2.5 hours). It is a family orientated tourist resort in the summer season. There is a paid (sandy) beach and a long public (free) grass beach. It does have a small number of bars but it can be categorised as a quiet resort, ideal for relaxation. The wine festival is often held in the first week of August.

Sights

• Woman holding a pigeon (statue, Ödön Mattky , in the park next to the main road 7)
• Former Szalay mansion (monument) ( 1838 , classicist )
• Former Jankovich Mansion (monument) ( 1713 ) (currently a school, renovated in 2003)
• Folk smithy (monument) ( around 1820 )
• Outdoor stage
• Roman Catholic Church (designed by Bertalan Árkai and Aladár Árkai)
• Kishegy, St. Donat’s Chapel (monument, baroque)
• Holiday building on the villa line, the former MABI and then SZOT resort
• Statue of St. John of Nepomuk (monument, baroque) at the junction of Kishegyi út and the road to Boglár
• Rádpuszta, the ruins of the Árpádian church
• Kapoli Museum and Gallery

History 

The area became the property of the Tihany Abbey in 1211 . Its first written mention dates from 1229 , under the name Lela . In 1550 the settlement fell into Turkish hands. In the ensuing period, the population dropped dramatically: in 1580 , only 8 families were found by Turkish tax collectors. In the 18th century it was owned by the Majtényi family and then by the Szalay family .

The acquisition of the rank of a market town was an event of special local historical significance in 1848 . Since 1864 its name has been Balatonlelle. In 1882 he deserved a higher classification; as a small village, it became a district notary. ( Boglár , Faluszemes and Őszöd belonged to it.) After many decades, the two-class school was built in 1895 , and then expanded to three classrooms during the commune . Teaching continued here until 1938, when the village built the existing multi-storey school. In 1941–42, the establishment of the eight-grade folk school began. For Lelle, the post – war years brought rapid recognition: 1921its inhabitants enjoyed a large village classification in.