๐ ...Dear guests of the Szent Erzsรฉbet Mรณrahalmi Gyรณgyfรผrdล! Please think about your health and don't stay in the sauna for too long. Actually, leave it immediately!... ๐
It could be that I indeed listened to the warning to leave the sauna room, and I assure you I would listen to that! For sure I would.
But it is just our living room where I feel like I am in a sauna. ๐คฆโโ
The screen of the laptop heats quite well too! It is good for the winter, I know, my evenings after work can be spent on the couch with this little smart heater. But these days it is still warm and this "sauna feeling" episode seems never to get to its end.
At least it reminds me of a day we spent in a spa, in southern Hungary - Szent Erzsรฉbet Mรณrahalmi Gyรณgyfรผrdล.
Mรณrahalom is a tiny town which probably became famous because of this complex. It was our first time going there and even without navigation we found the spa on the first attempt. The village is pretty simple and you can't get lost.
I am not a huge fan of waterparks and spas. I prefer nature, rivers, lakes or the sea, but I survived spending one day in a place like this. Well, it was fun actually. I had a better time than expected.
The main reason why we went there was to take my parents-in-law to the spa. We are all getting old (really? ๐) and they are trying to find a suitable spa to spend a week or more and treat the back pain that occurs with age. I think I will be a good candidate too... soon ๐
The complex is divided into a few parts. After passing the entrance and paying for the tickets you can use the changing rooms and leave your belongings in the lockers. We bought the entrances for the whole day and with the unlimited use of sauna rooms and all the indoor and outdoor pools.
Sauna world:
Instructions on how to use the Finnish sauna. The suggested time to spend inside is between 10 and 15 minutes.
Csendes means quiet. No music, sounds, and noise? ๐ฑ
Though this was not included in the price so I don't know what you can get there, in the quiet zone!
Indoor pools.
The indoor area had a lot of free hammocks as the majority of the visitors were outside. The morning was cloudy and accompanied by light drizzle but until we arrived there it was already good to be outside. If the rain hadn't stopped, we could have settled here, inside.
A lot of stairs and water slides to have fun... but as I already mentioned, water parks are not really my cup of tea. I skipped this indoor slide {but I did use the one outside - it was less scary ๐}
I skipped this one too. You get into the slide inside the building, have a ride through this tube and land in the pool again inside. Just too scary for me!!
Would you try it?
Outside area.
As the rain stopped and the sun came out we decided to spend the day outside. Many families did the same, choosing the green area under the trees. It was good as we had shade for the whole day. One of these spots was ours :)
It was like being on a picnic!
There were a few shallow pools designed especially for children. Playgrounds for the little ones were also available.
Pools with thermal water.
The healing effects of these thermal waters can be experienced in these pools. At first, I thought I would not like to enter this pool, but then I gave my back a little massage with this water. The temperature of the water is 39.5 ยฐC and the colour of it is reddish... that is why I was hesitating a bit at first. Here we can read that it was officially certified as medicinal water in 1999 and probably since then, this place has become popular.
On the map, I counted 21 pools and I tried out almost all of them ๐
I spent most of the time in this swimming pool and in another one that had a whirlpool kind of thing where the water carried you in circles. That was fun, I screamed hahaha and my boys almost had to pretend they didn't know me. I also tried the outside water slide with my son. One ride. You see, I am still here - I survived :D
Conclusion... My parents-in-law got to know the place. I don't know if they will go and spend there a week or two (there is a hotel too, so you can have a pack of accommodation + treatments and pools etc), that is up to them to decide one day. We saw the place too and had some fun of course but it is not a place I would go often. For me, it was fine to visit it this time.
And what about you? Do you like spas, do you go often or not at all? Maybe you do use it for treatments? Without any doubt, spas have a healing effect on health, so if you have the opportunity, why not use them?
