The Wapienne Spa is small, but it is a tradition. The soldiers of Napoleon's Great Army returning from Moscow were said to be the first to come here for treatment. In the mid-nineteenth century, there were already three villas with as many as 50 bathing places. It is the waters - sulphide and peloid - that are the main we alth of Limestone.

Uzdrowisko Wapienneis one of the smallest he alth resorts in Poland. This small village, located in the Sękowa commune, near Gorlice (Małopolskie Voivodeship), on the edge of the Low Beskids, has only about 150 permanent residents. Limestone received the status of a he alth resort in 1986, but its medicinal qualities have been known for hundreds of years. The soldiers of Napoleon's Great Army returning from Moscow were said to be the first to come here for treatment. They were treated not from wounds or frostbite, but from Franca (syphilis), a common soldier's disease.

Lime Spa - healing properties

The Wapienne Spa is a mountain spa with moderate stimulus and a mild microclimate. The location is also important - in a deep valley, which protects them from strong winds, but limits sunlight and favors the occurrence of large temperature fluctuations. Clean air is also important in spa treatment. However, in medicine, sulphide waters and peloid are of the greatest importance.

Lime Spa - spa facilities

Spa treatment is provided by the Holiday and Treatment Center in Wapienne.

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Worth seeing

The area encourages closer and further walks. We can get to Gorlice, the capital of the poviat, along a picturesque and scenic trail. An interesting trip to Bartne will be with its two Orthodox churches (there is a museum in the older one) and the old Lemko chies. It is worth climbing Kornuty with rocks at the top, rare in the Low Beskids, and the highest in the area, Magura Małastowska, after which it took the name of the Magura National Park. Or go to the Devil's Stone on Folusz … There will be plenty of ideas. Just take the map and off you go.

Wapienne Spa - treatment profile

Rehabilitation and sanatorium stays (also as part of the National He alth Fund).

Treatments here are rheumatic, orthopedic and traumatic, respiratory, nervous and circulatory system, endocrine system and metabolism, as well as diseases of the woman, skin, allergies.People who are nervously exhausted, accompanied by chronic stress and weakened, will also improve their he alth here.

Wapienne He alth Resort - he alth offer

Patients can take advantage of physical therapy treatments, classic massages, hydro massage, laser therapy, peat wraps and others.

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Wapienne - tourist information

Sękowa Commune Office, ul. Sękowa 252, 38-307 Sękowa, phone: 0-18 351-80-16, www.sekowa.pl

Gorlickie Centrum Information, ul. Legionów 3, 38-300 Gorlice, tel. 18 353 50 91, www.gorlice.pl

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