TOURIST ?THERMAL PROYECT FOR EGERSZALÓK

It will be located in the calcareous hill, unique of its kind in Hungary.

The small town of Egerszalók of two thousand inhabitants, at 126 kilometers to the northeast of Budapest, will be benefited by an spring of medicinal water whose microchemistry composition is unique in the world. Rubidio and Cesium are present in the water on the necessary concentrations for a addecuated Balneotherapy for people affected by multiple sclerosis.

In the year 2004, is foreseen the beginning of works for the exploitation of the water that sprout at 700 meters depth and 68 deegres temperature. In an environment of 17,5 hectares, is planned the construction of an Hotel SPA of 320 beds, with Wellness centre. Besides pools with a surface up to 2. 000 square meters and an artificial lake.

Next to the thermal complex, combining the tourism of health with the wellness, a small village of single houses, will be built with a capacity for 300 people.

The place where the tourist-thermal complex will be located posseses a great geologic value since it includes the calcareous hill knowm as Travertine, unique in Hungary and similar to that of Pamukkale, in Turkey.

This natural phenomenon has been formed during thousands of years due to flow of medicinal water with high content in salts minerals. The outcrop to the surface has taken place during last 40 years, due to the oil prospectings. One in the year 1961 that arrived to the 405 meters deep.

The second took place in 1987. The water that has between 18.000 and 20 .000 years, outcrops in both wells without necessity of pumping, only by natural pressure. There are trazes of 12 essential biological elements, and has been demostrate that 7 of them have therapeutic effects for the health. Regarding the calcareous matter deposited by the water it is due to two reasons: in the mouth of the well, the pressure of CO2 dissolved is bigger than the atmospheric one and a part of that CO2 escapes to the air, reducing the lime dissolving capacity of the water. As result a rest of lime separates out.

The other reason of the quick separation is that the hottest water can retains a higher quantity of salt and when it enters in contact with the aire become cooler and the "surplus" of lime is separated.

The hill of Travertine of the thermal spring of Egerszalók forms three areas of Baths, one of them for naturistics. It constitutes an incomparable natural formation in the whole district and their white and smoky cone presents a panoramic view of great tourist attractiveness among the dark pines of the thermal environment.

The microchemistry composition of the water is unique worldwide, precisely that is what has increase the therapéutic value of the hot spring of Egerszalók. It has become a very valued source of medicinal water. A circumstance that may raise the economy and the tourism of this small village up to international level.

The analylisis carried out in 1989 determined the category of this spring and its possible worldwide repercussion since the water favours the therapéutic treatment of physical discapacities and "sclerosis in badges" (MS).

Rubidio and Cesium are present in the water in the necessary concentrations to aply the Balneotherapy on affected people of multiple sclerosis. There is only another spring of these characteristics, that of Gornja Trepca, in Serbian, old Yugoslavia that is not opened at the present time.

The bottled water of Egerszalók is also beneficial for the treatment of this degenerative illness. A bottling plant has commercialized this type of table water for more than two years.

In 1992 the medicinal water of Egerszalók, with a temperature of 68 degrees C was declared of therapeutic utility. Since then, a study of viability was carried out to create a thermal and hotel industry complex, in order to enhance the qualities of the hot spring and the natural environment.

The village of Egerszalók is located in the County of Heves, near Eger. It doesn't have railroad station but the highways of several direcciones make it very accessible by bus or private transport. Buses of scheduled service toward Eger make easy to come from Budapest, Miskolc, Mezokövesd and the Hills of Matra.

It is famous and historical its church (1738) that keeps an image in the altar that has transform Egerzalocz into a popular place of pilgrimage, the village is as well knowm by its excellent wines.

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