Balnevia
Steam over the green thermal lake at Hévíz with wooden pavilions

Hévíz/Hungary

Hévíz Thermal Lake

The largest biologically active thermal lake in the world, warm all year.

Baignade
Intérieur / Extérieur

Hévíz is a 4.4-hectare lake fed by a spring cave 38 metres down, its whole volume renewed every three days, and warm enough to bathe in outdoors in January.

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Pourquoi y aller

Floating in an open lake surrounded by forest, in water that never drops below 24°C, is unlike any built bath.

Recommandations

Hôtels à proximité

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L'eau

Eau thermale

Source
Hévíz spring cave
Minéralisation
Sulphurous, radon-bearing, mildly mineralised
Caractère
Spring water renewing the whole lake every 72 hours; 24-26°C in winter.

Équipements

  • Outdoor pools
  • Indoor pools
  • Massage treatments
  • Spa treatments

Histoire

Bathing was formalised in 1795 by Count György Festetics; the wooden pavilions over the water date from the spa's Habsburg period.

Informations pratiques

Bathers use floating rings for long soaks. The recommended session is thirty to forty minutes at a time.

Site officiel

Y aller

Twenty minutes from Keszthely, two and a half hours from Budapest by car or bus.

Situation

Hévíz, Hungary46.7889, 17.1889Voir sur la carte Balnevia

Lieux liés

Autres bains thermaux en Hungary