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A visit to The Gellert
Hotel and Bath
"I had a pedicure
there today
I think I have gone down a shoe size
- she scraped all the hard skin off my feet with a razor blade!!
Dad would have gone through the roof
but she may have been able to get rid of your fifth toe!!"
NOTE - there is some information about
the Hotel and Spa below
but click here
or click here
to go to official sites for The Gellert Hotel
(seven photos)
About the Thermal
Water
The luxurious Gellert
bath offers relaxation and recuperation for hotel guests
The spa complex is also an excellent attraction for business travellers
The stunning thermal bath and spa, together with a wellness complex,
offer a totally unique experience for our guests
The pool and the spa are based on the utilisation of the Gellert
Hill's mineral hot springs,
the water of which is active with a calcium, magnesium, hydrocarbonate,
alkalis,
chloride, sulphate, and fluoride content
The Gellert bath is under the management of Budapest Spas Co.
Ltd
and is operated independently from the hotel
Treatment Centre - Gellért
Spa
#1 - Diagnostic section - Balneo and
Hydrotherapy
Thermal bath, carbon dioxide bath, weight bath, steam bath, underwater
jet massage, mud-pack
#2 - Inhalation - Electrotherapy
Iontophoresis, ultra-sound, diadynamic treatments, galvanisation,
short-wave, four-cell bath, galvan current treatments, solarium
#3 - Mechanotherapy
Massage, medical gymnastics
Treatments are based on the utilisation of the Gellért
Hill mineral hot springs, the water of which is radioactive with
calcium, magnesium, hydrocarbonate, alkalis, chloride, sulphate
and fluoride content
#4 - Indications
Rheumatism (rheumatic and musculoskeletal disorders), arthritis,
osteo-arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, spondylosis, spondylarthritis,
lumbago, after-care of injuries, digestive disorders
#5 - Contraindications
Hypertonia, spinal sclerosis, tuberculosis, malignant tumor, hyperthyreosis,
pregnancy
