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In the mountains, in the Mazury, by the sea, or in city centers – the number of SPA centers in Poland are growing. Here you will find marble tubs where the tsars bathed, with white clay pools and Jacuzzis. A complete choice of aquatic pleasure!

Luxurious hotels and SPA resorts have the most complete offer. Jelenia Struga SPA RESORT near Kowary offers radon inhalation in the tunnels of the former uranium mine. In the Villa Park in Ciechocinek you can cool off in a cryochamber, and in Wierchomla Ski& SPA Resort you can go straight from a ski slope to a sunny meadow. SPA resorts also provide full medical care (surgical, dermatological, biological, dental and dietary).

Quiet, pure and wholesome places, free from industrial pollution, abundant in therapeutic mineral substances and a beneficial climate. There are over 40 health resorts in Poland – modern and tranquil. Here you will find your inner peace, heal your body and your soul.

Duszniki, Polanica, Krynica, Augustow, Sopot – places with this healing power can be found in every corner of Poland. Most of them specialize in alleviating specific illnesses. Naleczów is for those suffering from heart ailments, Konstancin soothes the nerves shattered by the fast pace of life, Ladek and Polczyn facilitate the cure of female problems and Rabka focuses on treating children's ailments. However there are also resourceful places, like sunny Busko or Kolobrzeg, its healing powers directly linked to its position on the Baltic coast, the fresh sea breezes acting as a giant, natural inhaler.

Climatotherapy, balneotherapy, thalassotherapy – the range of treatments in these health resorts is wide. Do you want to walk along flowered pathways in Ciechocinek, inhaling the salty air dispersed by the biggest graduation tower in Europe? Or would you prefer pearl baths in the marvelous interior of the historic SPA in Ladek? Or maybe you can be talked into sipping the fiery 'Mumbly' from Iwonicz or mud wraps in Goldap?

Health resorts are not only beautifully located SPA centres, with cures, promenades and social gatherings. Polish health resorts are also historical sites – mementos of past royalty, politicians, writers and artists. Jan III Sobieski drank the mineral waters at Horyniec, Ada Sari cured her throat in Szczawnica, and Stefan Zeromski wrote his 'History of Sin' in Naleczow. A sojourn in a SPA for health reasons, taking the waters, as it was known, at the mineral springs was an essential date in certain society's annual calendar. It was a social event, a time of reunion and meetings.

Today, retired people and children are not the only visitors to health resorts. Young and healthy people are looking for a certain solace away from the urban turmoil. A stay in a SPA or a biological regeneration center with, pearl baths, mud baths, fango wraps, Scottish showers and walks in the quiet, green surroundings have become very fashionable. For British, French, Italian, German or Scandinavian visitors to our SPAs it can also be less expensive.