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TRADITIONAL SPA STAY CLASSIC

Overview

Tour ref:	SP2
Regions:	Piešťany
Activities:	Healing treatments
Duration:	On request - recommended 3-4 weeks
Grade:	Easy
Group size:	Unlimited
Dates:	On Request
Availability:	All year
Type of tour:	Selfguided or guided

Photo gallery

Spa Piestany - mud pack

Spa Piestany-Indoor pool

Spa Piestany

Spa Piestany-Irma park

Description

Healing treatments – individual programme with up to 18 treatments per week (7 nights) based on the guest’s health and physician‘s prescription. The therapeutic programme includes an optimal selection from more than 60 various treatments provided by Spa Piešťany facilities. These treatments are selected from the groups below:

- treatments using the unique thermal mineral water and healing sulfurous mud (mud pack, mud pool, mirror pool, individual tub baths)

- special rehabilitation using group physical training under professional supervision

- vasoactive carbon therapy: tub karbon baths and gas insufflations

- other treatments based on a physician’s prescription composed from rehabilitation, massages, hydrotherapy, heat therapy, electrotherapy, and other treatments

Free entrance to the swimming pool, fitness centre and Energy path

Free entrance to group exercise - Pilates, Tai-chi, yoga, aerobics and aqua aerobics (based on existing offer and free capacities)

Accommodation with half board - – buffet breakfast, dinner; dietary food in case of physician’s recommendation or guest’s request; full board for surcharge

Physicians and health examinations - with a special emphasis on disorders of the musculoskeletal system and related complications

Diagnostics and laboratory tests - basic laboratory tests; basic examination of urine, glycaemia – blood sugar, uric acid, cholesterol in total, hepatic tests, blood count, FW – sedimentation, ECG

Price list Spa Piestany

Seasons

Surcharges

Spa

Hotell

room

category

Off

season

Main

season

Room

Superior

(per

person)

Room

Standard

(per

person)

Room Suite/

S.Superior

(per suite)

*****

Thermia Palace

Standard

DBL

SGL

107 €

127 €

120 €

140 €

+ 15 €

---

+65/+78€

****

Balnea Esplanad

Standard

DBL

SGL

72 €

90 €

87 €

105 €

+ 6 €

---

+45/+52€

****

Balnea Palaca

Standard

DBL

SGL

70 €

87 €

84 €

102 €

+ 6 €

---

+45/ ---€

***+

Balnea Splendid

Standard

DBL

SGL

66 €

83 €

78 €

96 €

---

+45/---€

***

Balnea Grand

Standard

DBL

SGL

58 €

76 €

71 €

88 €

+ 6 €

---

+26/+33 €

***

Villa Berlin

Standard

DBL

SGL

52 €

61 €

63 €

72 €

+ 6 €

---

+13/---€

Pro Patria

Economy

DBL

SGL

47 €

56 €

58 €

67 €

+ 11 €

+ 5 €

---/---

Jalta

Economy

DBL

SGL

45 €

54 €

63 €

---

+ 5 €

+16/---€

Smaragd ** Šumava **

Riviera**

Standard

DBL

SGL

42 €

51 €

60 €

---

+13/---€

Off season: 29.03. - 02.10.2009, 18.10. - 26.12.2009, 03.01.10-03.09.2010
Main season: 03.10. - 17.10.2009, 27.12.09 - 02.01.2010
Price includs:
- price per person per night in EUR, VAT
- accommodation with half board
- physicians and health examinations
- diagnostics and laboratory tests
- healing treatments
- free entrance to the swimming pool, fitness centre and Energy path
- free entrance to group exercise

Surcharges Full board + 12 € / per person - Hotel Thermia Palace*****

Surcharges Full board + 10 € / per person - Hotel Balnea Esplanade****, Hotel Balnea Palace****, Hotel Balnea Splendid***+, Hotel Balnea Grand***

Surcharges Full board + 8 € / per person - Hotel Villa Berlin***, Hotel Pro Patria**, Hotel Jalta**, Annexes Smaragd**, Šumava**, Riviera**

Local tax for accommodation is not included in the price of stay. Hotel will request payment of the amount specified by law upon the client´s arrival.

INDICATIONS
- rheumatoid arthritis and its variations
- reactive and secondary arthritis
- ankylosing spondylitis
- idiopathic scoliosis and of other etiology
- degenerative diseases of joints (arthrosis)
- vertebrogenic syndrome
- non-joint rheumatism
- post-accident and post-operative states of locomotive apparatus
- polyneuropathies with paretic signs
- root syndromes of a vertebrogenic origin
- post- meningoencephalitis and myelitis states
- hemiparesis and paraparesis of a vascular origin after the acute state
- post-accident and post-operation states of the central and peripheral nerves
- scattered sclerosis and other demyelinisation diseases in benign state
- syringomyelia with paretic signs, continually specially treated.

