title: Leányfalu
text: # Leányfalu
  
  Leányfalu is a riverside village in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. It is just north of Szentendre located at 47°43′36″N 19°5′22″E﻿ / ﻿47.72667°N 19.08944°E﻿ / 47.72667; 19.08944. Located between the branch of the Little Danube (Kis-Duna) and the spurs of the Visegrád Mountains, Leányfalu stretches some 5 kilometres in length. It was declared a holiday resort in 1936 and became an independent municipality in 1949.
  
  To visit Leányfalu from Budapest, take the local Volán buses on the Budapest Újpest-Városkapu – Tahitótfalu – Visegrád – Esztergom line, which leaves around one to three times per hour. By automobile, take route 11 passing through Szentendre.
  
  ## Trivia
  
  * Some of the best Hungarian writers, artists, and musicians have retreated to Leányfalu.
  * The village received media attention in the Ciaran Tobin extradition case.
  