Spa Piešťany

Overview

The world famous spa town of Piestany is located in the western part of Slovakia,

Spa Piestany are famous thanks to its unique natural springs of thermal mineral water that springs from a depth of 2,000 meters. Mineral water is a major factor in the formation of our incomparable - curative sulfur mud.

Thermal water is full of minerals

Thermal mineral water - it is ten springs with an average 1,500 mg of minerals in 1 l of mineral water. The water springs from tectonic faults of about 2000 m depth, is trapped at a depth of 60 m, which guarantees a constant chemical composition and temperature. The temperature of the springs is 67 to 69 ° C. It is medium mineralized, sulphate-bicarbonate, calcium, sodium, sulphurous, hot water. It is used mainly for bathing, but also for drinking cure.
The most important component in Spa Piešťany for the treatment of musculoskeletal diseases is the high content of sulfur (from 6 to 10 mg / L), which in the water comes in various forms and chemical compounds (sulphates, sulphites, sulphides). What is important is the high content of hydrogen sulfide - an average of 4.7 mg per liter of water.

Sulphurous mud that heals

Sulphur mud is a unique peloid in the European and global scale. The use of balneology mud prepared original technology, which is subject to during the maturing process and regeneration with numerous chemical and biological reactions.
Mature mud is steel blue to black, has a a greasy consistency is plastic, it cools down four times faster than water compared to which the 350x higher viscosity