The most pleasing areas around Lake Balaton were shaped by volcanoes.
These volcanoes have not been active for 2.5 million years, but
their effects can still be felt today. The sulphurous springs in
many locations are reminders of the volcanos, and here a range
of health spas and spa hotels have been built. The most famous
sulphurous spring of all gushes up at the foot of the Keszthely
hills and it feeds a lake; Lake Hévíz is actually
the crater lake of a geyser, and this is a natural bath for those
seeking convalescence.
The only other similar spring in the world is in Iceland. The water of this incomparably
beautiful lake is warm enough for bathing all year round, and open-air bathing
is especially enjoyable in winter when snow covers the shores of the lake, and
steam hovers above the water. During the summer, bathers can move between the
unique water lilies (imported long ago from India). The water of the lake is
recommended for locomotor disorders and rheumatic complaints, and its mud, of
which several metres cover the lake bottom, is used for therapeutic mudpacks.
Those seeking the healing waters and connected treatments can find ideal environment
in two hotels of the Danubius Hotel chain in Hévíz. Danubius Thermal
Hotel Hévíz has 210 rooms, a therapeutic department, thermal baths,
a swimming pool, a fitness room and a beauty farm. In addition, a dental surgery
operates in this modern seven-storey hotel. Medical treatments are offered mainly
to guests suffering from rheumatism and locomotor disorders. Treatments include
electrotherapy, mudpacks, phototherapy, inhalation, and balneotherapy. The comfort
of the three-star Danubius Thermal Hotel Aqua will be further advanced by a fun
pool currently under construction, another addition to the numerous medical and
fitness-wellness services already available.
