Poland - Tips for Medical Tourists

Health Tourism - A Selection of Locations

Polish health tourism calls upon on a long history of tradition. Health services of all types are offered in 75 locations with over 321 convalescent homes.

With its selection of health resorts, Poland is in seventh place Europe-wide. There are regions that offer natural healing conditions due to their erstwhile locations. Among these is a subterranean sanatorium in an old salt mine, located in Wieliczka near Krakow.

The most important spas are: Nałęczów, Krynica Zdrój, Augustów, Kołobrzeg, Ciechocinek, Rabka, Duszniki Zdrój, Wieliczka.

These health resorts and sanatoriums distinguish themselves through their superior climate conditions, an intact environment often characterised by their vicinity to natural parks and reserves, and a combination of activities around the sea, mountains, and lake areas.
Tourists can choose from salt-water baths, thermal swimming pools, mineral water pump rooms, and cryotherapeutic chambers.

Polish spas offer high standards of medical benefit, state-of-the-art facilities, high quality treatment, and attractive prices, not to mention professional medical personnel.

According to a study conducted in 2008, there is a rising, positive development in Polish spa visitor growth. While the number of tourists in Poland declined by 12.6% from 1998 to 2004, in the same time frame, the number of international arrivals rose from 10.4% to 20.8%.