The village
Csajág: close to Lake Balaton, without lakefront prices
A village in Veszprém County at the east end of Lake Balaton, 3 km from the water as the crow flies and 6 km by road. It’s a year-round community with a school, a daycare, and a train station, ten minutes from the beach and an hour from Budapest.
Location
At the east end of Lake Balaton, between the M7 and Route 71
Csajág is a few kilometers from the easternmost point of the lake, right off the Route 710 expressway. Three cities are within half an hour, and Budapest is within an hour.
Getting here
Ten minutes to the beach, an hour to Budapest
Villa Park is one kilometer from the Route 710 expressway. From the M7, a direct exit 2 km past the Balatonakarattya traffic circle takes you into the village, with one intersection and no traffic lights.
By train, Csajág station on the Székesfehérvár-Tapolca line connects you to Budapest and the north shore of the lake. You can buy tickets in the app or on board.
| To | Distance | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Route 710direct exit into the village, no traffic lights | 1 km | direct exit into the village, no traffic lights |
| Balatonakarattya, Bercsényi beachfour Akarattya beaches within ten minutes | 6 km | four Akarattya beaches within ten minutes |
| M7 highway, Balatonakarattya interchangethe village is two kilometers past the traffic circle | 7 km | the village is two kilometers past the traffic circle |
| Balatonkeneseas the crow flies; marina, beaches, train station | 5 km | as the crow flies; marina, beaches, train station |
| Balatonvilágos, south-shore beach | 9 km | |
| Veszprém, Siófok, Székesfehérvárall three within half an hour | 30 km | all three within half an hour |
| Budapestone hour via the M7 | 96 km | one hour via the M7 |
| Hévízwithin an hour | 90 km | within an hour |
| Budapest AirportHévíz-Balaton Airport 114 km | 122 km | Hévíz-Balaton Airport 114 km |
| Vienna, city centerabout 3¼ hours by car, via Győr | 215 km | about 3¼ hours by car, via Győr |
| Vienna Airportabout 3 to 3½ hours by car | 200 km | about 3 to 3½ hours by car |
| Munich, city centerabout 7½ hours by car, via Vienna and Linz | 630-660 km | about 7½ hours by car, via Vienna and Linz |
In the village
Everything you need, from daycare to the train station
Csajág is in the Balatonalmádi district, with its own local government and full utilities: public water, sewer, and fiber internet. It isn’t a vacation village. The school and preschool are full year-round, and the May Day fair, village festival, and harvest festival come back every year.
In recent years, grants have paid to renovate the preschool, the school, and the community center, build a gym and a running track, and launch a village shuttle and a composting program.
- Reformed Church elementary school
- with a gym and a running track
- Csicsergő preschool and daycare
- with its own kitchen, which also serves the school
- Doctor’s office, public health nurse
- Post office, two grocery stores
- Community center, library, playground
- renovated with grant funding
- Village museum
- with mammoth bones and archaeological finds from the area
- Train station
- on the rail line between Székesfehérvár and Tapolca
- Civil guard
- local volunteers patrol the village
Lake Balaton
The eastern basin: shallow water, wide beaches, and quiet
The east end is the calmest part of Lake Balaton. Everything you’d come to the lake for is within fifteen minutes, and the lakefront crowds stay 6 km away.
Four beaches in Akarattya
Bercsényi is the biggest, with two and a half hectares of tree-lined shore, a three hundred meter promenade, volleyball, and kayaks. Bezerédj is the quietest, Lidó runs a long way down the shore, and the free Gumirádli beach is right next to it. The shallow water on the east shore is great for small kids.
The bluff
The bluff at Akarattya rises 50-60 meters above the lake, and on a clear day you can see all the way to Tihany. There’s a wooden observation deck, the renovated Kisfaludy promenade, and below it Rákóczi tér, with the successor of the famous plane tree.
By bike
The 203 km Balaton bike loop runs through Akarattya, and since 2022 the Budapest-Balaton bike path connects here too, via Balatonfőkajár. The 78 km short loop around the eastern basin is doable in a day.
Boats, marinas, fishing
There are sailing marinas in Kenese and Akarattya, and ferries from Füred and Siófok also serve the eastern basin. Fishing licenses are available as general or shore-zone licenses.
Balaton Park Circuit
A 4.1 km racetrack with 17 turns that opened in May 2023 in neighboring Balatonfőkajár. It has hosted the MotoGP Hungarian Grand Prix and the Superbike World Championship since 2025; the 2026 race is June 5-7.
Airfield, alpine coaster, adventure park
Helicopter sightseeing flights over the lake leave from the Főkajár airfield. Balatonfűzfő has a 1.5 km alpine coaster, an adventure park, archery, and an observation tower.
Pricing
A new home on your own lot, ten minutes from the beach
Prices in the lakefront towns have been climbing for years, and there’s less and less for sale on the water. In Csajág, you get a new energy-efficient home on a lot of 803 to 1056 square meters, ten minutes from the beach, for less than lakefront prices.
We’ll give you an exact price for your lot, home, and construction method in a written cost estimate.
Day trips
Half of western Hungary within an hour
| To | Drive | What to see |
|---|---|---|
| Veszprémcastle district, the "city of queens," University of Pannonia, zoo with a dinosaur park and a savanna playground | 30 min | castle district, the "city of queens," University of Pannonia, zoo with a dinosaur park and a savanna playground |
| BalatonfüredTagore promenade, Anna Ball, Lóczy cave, Koloska valley | 35 min | Tagore promenade, Anna Ball, Lóczy cave, Koloska valley |
| TihanyBenedictine abbey, lavender fields, inner lake, the most beautiful peninsula on the lake | 40 min | Benedictine abbey, lavender fields, inner lake, the most beautiful peninsula on the lake |
| Balaton Uplandsvolcanic buttes: Badacsony, Szent György-hegy, Csobánc; the Káli basin, Hegyestű | 1 hour | volcanic buttes: Badacsony, Szent György-hegy, Csobánc; the Káli basin, Hegyestű |
| Thermal spasHévíz, Agárd, Siófok, Igal; the Lake Cave in Tapolca | under 1 hour | Hévíz, Agárd, Siófok, Igal; the Lake Cave in Tapolca |
History
Settled for 800 years
The village sits on a hill that’s been inhabited since prehistoric times, where the Balaton region meets the Mezőföld plain. The name comes from the medieval Chajagh. Local legend says Röcsöge, the old nickname of the train stop, comes from a Turkish captain buried here.
- 1259
First written record, as Chajagh. Prehistoric, Roman, and early medieval (Árpád-era) artifacts have been found nearby, and Roman altar stones were unearthed when the railroad was built.
- 1561
Csajág, also known as Szentmártonfölde, is owned by the Abbey of Pannonhalma.
- 1771
The Reformed school opens; teaching in the village dates back to 1702.
- 1809
Today’s Reformed church is built on the remains of an Árpád-era church on Kossuth Lajos utca.
- 1829
The population reaches almost two thousand, the village’s all-time high.
- 1909
The Székesfehérvár-Tapolca railroad opens, and Csajág becomes a junction with the line to Veszprém. The four-track station was built in 1966.
- 1930s
The current spelling, Csajág, becomes official.
- 2020
The Levendula model home is completed on Petőfi Sándor utca, the first house in the village’s first-ever joint housing program.
Visit
Come see the village
When you visit, we’ll show you the lots and the model home, and the village and the beach too if you’d like.