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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.

Balneazione
Vasca interna / Vasca esterna

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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Perché visitarlo

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

Raccomandazioni

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L'acqua

Acqua termale

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

Servizi

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

Storia

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

Informazioni pratiche

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

Sito ufficiale

Come arrivare

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

Posizione

Hévíz, Hungary46.7889, 17.1889Vedi sulla mappa di Balnevia

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