Iwonicz Zdrój – one of the oldest and most famous Polish health resort.

SITUATION

The health resort, situated about 80 km south of Rzeszow ( the province capital), thanks to its beautifll location among sound forests, curing springs and the high standard of health service enjoys a good reputation in Poland and abroad. The superior advantages create perfect conditions for treatment and leisure. The climate in Iwonicz is be desribed as a piedmont climate with features of subalpine climate, what is extremly favourable in health resort treatment.

The mean twenty-four-hour temperature equals about 17 centigrades in summer months. The valley, surrounded from all sides with mountains and forests, is a unique repository of balmy air flowing through pases of the Carpathian Mountains. Forests of Iwonicz constitute a protect in spa from winds and are source of ozone.

HEALTH RESORT TREATMENT

Mineral waters and peat, natural therapeutic agents, are the greatest wealth of Iwonicz. The known for ages waters are used in treating a variety of diseases.

Portable waters cure allergies, hypertension, atherosclerosis, gastritis, metabolic diseases and hypothyroidism. Baths cure chronic diseases of peritheral nervous system, chronic gynaecological diseases, traumatic conditions and rheumatic diseases. Inhalations afe used in treatment of asthmatic conditions and respiratory tract diseases. The producted according to the evaporation method salt from Iwonicz is used in baths and compresses.

Iwonicz Zdrój offers a rich and well equipped sanatorium and boarding-house base. Health service objects have modern equpment and madical apparatus.

Some objects have their own establishments of treaatment by means of natural factorsand procedure departments, the central institution of treatment by means of natural factors supplements any shortage in respect to ambulatory services of objects which do not have their own procedure departments.

Visitors to the spa are offered a versatile and caring medical assistance, they are also provided with high standard accommodation and catering.