 In the early 1930s, Budapest, as the capital possessing the most healing thermal water springs in the world, was awarded the title "Spa City". The seat of the International Balneological Association was established at the Gellért Thermal Bath in Budapest. This was motivated by the Congress with the following: "...no city can put forward a stronger claim to this than Budapest. Endowed by nature with a wonderful generosity of excellent thermal waters and unrivalled natural beauty; additionally, its high medical professionalism, the excellent equipment of its healing institutions, the high level of scientific research, makes Budapest the optimum choice for international affairs of balneology to be handled from here..."
Among the 150 hot water spa baths of the country there are 36 special medicinal baths in which the water contains radioactivity, sulphurous acid, salt bromine carbonate or iodine. Europe’s only cave-spa is in Northeast Hungary, in Tapolca, while Hévíz lake near lake Balaton is the best known hot water ( 33 °C ) medicinal-water lake in Europe. Some of its baths had been already operating during the Turkish occupation (16 th -17 th centuries). There are some two dozen baths and 13 spas in the capital Budapest.
Zalakaros
This 800 years old settlement, which is just 20 kilometres from Lake Balaton , became well-known worldwide 35 years ago when thermal water was explored here. The 96°C thermal water, which was found during an exploratory drilling for hydrocarbons, proved to be very effective in healing chronic gynaecological troubles, paradentitis, chronic arthritis and in the after-treatment of patients suffering from orthopaedic, nerve-surgical and surgical locomotor disorders. While the indoor baths are open throughout the year the outdoor thermal baths operate seasonally.
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