Children - Indicated diseases
- diseases of central and peripheral nervous system
- post-inflammatory states of brain and peripheral nerves
- muscle diseases
- post-accident states
- hereditary or other diseases of locomotive apparatus
- children’s rheumatic arthritis

CONTRAINDICATIONS - Spa Piestany do not provide their service to people with the following diseases
-infectious diseases
-serious heart diseases
-acute thrombophlebitis
-inflammatory rheumatic diseases in acute state
-tumour diseases with metastasi
-acute psychosis
-labile diabetes with repeated acidosis, pregnancy
-dependency on alcohol or other habitual substance
-incontinence of urine or stool
-states requiring constant care by a third person
-epilepsy with frequent seizures

Itinerary

Free time

The spa’s Social Centre offers guests the possibility to become acquainted with the history as well as the present times of the Spa Island, visit interesting places in the surroundings of Piešťany, travel to known as well as less well known parts of Slovakia. All offered trips are published monthly in the Social Centre bulletin with detailed instructions which are available at the reception desk of each spa hotel.

In summer guests can take an attractive boat ride on the River Váh and Lake Sĺňava, where they can admire flora and water birds in a unique preserved water area on Bird Island.

An archeologically interesting place is Čertova pec, 15 km from the spa. During the Ice Age it was settled by prehistoric people.

The nearby castle ruins of Tematín, Beckov and Čachtice will remain in the memories of guests as places where time stood still and where the walls whisper eternal legends about the cruel owners and bloody Countess Báthory.

On the highest mountain of the Myjavská pahorkatina mountain range, Bradlo, stands a national cultural monument, the grave mound of a significant Slovak statesman and scientist, General M. R. Štefánik.

Coach trips to the wine town of Modra are also very popular. After a walk around the ceramic factory with the opportunity to purchase their products, you can taste wine from the sunny Carpathian hills and enjoy a typical Slovak dinner accompanied with folk music.

Also a trip to the Krakovany municipality is organized in this spirit with a demonstration of a traditional village wedding.

Get to know the history and technology of the production of crystal glass at the most famous Slovak glass factory in Valašská Belá, together with a snack and the opportunity to buy the exquisite local products.

Romantic Bojnice Castle dating from the eleventh century was rebuilt at the beginning of the twentieth century in the style of a French chateau of the Middle Ages according to the designs of the owner, Count Ján Pálffy. It is one of the most picturesque sights in Slovakia and is surrounded by a beautiful park. Close by is a Zoo.

Also a historic point of interest is Červený kameň Castle, featuring an interior furnished with historic furniture and portraits.

Sport and Relax

Piešťany is thanks to its position and unique sports infrastructure the paradise for active people. Water sports, swimming, tennis, squash, horse-riding, touring and hiking, bike tourism, parachute jumps, skydiving – it is only the part of offer that you can find here.

Golf

Golf’s area is situated in the northern part of Spa Island. There belongs besides 9 – match play golf course the club house, coffeehouse, golf shop

Piešťany is also well known for its tennis tradition. Directly on the Spa Island, in the area of the swimming pool Eva, guests and town visitors can use two tennis courts, which are open seasonally. The courts feature a quality clay surface and are available for spa guests. We are able to provide a professional trainer or sparing partner on request; tennis classes for beginners are also available if required.
Tennis
Tennis courts are not only available for individual guests and Piešťany visitors; we can use them for organizing tennis tournaments with quality services and additional and regeneration services for participants.

Water sports
River Váh and Lake Sĺňava are ideal for water sports, canoeing, yachting, sailing, boating. Water tank, pond Sĺňava with surface area 4,3 km2 is situated between the town Piešťany and the village Drahovce.

Water skiing
Close to Piešťany (approximately 2 km) in Ratnovská zátoka (cove) at the water pond Sĺňava is situated the specially equipped area with towage lift for water skiing, which is in operation during summer months July and August daily from 10:00 to 18:00 hrs. There is available the water skiing, kneeboard renting, renting of neoprene and beach volleyball.

Tandem parachute jumping
At the airport in the village of Slavnica (near Trencin) you can try tandem parachute jumping from a hight of 4O00 m with an experienced instructor. Free falling lasts about 50 seconds and you reach speeds of up to 200km/hour.

Rafting
Wooden rafts, floats again sail on river Váh as very long ago. Today you can experience the cruise sailing around the scenic colourful niches and nooks of this river with music and pleasant agreeable company. The cruise lasts for approximately 2 hours, it starts near the village Horná Streda, and it ends in Piešťany and is long in total 9 km.

Squash
Four modern air-conditioned courts, sauna, bar, possibility of renting the complete outfit and equipment from racket and ball to special indoor footwear and towel.
Squash Club at Hlboká street is open daily from 10:00 to 22:00 hrs.

Accomodation

Health Spa Resort THERMIA PALACE*****

Health Spa Resort BALNEA ESPLANADE PALACE****

Spa Hotel BALNEA SPLENDID***+

Spa Hotel BALNEA GRAND***

Hotel VILLA BERLIN***

Spa Hotel PRO PATRIA**

Hotel JALTA**

Annexes SMARAGD**, ŠUMAVA**, RIVIERA**

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