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Lake Balaton’s free-entry beaches are giving way to five-star hotels and residential blocks.
Photo: ATTILA KISBENEDEK / AFP
Source: AFP
Ringed by once-free beaches and green parks, Hungary’s Lake Balaton has delighted generations of holidaymakers — but now, locals warn, private developers are fencing off the sandy bays for rich visitors, with the nationalist government’s blessing.
Luxury hotels, apartment blocks and closed-off marinas have begun in recent years to replace the…
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