Health tours to Hungary gained fame thanks to the main natural wealth of the country - thermal springs, on the basis of which sanatoriums, balneological hotels, spa centers, baths and hydropathic establishments have been opened. In addition, such tours will be associated with an economical budget for Europe.
Features of health recreation in Hungary
Hungarian thermal spas await guests all year round, but the most optimal time for recovery is spring and autumn. Carbonic waters are used in the treatment of rheumatic and heart diseases, chlorine waters are used for urology and infertility, alkaline waters are used for intestinal and stomach diseases, radioactive waters are used for depression and mental disorders, sulfuric waters are used to prevent problems with the hormonal system and joints, and iodine waters are used to stabilize blood pressure.
Popular health resorts in Hungary
- Heviz: the healing effect is achieved thanks to the unique microclimate (the presence of vegetation around the lake + dense steam above it), water (temperature + 28-34˚C; it contains radon, sulfur, carbon dioxide; it is renewed every 28 hours), mud, settling on the lake bottom (contains a large amount of iodine and estrogen). In addition, a pump room has been built at the resort, which allows vacationers to drink healing water inside. It is worth noting that in the cold months, vacationers are offered to swim in a closed bath (the water temperature is maintained at + 30˚C). If you wish, you can stay in “Danubius Health Spa Resort Heviz” - apart from cosmetic, wellness and bath services, you will be able to take advantage of treatment programs (emphasis is placed on rheumatological diseases).
- Budapest: famous for its thermal springs, enriched with minerals and salts necessary for humans, and baths, among which the Gellert Baths deserve attention (equipped with more than 10 swimming pools and a variety of steam rooms; visitors are offered to take advantage of therapeutic procedures in the form of underwater massage, carbon dioxide and pearl baths, mud poultry), St. Lukács (for medicinal purposes, hot and warm waters are used, giving excellent results for those suffering from chronic diseases of the musculoskeletal system; at the guests' disposal - 8 swimming pools, a beach terrace, physiotherapy procedures, a wet and hot steam room) and Széchenyi (guests are pleased salt and carbon dioxide baths, therapeutic exercises, mud poultices, wellness procedures). And those who wish can stay at the Helia hotel - it has a health and wellness complex (there is a thermal bath, a jacuzzi, a fitness area, a beauty and massage parlor; they carry out diagnostics, take tests and provide medical services).
- Sarvar: the resort is famous for 2 thermal springs (the temperature of one of them is more than +80, and the other is more than + 40˚ C), salt (used for salt baths, which are relevant for those suffering from skin and gynecological diseases), a medicinal bath (there are medicinal pools, a complex of saunas, a treatment center and a salt room).