Szarvasi Szent Klára Gyógyfürdő

Szarvasi Szent Klára Gyógyfürdő is the medicinal bath of Szarvas, on Hungary's Southern Great Plain, a town bath that carries a certified medicinal water alongside a 25-metre sports pool.

The water

The water comes from a well 570 metres deep and holds the Hungarian gyógyvíz designation, an official medicinal certification. Hydrogen carbonate dominates the analysis. According to the venue it is used for musculoskeletal and gynaecological complaints.

Pools

There are two cure pools, and a 25-metre swimming pool used for lane swimming and training. The bath also has a whirl pool, and loungers and rest places are set out around the water.

Sauna island

The Szauna Sziget is the bath's sauna area, which it presents as a spring-and-autumn detox: sweating out in the course of a rest.

Treatments

The therapy department offers mud packs, weight baths, underwater jet massage and remedial gymnastics. Electrotherapy is available again, aimed at easing musculoskeletal complaints and supporting recovery: magnet therapy, ultrasound, TENS, interferential treatment, iontophoresis and sonophoresis, singly or in combined courses.

Programme

The bath runs swimming instruction, baby swimming, underwater gymnastics and other skill classes.

Visiting

The bath opens 10:00 to 20:00 on most days, later at 14:00 on Mondays, and closes at 21:00 on Wednesdays and 22:00 on Fridays. It shuts for maintenance in the autumn.