Slovakia Spas A European Spa Vacation Destination

Continuing on my series of European spa vacations destination the next in line after Hungary and Czech Spas are the Slovakian Spas.

If you have been once to Hungarian spas and want a different experience then you need to make sure that you check out the Slovakian Spas as the European Vacation destination.

The best thing that is there which is almost the same as the Czech spas is the thermal and mineral water springs and of course around these areas the hotels have sprung up which give you different forms of treatment ranging from the baths, drinking of mineral water to in general spa treatment with various baths and massages.

I am going to list down a few cities of course in the order of importance as to which are the best travel places within the Slovak region for travel. .

Piestany - A wonderland in the Western Slovakia region.

Located at the bottom of the Vah river this place is famous for a few things which are the

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Hot thermal springs with temperatures of 70 degrees Celsius . The water has 1500mg of minerals in a liter of water. The important thing to note is that this has high content of sulphur.

Sulphur bearing mud. This mud is applied at the temperature of 40 – 46 degrees Celsius.

These two things combined make sure that you are cured of the rheumatic problems.

Piestany is derived from the Latin word “Pastan” which means sand.

History

As is the thing with all the towns, cities and places in Europe the place Piestany also has a little bit of history. It is said that a peacock once dragged himself into the how waters of the spring and was cured. Soldiers of the Roman Emperor Antoninus it seems also were able to find the medicinal powers of the thermal springs. Bratislava is the main place in the Slovak region and Piestany is located about 23 kilometers from Bratislava.

Trencianske Teplice – This is placed in the northwestern part of Slovakia and it seems this place is also very old dating back to the era of 13th century. In fact the resort itself it seems is very old and has all the ancient things like the marble drinking water fountains and the tiled walls.

This place is very old and with very much the epicenter of all the medical tourists who visit this place and the number swells to around 20,000 annual visitors who can be found enjoying the medicinal waters as the old traditional customs and layout of the city.

Rajecke Teplice – This place is surrounded by forest and it is situated near the Mal Fatra mountain range. This is again a very old spa dating back to the 17^th century.

Some of the other famous names which are there are

Bardejovske Kupele

Dudince – This place is famously known as the Roam baths because the Roman soldiers used to treat their wounds in the volcanic springs of this place.

High Tatras or Vysoke Tatry – This place is called because it is the only high mountain in the Carpathian range and this place has a beautiful spa by the name of Strbske Pleso

Authors Note - These were spas which are used for cure of rheumatic disorder, of for locomotion related problems but some of the pas are only for general clean air and good well being and these are known as the climatic spas. So before booking your journey make sure that you are going to the correct spas. The medicinal spas are referred to as the balneologic spas.

Main season for visit begin from April and last till December but in some places it lasts till October only.

Authors Note about prices – If you want save on the money then go in the off season for the spas as these are cost effective.

The most common things that you need to take care of are

Curative stay – It should be minimum of one week but mopst places have 13 days of stay

Relax stay – It should be of 4 days

Procedures – make sure to check the number of procedures that will be done for example the curative stay has 24 procedures per week whereas the relax stay may have only one or two per day .

Entry to pool, fitness and Group exercises – check this before booking

Full Board and half board – Full board means that you will have all the buffet breakfast, dinner and lunch whereas in the half board you may have only breakfast and dinner.

So make sure that you check these things out before you go for the European vacations