Thanks to thermal springs, holidays in the resorts of Hungary, from a tourist point of view, is attractive all year round. The water in thermal springs does not cool down even in the harshest winter. Although the concept of a harsh winter here is quite arbitrary - the air temperature rarely drops below -5°C in the winter months. So, thermal springs, and therefore baths, are located throughout the country, making Hungary one large balneological resort. There are about a hundred of them in Budapest alone.
Miskolc-Tapolca – the only cave bath in Hungary
The resort of Miskolc-Tapolca is famous in Hungary and beyond its borders, as the unique baths are built right under the arches of the caves. Relax and swim inside the rock - where else is such pleasure available? In the cool caves there are several rooms with thermal water from +29 ⁰С to +35 ⁰С: “Bath” with a whirlpool, “Star” with hydromassage, thermal, old cave and others. The resort also has a separate Sauna Park. In summer there are outdoor pools, including a children's pool and a swimming pool.
The thermal water of the Miskolc-Tapolca resort contains radon, has a beneficial effect on the respiratory and cardiovascular systems, joints and bones, and significantly improves skin condition. It is not too concentrated, and then you can swim here without restrictions.
Variety of healing sources
Experienced specialists available on the territory of each health resort determine the chemical and physical composition of waters from local sources, and the attending physician prescribes effective balneotherapy procedures - this can be taking a bath, special wraps, irrigation, combined procedures using sapropel mud and clay in order to to enhance the healing effects of nature's gifts. Often, together with these procedures, climatic and thermotherapy, color and psychotherapy procedures are prescribed, which help each vacationer cope with their psycho-emotional state and consolidate the success of physical and balneological procedures.
Hungary is rich in its radioactive waters, which have an analgesic effect, iodine-bromine waters, which have a positive effect on blood composition, chlorine and lime waters, which reduce inflammation, sulfur waters, which are used to treat joints, improve metabolism, thermal waters, which use for rheumatism.
Lake Heviz
People come to this beautiful lake all year round. Even in winter, the water temperature in it will be at least 26-28 degrees. After a few days of swimming in the lake, symptoms of even old, chronic diseases, as well as inflammation of the joints, can go away. This occurs due to the saturation of the body with necessary substances. Basically, people come to Heviz with problems of the musculoskeletal system and nerve endings.
Water has an increased radioactive background, due to which the body can increase the production of hormones.
Therefore, the waters of Heviz can be dangerous for those who suffer from:
- Malignant tumors.
- Cardiovascular diseases.
- Asthma.
- Diseases of the thyroid gland.
- Thrombosis.
Pregnant women should not be treated with lake waters. The water is incredibly “strong”, so one swim should not exceed 15 minutes, and during one day you should not swim for more than 2 hours.
There are many excellent hotels on the lake; you can rent a house from local residents, but it is best to take a rehabilitation course in a sanatorium. One of the best sanatoriums in Heviz is located half a kilometer from the lake, in a dense, beautiful, picturesque park. There are 3 baths, a salt cave, 5 pools, and various steam rooms. Mud therapy and hydrotherapy are also offered here.
Sergey, 38 years old. Volgograd
I visited the thermal spa of Hajduszoboszlo. Its water is called boiling gold and is very yellow due to iodine. It didn't look like much, but I was more worried about the result. My back pain worsened after an old sports injury; I couldn’t walk normally! Nothing helped, and painkillers could no longer be used.
While at the resort, I swam twice a day for 20 minutes, I was given a massage, and treated with mud. And already on the fifth day I woke up with an incomprehensible feeling: the pain was gone! I stayed at the resort for three weeks and now I feel great. I also want to go to Hungary for treatment in winter to consolidate the effect.
Not only adults, but also children relax in Hajduszoboszlo
Balaton
The well-known Lake Balaton is a real pearl of the country. It has become a place for medical tourism and water treatment since the 19th century. There is everything for relaxation and health improvement here:
Huge layers of sandy beaches.
- Always warm water.
- Mineral springs.
- Developed infrastructure.
This is the best place in Hungary for a holiday with children. The bottom of the sea is also sandy and the depth is shallow. At a distance of about 300 meters from the coastline there will be no more than 1 meter.
Balaton is a kind of “mecca” for heart patients, although you can be cured of a wide variety of diseases here. The lake has alkaline water with a high iodine content. There are also mineral carbon dioxide springs for taking water inside.
It is better to go to Lake Balaton at the height of the holiday season. Hungarians are very protective of their lake and close it from September to June to restore natural balance. Due to the popularity of the lake, holidays near it have become expensive. You can save money by renting housing from local residents. It will cost around 15-40 euros per day. Wealthy tourists can rent a house right on the shore. This can cost around 1000 euros.
Tatyana, 43 years old. Saint Petersburg
My husband needed to undergo rehabilitation after a hip replacement. On the recommendation of the doctor being treated, we chose Hungary for this purpose: tours with treatment. We stayed at the Phoenix Castle sanatorium for almost a month and really liked it. Firstly, the artificial joint stopped bothering the husband, and secondly, the husband became much more active and cheerful than before.
The trip turned out to be useful for me too. I feel much better, after thermal waters I don’t notice the usual symptoms of arthritis. In particular, I would like to note the attentive staff, which cannot be compared with our sanatoriums! If nothing interferes, we plan to go there for preventive care in a year.
Sanatorium "Phoenix Castle" is one of the most popular places for recovery in Europe
Bük is an ideal place for recreation and sports
Here you can choose all sorts of accommodation options for your tourists: quality four-star hotels, friendly guesthouses and cozy rental accommodation. Whatever they choose, the common feature of all types of accommodation in Bük is high quality service. At the resort town of Bük, everyone will find the most suitable accommodation category for themselves.
Guests dreaming of culinary delights will find everything they want to taste in Bükfürdö. Here for vacationers there is a wide selection of gastronomic offers, dishes of Hungarian national cuisine, as well as international cuisine, juicy wines, fiery Hungarian pálinka and amazing desserts. Hungarian hospitality and musical evening programs for guests are guaranteed.
It is worth noting that Bük is a city of sports. Here is one of the most beautiful 18-hole golf courses in Europe, fully meeting international requirements, where, in addition to professionals, beginners who want to learn the basics of golf can compete. In Bükfürdö you can also ride bicycles and spend time on the tennis courts. Cycling enthusiasts can enjoy the 10-kilometer route Bük-Zira-Lochmand (Austria), which was established several years ago.
And on the football field, which has received the qualification of the Union of European Football Associations, training sessions of football teams of famous European clubs are often held, where tourists can cheer for their favorite teams. It is important to say that the Bük resort provides vacationers with a unique field for treatment using the Kneipp method, 500 meters long. In addition to all of the above, Bük invites tourists to get acquainted with an interesting sport, the so-called “Nordic walking”, i.e. nordic walking.
The sports park welcomes all active recreation enthusiasts from spring to autumn with various sports programs and outdoor fitness equipment.
Lydia, 49 years old. Moscow
My husband was tormented by arthritis, and a colleague advised me to get treatment in Hungary. We went to Miskolc-Tapolca. We lived in a regular hotel, went to the lake (I didn’t swim, since heart disease is contraindicated), plus my husband attended special procedures. As a result, the pain in his joints has gone away, and for seven months now he has been walking in good spirits. This never happened before, even with the constant use of all kinds of ointments and medications. Therefore, from my side, there can be only the best reviews about tours to Hungary with treatment.