# Day Trip to Keszthely from Budapest: Festetics Palace, the Balaton Pier and a Bath in Hévíz

Keszthely is two hours from Budapest on the M7. Festetics Palace in the morning, lunch on the pedestrian street, the Balaton pier and the afternoon at the thermal lake in Hévíz.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/hungary/keszthely/itineraries/festetics-palace-and-bath-in-heviz · Revisado: 2026-11-12

## El día
- 08:15 · Salida: 2 h 15 by car (by the M7, about 190 km)
- 10:30 · Festetics Palace and the Helikon Library (more than twenty rooms and the Helikon Library · from 4,600 Ft)
  - 10 min on foot
- 13:00 · Klassz Kultbisztró (on Kossuth Lajos utca · on Sunday from 10:00 to 20:00) · Klassz Kultbisztró, €€
  - 15 min on foot
- 14:30 · Lakeside Promenade and Pier at Keszthely (the shore of Balaton to the pier)
  - 12 min by car, 7 km
- 15:30 · Hévíz Thermal Lake, en Hévíz (the thermal lake, open all year) · Hévízi Szent András Reumakórház és Gyógyfürdő, From €3000 adult, in forints
- 18:00 · Vuelta (In Budapest around 20:15)

A day trip from Budapest to the western tip of Balaton: it is a long day, two hours by car on the M7, but it brings together three things that do not repeat. Festetics Palace, one of the largest in Hungary, with its library; the shore of the largest lake in central Europe; and, 6 km away, a bath in the thermal lake at Hévíz, warm all year round.

## The day, hour by hour

8:15 · Departure. By the M7 towards Balaton, about 190 km.

10:30 · Festetics Palace. More than twenty rooms of the family and the Helikon Library. In winter, Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 17:00; closed on Monday.

13:00 · Lunch at Klassz Kultbisztró. Ten minutes' walk along Kossuth Lajos utca, the pedestrian street. On Sunday it opens from 10:00 to 20:00.

14:30 · The Balaton pier. Walk down through Helikon park to the pier, over the lake.

15:30 · Bath in Hévíz thermal lake. About 12 minutes by car. The water comes up hot from the bottom and you swim all year, even with sub-zero air.

18:00 · Return. In Budapest around 20:15.

## Cómo llegar

### By car
By the M7, about 190 km. It is the way to combine Keszthely and Hévíz in a day.

### Without a car
Train from Budapest to Keszthely and a bus to Hévíz; the journey is long, so better with a night.

## Consejos

### Bring a swimsuit and flip-flops
So you don't have to go back to the car before Hévíz.

### If you can, stay a night
The Hotel Helikon, on the shore, makes the plan much more comfortable.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### How long does it take from Budapest to Keszthely?
About two hours by car on the M7.

### What is open on Sunday?
The Festetics Palace, Klassz Kultbisztró and Hévíz lake.

### Is Hévíz far from Keszthely?
6 km, about 12 minutes by car.