List of spa towns in Hungary

There are number of spa towns in Hungary. Between the oldest and most visited are the spas of Budapest, Hévíz, Hajdúszoboszló, Bükfürdő, Sárvár and Zalakaros. In 2011 the Hungarian spas were visited by around 700,000 guests, of whom around half were foreigners, mainly from Austria, Germany and Russia.

List

Széchenyi thermal bath in Budapest.
Aerial photo from Bükfürdő.
Lake Hévíz, the second largest thermal lake in the world.
Main entrance of Makó Thermal Baths.
Aerial photo from Cserkeszőlő Spa.
Spa in Hajdúszoboszló.
Behind the entrance of Cave Bath.

The following is a list of spa towns in Hungary.[a]

Statistics

Most visitors staying in Hungary on short term basis (not counting visitors staying outside commercial accommodation and day trip visitors) are from the following countries of nationality:[1]

Total tourist traffic

Rank Bath No. of guest nights
1 Hévíz, Zala 990,980
2 Hajdúszoboszló, Hajdú-Bihar 719,131
3 Bükfürdő, Vas 655,801
4 Sárvár, Vas 444,988
5 Zalakaros, Zala 436,454
6 Gyula, Békés 238,735
7 Harkány, Baranya 156,102

Domestic tourist traffic

Rank Bath No. of guest nights
1 Hajdúszoboszló, Hajdú-Bihar 471,077
2 Hévíz, Zala 344,982
3 Zalakaros, Zala 327,459
4 Bükfürdő, Vas 273,939
5 Gyula, Békés 223,146
6 Sárvár, Vas 173,754
7 Egerszalók, Heves 100,477

Foreign tourist traffic

Rank Bath No. of guest nights
1 Hévíz, Zala 645,998
2 Bükfürdő, Vas 381,862
3 Sárvár, Vas 271,234
4 Hajdúszoboszló, Hajdú-Bihar 248,054
5 Zalakaros, Zala 108,995
6 Hegykő, Győr-Moson-Sopron 71,794
7 Harkány, Baranya 59,631

See also

Notes and references

Notes:

a. ^ In Hungarian, word for spa (fürdő) is almost always a part of the fürdő's name. or the more archaic bath (füred), spa town (fürdőváros) or bathing place (fürdőhely) implies a spa town.

References:

  1. ^ Legnépszerűbb fürdővárosok (2012)

External links

  • Official site of spa towns of Hungary
  • Bath search in Hungary in Hungarian
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