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Aerial view of the thermal bath at Zalakaros

Zalakaros/Hungary

Zalakaros Spa

Highly mineralised water from a 1962 well, reaching 96 °C at the wellhead before cooling for the pools.

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Bathing
Indoor / Outdoor
Established
1965
Accommodation
Hotel on site

Zalakaros grew around a hydrocarbon exploration well drilled in 1962 that struck very hot, strongly mineralised water. The town's spa now spreads across indoor halls and a large outdoor summer park in the hills north of Lake Balaton.

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Why visit

The water is unusually rich in dissolved minerals, and the spa pairs medicinal pools with a family-oriented outdoor complex.

The water

Thermal water

Source
Zalakaros well I
Mineralisation
Highly mineralised, iodine and bromine bearing
Character
Very hot deep water, cooled before use in the medicinal pools.

Practical information

Busiest in July and August; the indoor medicinal section stays open all year.

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Location

Zalakaros, Hungary46.5556, 17.1281View on Balnevia map

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