Hajdúnánás bath spa resort

 

History of spas

 

After Hajdúszoboszló and Debrecen Hajdúnánás is the third spa in Hajdú-Bihar county. As early as in the 1930s it was found that a very rich resource of thermal waters was hidden under the area of the town but it was only in the late 1950s when its utilization began. After the drillings the water uprushing on 5 November 1958 was diverted to an already existing boating pond and people went bathing there until the new pool was built. The years following the uprush of the thermal waters saw an enormous change: the area with the little island in the middle of the pond was converted into a garden, trees were planted, small summer cottages were built. The wooden bridge joining the island and the "land" gives rise to romantic feeling in people passing there: the whispering reeds, the boats swinging on the water attract people by dozen.

The bath (its former name: Town Bath) opened on 15 July 1962 is based on the 67°C medicinal waters spouting from 1019 metres deep. The components of the water are a match for those of Hajdúszoboszló. The visitors of the bath come from Hajdúnánás and its surroundings. Among the foreigners it is the Polish people who like most the bath of our town.

 

As a result of a complete reconstruction in 2003 the bath became one of the most beautiful baths waiting for people who feel a desire to be recovered or who simply want to take a rest.

 

The Medicinal Waters of Hajdúnánás

The territory of 14 ha with its calm, shady green parks really can be a suitable place for people wishing to relax or recover.

Services are completed with the following facilities:
- a new thermal hotel on the 2nd floor of the indoor pool
- a campsite
- a snack-bar in the medicinal section.

Two tennis courts and a ground for playing beach-volleyball provide sports facilities.

The boating pond in botanical surroundings is delightful.
Swimming , medicinal and splashing pools are available for all the members of families wanting to recover or to refresh themselves.

Services are also widened with a slide and a massage, both much liked by children and adults alike. Lovers of swimming are likely to enjoy the completely renewed sports pool with its clean water surface.

In the therapeutic section where besides a constant medical supervision a specialist1s surgery takes place as well, curative massage, tangentor, mudpack, carbonic-acid bath and sauna is also at the visitors disposal all the year round.

 

 

Possible trips in the surroundings

Hajdúdorog can be reached on a six-kilometre enjoyable cycling path. The town is famous for its Greek-Catholic church in Baroque style. If visitors arrive at Hajdúdorog at Easter, they can take part in the world-wide known matzoh-consecration.

Hortobágy, our first national park is easy to get to by car via Balmazújváros. Hortobágy is famous for its bridge called "kilenclyukú" ("bridge with nine "holes" ") and in the well-known wayside inn you might have a "refreshing" drink. The shepherd"s museum displays natural and ethnographic past of the "puszta" ("plain"). After having visited the museum you might admire different horse and other shows or you can use the "puszta" bus to go sightseeing.

Tokaj, which is known for its wine all over the world, is situated 30 kms far from our town. You can get there by car on a romantic road if you cross the river Tisza on the ferry between Tiszalök and Tiszatardos.

Nyíregyháza is only 25 kms far from Hajdúnánás ( in the direction of Kálmánháza). You can get there by car within 30 minutes but you can also travel by coaches running regularly. In the downtown you can visit its museum, you can walk in its pedestrianized streets and squares. Near the town, in Sóstó you can find the most famous outdoor village museum and the largest wildlife park in the northern part of the Great Hungarian Plain. Here you can spend even a whole day with taking delight in the "adopted" animals or taking a breath of fresh air when wandering on the paths of Sóstó-forest and you can stop for a while at the playgrounds with wooden toys.

Debrecen, our county town, the old "civis" ("civilian") town might also be a beauty spot in our list. It is about half an hour run by car and the trip takes an hour by train or by coach. When wandering about the beautifully reconstructed town in Piac ("market") street you can see the façade of the Hotel Arany Bika ("gold bull"), perhaps you want to relax and meditate and you drop in the famous Big Church on the pulpit of which even Lajos Kossuth made a speech. Behind the church you can find the Calvinist College amidst the walls of which so many famous Hungarians learned and in the museum of the college even a meteor can be seen. Not far from the Big Church you can admire Munkácsy"s paintings in the Museum Déri. The famous Csonka Templom ("incomplete church") stands in Piac street as well. If you have already enough of museum tours you can get on a tram and go to Nagyerdő ("big forest") where the Vidámpark ("amusement park") and the Állatkert ("zoo") provide unforgettable experiences to children and adults alike. Having finished your tour in Debrecen you can walk and relax in the magnificent botanical garden , which can be found behind the buildings of Kossuth University.