Tapolca’s renewed Market and Market Hall are rolling into 2025 with colorful programs and plenty of community buzz. Market days are every Tuesday and Friday, 6:00–12:00, while the Market Hall’s shops keep longer hours Monday to Saturday. The setting blends everyday shopping with local flavor—a social meet-up space where regulars and visitors cross paths under the hall’s bright roof and at the open-air stalls.
Opening Hours
Shops and hall: Monday–Friday 06:00–17:00; Saturday 08:00–12:00. Market days: Tuesday, Friday 06:00–12:00. Local producers’ market: every Saturday 07:00–13:00. Upcoming market dates run through winter: 2025.12.23., 2025.12.26., 2025.12.30., and 2026.01.02., all in Tapolca. More dates will be added as the season goes on. Total listed: 5.
Historic Estate Project
An 18th-century listed manor—complete with granary, farm buildings, and servants’ house—sits in a large garden with a small lake. Restoration is a joint effort by skilled tradespeople and volunteers. No specialized know-how? Pitch in and you’ll get lodging and meals in return, with time managed on an “enough to do, enough to spare” basis. Think Lake Balaton, the Bakony, and wine. Arriving idle? Beds are covered; you’ll chip in for meals. Tasks are posted as they come—the granary is finished.
Stay by the Mill Pond
At the Mill Pond (Malom-tó), a former watermill turned hotel sleeps up to 48 guests at once. They also organize and host family and corporate events, handling planning and execution so groups can settle in on the water’s edge.
Pelion: Hotel Above a Healing Cave
Hunguest Hotel Pelion stands in a four-hectare park right in the city center, directly above Tapolca’s therapeutic cave. Guests can walk to the karst cave through a covered corridor from the hotel. Below, a special microclimate has soothed respiratory illnesses, asthma, and allergies for decades. Quiet, half-light, and mineral-rich cave air combine into a calming, restorative experience.
Apartments and Guesthouse Comfort
A tastefully furnished apartment house at 15 Tavasz St. in the western district offers four apartments and five rooms in a neat, flexible setup for families and small groups. Mónika Guesthouse, in a calm neighborhood near the center, has a three-room unit with a large living room, kitchenette, and two bathrooms, plus two twin rooms and a separate apartment. It comfortably hosts 12+3 people.
Sweets, Wine, Pizza, and More
Childhood dreams come alive at Borostyán under shady trees: fluffy creams, birthday cakes, churned ice cream, and homemade strudel—all in one dessert-forward stop.
On the Badacsony wine hills, a family organic winery has been crafting artisanal wines for over 20 years with a nature-first mindset. A new wine terrace invites visitors to taste with a panoramic view. They uniquely pair viticulture with animal husbandry; guests can meet the livestock. For a full estate tour with tasting, book in advance.
La Pergola Pizzeria welcomes fans of Hungarian comfort food, international favorites, and Italian pastas. Sixty wood-fired pizzas headline the menu. The garden and private rooms host groups and events.
At Hunguest Hotel Pelion’s Orchidea Restaurant, the wooden-dome dining room seats 300 and serves weekly specials led by an experienced head chef. It’s a cozy stage for memorable meals.
Near the Tapolca Lake Cave, an impressive, guest-friendly restaurant brings together Hungarian staples and global flavors in one spot.
Stari, the Balaton Uplands’ first craft brewery, has been brewing premium small-batch beers for nearly 30 years. Expect classics—pale, dark, wheat—alongside red ales and trending IPAs. Fruit beer fans get 30% real fruit options: tart sour cherry, sweet strawberry, dusky plum, zingy blackcurrant, and orange–grapefruit aged on wheat beer. Non-drinkers aren’t left out: Stari 0.0 alcohol-free has been on tap since 2021.
Tópart Étterem (Lakeside Restaurant), right on the Tapolca lakeside, serves quality dishes and drinks in a family-friendly, scenic setting.
The organizers reserve the right to change times and programs.
