Located 12 km's from the Balaton in the basin named after the town itself. A settlement was already formed here as far back as the Neolithic period. The Slavic originated word Toplucha, means thermal spring in Hungarian. The dynamically developing town with a population of 20,000 was already a centerof this region in the 18th century. People used all the traditional means of production here. The provincial wines produced in the region and favored by many all raround Europe have been the main source of income for the localpopulation for hundreds of years. The cityscape shows obvious signs of the active trading, which took place here during the previous century. As a result of certain major developments around the turn of the century the town became the center of traffic in this region. As the bauxite mines gained more importance during the 60's, the area, wich was a village until then was declared a town once more. Since then the name of the town became more familiar to travelers through the sights located around and in the town. Besides the sights there are many different programs for tourist from springtime to autumn.