The third European-standard cycling center opens at Lake Balaton

After the centers in Füred and Földvár that opened last fall, this is how the BalatonBike 365 project is completed, within the framework of which a total of HUF 1.2 billion was spent on the development of cycling infrastructure in the Balaton area.

László Tar, head of the West-Balaton Tourist Office, said at the press tour on Friday that Keszthely is an ideal location for the center because two important international cycling routes pass through the city in the north-south and east-west directions, one for Austria and the other for Slovenia. towards. He added: based on the measurements, the number of cyclists in the city has doubled in recent years, and due to the increase in the price of gasoline, more and more people are choosing green tourism, that is, they arrive by train and rent bicycles locally.