Miskolc-Tapolca

Bath in the cave

The unique cave bath is located in Northern Hungary, rich in tourist attractions, in the resort area of the city of Miskolc. steppe), Matra, Bükk, Zemplen (mountains, forests, hunting), etc. Miskolc, a settlement that was born in the period of the Finding of the Motherland by the Hungarians, over its thousand-year history has turned into a large city with a developed infrastructure and a rich cultural life. In the neighborhood of the city (7 km from its center) is the resort of Miskolctapolca, with a unique microclimate, a protected park, a lake and a cave bath (opened in 1959), arranged in a natural cave formed by healing thermal waters. In summer, on an area of 7 hectares, guests are also welcomed here by an outdoor swimming pool with a water surface of 4500 square meters. m. The real treasure of the village is the Lake Cave, transformed into a cave bath, washed out over thousands of years in hard limestone rocks.

In this natural pool, unique for Europe, it is pleasant to swim, dive, breathe clean, free from any pollution air. Many are convinced of the healing properties of the baths, which are explained by the healthy climate of the cave, as well as warm karst waters. This thermal water is not as dense as the medicinal waters (the concentration of all salts in the thermal water used in the bath complex is less than 1000 mg/l). You can swim in it without limiting yourself in time. The bath is constantly expanding: new galleries, natural adits and halls are added to the familiar cave pools. The «Ball Room» is waiting for lovers of funny surprises, and in the huge jacuzzi located next to it, guests are massaged by underwater jets. A little further, floating with the current or against it along the «underground river» driven by a hidden mechanism, we find ourselves in a pool located in the oldest and most beautiful part of the cave. There are no summer or winter seasons in the Cave Bath. It is always spring in the galleries, regardless of the street heat or severe frost.

In the outdoor pools, enjoying the embrace of warm thermal water, you can admire the bright rays of the winter sun, in the summer there are sun loungers around the pools, and the cave galleries offer an escape from the summer heat. Bathing in the cave can be supplemented with a sauna and individual healing procedures. The Cave and Therapeutic Baths in Miskoltopolc offer treatment for diseases of the musculoskeletal system, respiratory organs, cardiovascular system, and gastrointestinal diseases.

A stay in the Cave Bath is especially effective in the treatment of arthrosis, degenerative diseases of the spine, dysfunction due to osteoporosis, passive rheumatoid arthritis, spondylitis with impaired joint mobility, chronic polyarthritis, neurological diseases associated with contracture, muscle spasms, as well as rehabilitation after operations on the spine and extremities, post-surgical treatment of the spine and recovery after traumatological operations,

Diseases that are contraindicated in the use of procedures in the medical department:

all diseases in which bathing procedures are usually contraindicated,
diseases associated with the impossibility of independent movement,
requiring constant monitoring ,
limited readiness for communication,
incontinence,
condition associated with loss of consciousness,
infectious diseases, oncological diseases,
inflammatory dermatological diseases,
cardinal decompensation.

Diseases in which the use of the bath is contraindicated due to the cave environment:

bronchial asthma,
chronic bronchitis,
requiring increased attention due to high humidity,
claustrophobia.