There are natural water sources in Marmara’s Bolu, Bursa and Yalova areas. The Yalova spas and Bolu spas are well-known to most of us since childhood… Below you will find details such as the diseases treated at each spa, transport information and their climate conditions.
Location : In the Marmara Region, neighbouring the county of Gönen in Balikesir beside the Gönen River.
Methods of Cure : Drinking and bathing treatments
Diseases Treated : Drinking treatments are good for liver, gall canal and kidney functions. Bathing treatments are beneficial for rheumatism, painful and inflammatory gynaecological diseases, painful, spastic colitis problems, arterial sclerosis, neurological and vascular complications and periods of convalescence.
Bolu Karacasu Thermal Tourism Centre
Location : This Tourism Centre is located within the municipal county of Karacasu in Bolu belonging to the West Black Sea Region. The Tourism Centre is a part of the Karacasu County’s established natural structure and is 5 km from Bolu city centre.
Climate : The climate features of Bolu varies between both sea and land climates. However, the region’s climate is closer to the climate conditions on Inner Anatolia.
Bursa Çekirge Thermal Tourism Centre
Location : The Çekirge district of the city of Bursa in the Marmara Region.
Methods of Cure: Drinking and bathing treatments.
Diseases Treated: Bathing sessions are good for rheumatic syndromes, other aching diseases of the limbs and joints, chronic inflammatory and aching gynaecological diseases, arterial blockages, and bronchiectasic diseases; drinking – bathing combined treatments are effective for liver, gall canal functions, mild diabetes, spasms, gout and overweight conditions caused by too much fat accumulation in the blood system.
Bursa İnegöl-Oylat Thermal Tourism Centre
Location : In the Marmara Region, 27 km south of the county of Inegöl in the Bursa province
Methods of Cure: Drinking and bathing treatments.
Diseases Treated: The drinking cures are intended for diuretics and obesity; the bathing cures are preferred for the sedative qualities.
Çanakkale/Ezine-Kestanbol Thermal Tourism Centre
Location : In the Marmara Region, 15 km from Ezine in Çanakkale and 2 km from the Marmara Sea.
Methods of Cure : Bathing, Mud baths, inhalation, sprinkling treatments.
Diseases Treated : Inflammatory gynaecological diseases, rheumatism, sciatica, calcification, some bone tuberculosis types, swollen lymph glands in small children, spasmodic asthmatic-type upper respiratory syndromes and the treatment of upper respiratory ways and lung diseases by antibiotic-effect sprinkling (spray) methods.
Yalova Thermal Tourism Centre
Location : In the Marmara Region, within a woodland strait 11 km to the west of Yalova.
Methods of Cure: Bathing and drinking treatment
Diseases Treated: Bathing treats mainly all types of rheumatism followed by aching diseases related to the limbs and joints, aching abdominal diseases following surgery, chronic inflammatory and aching gynaecological diseases, most arterial blockages in legs. Both drinking and bathing helps diabetes, gout, metabolism diseases such as obesity, purging of accumulated fat in blood such as cholesterol and lipid and the cleansing of uric acid accumulation from the system via the urinary tract.
* Thanks to Turizm Bakanlığı web site for the information.
Location : In the Marmara Region, neighbouring the county of Gönen in Balikesir beside the Gönen River.
