Hotel Erzsébet

The most recently opened hotel of Hévíz, located close to the famous medicinal bath, invites kindly all guests both from inland and from abroad. The services of our hotel broadened with a beauty-salon and a world-standard cosmetics laboratory. You are welcome to our jewellery and gift-shop. The staff of our hotel serves in every respect the recreation of our guests. We offer a reduction in our room prices. STATE RHEUMATOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOTHERAPEUTICAL HOSPITAL, HÉVÍZ Hévíz is situated on the north-west shore of Lake Balaton, at a distance of 5.5 km from Keszthely. Spa of Hévíz is the largest natural hot water spring in Europe. The Lake covers an area of 4.5 hectares. The deepest point is 38 meters. The edge of the Lake is shallow, so it can be used by non-swimmers. The temperature of the water is about 32-33 °C in summer and 24-26 °C in winter. Therefore outdoor-bathing is possible throughout the year. The water of the lake is several thousand years old thermal water, being sulphurous which is suitable for the treatment of rheumatic-locomotic diseases. The lake`s bottom is covered by a several meter thick medicinal mud, which contains the therapeutic substance concentrated in the water. An encircling forest on the shore secures the raising gases from the water, giving a special climate. The entire Spa has an inhalatoric character. The spring gives thermal water to the bath-house, which combination is the same with the medical water of the Spa, thus it is excellent treatment for chronic gastro-intestinal catarh and drinking cure. At the Polyclinic we give professional advice about the bath cure readily. It is not advised to spend more than one hour in the bath without prior medical notice. It is suggested to take short rest after the medical bath. Having a bath after a substantial meal is not advised. The Spa is not recommended for children under 12. The Bath-house can be visited only by those over 16 years of age. Experienced and statistical fact is that having constant bath cure essentially increases working capacity, illness-periods are shortened for our returning visitors. In the cases of chronic gynaecology inflammation, dysfunction of hormones our oestrogen-effect water and mud is effective as well. Locomotive-system diseases degenerative joint diseases (all of them), osteoporosis, chronic and subacute arthritis, `mild diseases` of the locomotive system, diseases of intervertebral disk, prolapse of intervertebral disk after the operation, pathologic curvatures of spine, preparation and rehabilitation for operation of joints, diseases of the muscles, muscular atrophia, condition after fractures. Seconder joint diseases Dysfunctions of hormone`s metabolic diseases (diabetes mellitus, gout, Arthritis psoriatic. Contraindications Active tuberculosis, all cases of malignant tumours, cerebral sclerosis and disturbances of coronary circulation. Thrombosis and thrombophlebitis serious cases of anaemia, leukaemia and haemophilia, hyperthyreosis, bronchial asthma, conditions characterised by comatose crisis, pregnancy. You are warmly welcome, be our guest!