Heviz

Heviz is a town on the north-western part of Lake Balaton only a few kms from Keszthely. But Heviz has a unique and world famous attraction, which makes this small town well known all around the world. And that's the thermal lake.

The thermal lake of Heviz
The thermal lake of Heviz is the largest biologically active, natural thermal lake of the world which refreshes both the body and the soul. The oldest and most well-known bath of Hungary, in accordance with records from the Roman era, has a history of 2000 years. The Heviz treatment, in its present sense, also dates back more than 200 years. The 4.4 ha lake is fed by its spring rushing up at a depth of 38 m, containing sulphur, radium and minerals. Due to the high water output of the spring, the water of the lake is completely changed within 85 hours. The water of the Heviz Lake is equally rich in dissolved substances and gases, combining the favourable effects of naturally carbonated medicinal waters and those containing sulphur, calcium, magnesium, hydrogen-carbonate, as well as those with a slightly radioactive content. The medicinal mud, which covers the bed of the lake in a thick layer, deserves special attention. The Heviz mud, which is unique of its kind, contains both organic and inorganic substances and the radium-salts and reduced sulphuric solutions in it represent special medicinal factors. The medicinal water and mud originating from the several then thousand year-old Pannonian Sea, together with the complex physiotherapeutic treatments, are suitable for treating all kinds of rheumatic and locomotory diseases. The temperature of the water is 23-25 C in winter and 33-36 C in summer. Relaxed floating on the water, the swinging water-lotuses and the green leaves of the trees tranquillize the nervous system and contribute to the psychic factor of recovering. In winter a 'mist cap' is formed from the vapour on the surface of the water which prevents the water from cooling down and at the same time a natural inhalatorium is created. Inhaling the sulphur-hydrogen emitted into the air and the radium-emanation produces favourable curative effects: keeps our vocal cords in a good condition. The advantageous effects of the Heviz Lake can also be enjoyed through a drinking-treatment which is suitable for curing stomach and digestive disorders.

Other activities in Heviz
Bike rental
New Merida bikes in man, woman and child size.
At the main street of Heviz next to the Macchiato Cafe. (Szechenyi st. 7.)
Prestige House (Kodaly Zoltan st. 26)
Open: 8.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m. every day!
Prices:
2 hours: 1000 HUF/ bike
1 day: 1900 HUF/ bike
From minimum 5 days: 1500 HUF/ bike/day

Horse riding
Horse farm and pansion Heviz (8380 Heviz, Lotuszvirag street . Tel./Fax: 36 83 340 851)

How to get to Heviz?
By train: No direct connection, but from Budapest you can get a train to Keszthely , than local bus or taxi will take you to Heviz
By car :From the direction of Budapest You cannot really miss the way from motorway M7, driving all along the southern shore of Lake Balaton, as far as Balatonszentgyorgy. From there, take main road no. 76, and then main road. 71 at Fenékpuszta (to the right at the Zala Bridge) and you can get to the town of Hevíz by driving through Keszthely.