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Hungary has more medicinal spas than anywhere in Europe. The country is blessed with an abundance of thermal waters and healing spas, and it is almost impossible to decide which ones to select for a toplist from the huge choice. No matter in which direction you leave Budapest, you’re simply unable to travel without hitting a great thermal bath within a short time. Hungary is a land of more than 1,000 hot springs, and already ancient Romans prized the healing effects of it’s thermal waters. Budapest also has great baths. The most famous thermal baths: Gellért and Széchenyi baths. Hévíz, Hajdúszaboszló With it’s huge natural thermal pond, Hévíz is absolutely unrivalled. The lake, and the town is situated near the soutwest corner of Lake Balaton. Hajdúszoboszló, on the Great Hungarian Plain, 20 kilometers from Hortobágy.
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