DO YOU KNOW WHERE TO HAVE AN OPEN- AIR MUD BATH IN BULGARIA?
Atanasovsko lake – basins with lye and healing mud bath in the southern Burgas salt ponds, Bulgaria is situated only 35km from Sunny beach. Burgas salt ponds are not only a place for industrial production of salt but an increasingly popular attraction for tourists with a variety of interests. It is both an open air spa center, a balneotherapeutic spot where you can take an outdoor mud bath and an attraction for photographers and bird lovers. Atanasovsko lake combines a unique flora and fauna , 317 birds that live there , fresh air , salt lake mud and coast covered by fine black sand.
Black Sea lye has a proven medical effect – it is used for treatment and prevention of diseases associated with the locomotor mechanism, skin sores and wounds, varicose veins, and colds It is good to sit in the lye for no more than 20-30 minutes to avoid too much pressure on the heart.”.
The thermal properties of the mud expand the blood vessels and open new capillaries. This reduces swelling and pain, heals and reduces scars, enhance metabolism and regeneration processes. In addition to healing, the mud makes people look younger and more beautiful because calcium, iodine, phosphorus, etc. pass through the skin. The mud can treat almost the entire range of skin diseases, arthritis, disc hernia, gynecological problems, plexitis. It is counter-indicative only for tuberculosis, venereal diseases and cancer.”
When you decide to take a mud bath, you cover yourself with mud. Then you have to wait a while to dry and then you can wash yourself in the Black sea. You could also have some rest on the nearby beach which is covered with black sand – because of the iron content.
9:00 am departure from Sunny beach
10:00am arrival at the mud baths in Bourgas
1:00 pm returning to Sunny beach
