The base of the bathing culture of Békés County is the rich treasure of thermal waters and fresh waters.
Waters that can do miracles is hidden in deeper layers. Through the ages, lots of valuable minerals have accumulated in these waters. Their favourable composition enables these waters to be called medicinal water. Qualifying a water to medicinal water is a state controlled, strict procedure that ensures bathing guests to actually find a relief from their different symptoms.
In Békés county there are thirteen thermal baths and spas, the county is an actual bathing empire! The two best known pillars of this empire is the Gyulai Várfürdő and Gyopárosfürdő, near Orosháza.
A number of smaller spas and thermal baths of great athmosphere are waiting their guests in Békéscsaba, Gyomaendrőd, Füzesgyarmat, Dévaványa, Békés, Szarvas, Tótkomlós and Mezőkovácsháza.
However, one can not only bath in man-built environment! In Békés, where the rivers embrace the plains, the strands also offer a possibility to relax. In the Körös Valley you can find watersports facilities; lovers of paddling can rent touring watercrafts in the ports. Fishermen preferring a quiet, lonely relaxation can also find the waters offering their game.