Bathhouses in Budapest
All tourists, who would like to
receive medical treatment, welcome to Budapest. Here you will find more than 30
thermal spas with medicinal water from 25 to 76° C. Large content of sulfur,
radium, calcium, magnesium, and other substances can cure rheumatism,
cardiovascular and other diseases. In its healing power, they are not concede
to well known spas in Baden-Baden. The first bath was built here by the Romans.
And during the Turkish rulers they have been developed. In 1934 Budapest was
called «the city of baths». In
1937 the first International Congress on swimming was
organized, and since then the city got the status of «international
therapeutic bathing». The underground depths of the
Hungarian capital of Budapest and its surroundings hide many secrets and it is
an interesting scientific research for specialists.
Recently, scientists have come to the conclusion that under the city is more
than 100 large and small caves, which are not explored yet and their total
length is about 18 kilometers.
There are a great variety of
therapeutic baths in Budapest. Some of the baths are located directly in the
hotel complexes. For example, the well-known spa bath
— «Gallert». But the most
famous bathhouses in the city are — medical Szechenyi baths (Hungarian:
Széchenyi-gyógyfürdő), in the park near
Heroes Square. A single ticket for one person costs about € 15 —18. In the Széchenyi baths you can take water
treatments in the thermal pools or take baths or saunas. After water treatment,
you can take a leisurely stroll around the beautiful park. The time working of
Széchenyi Baths is to 19 hours in summer and to 17.00 in winter (form October
till April). Visiting medical spa in Budapest will help you not only to improve
your health, but also get a lot of pleasant feeling.
Website: http://www.spasbudapest.com/
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