Village with an outdoor pool in the valley

Thermal baths

Hot springs, a few minutes from the slopes.

70springs in Banya

60 °Chottest spring in Banya

17springs in Dobrinishte

All yearopen

Thermal baths

Hot water from the spring

In Banya the water comes out of the spring at almost 60 °C, in Dobrinishte at over 40 °C. Thracians and Romans already bathed here. Now you swim outdoors in thermal water with the mountains around you. Even, or especially, when it snows.

Where

Thermal baths in and around the valley

Banya

Old bathhouses, the Izgrev public bath and many spa hotels

70+ springs37 – 58 °C

Dobrinishte

Silver Water spring, Roman bath, bathhouse in the park and Alpha Spa

17 springs30 – 43 °C

Bansko

Large hotels with spa and indoor and outdoor pools

Hotel spas

Razlog

Old Ottoman bathhouse, now a restaurant

Spa hotel

Velingrad

Spa capital of the Balkans

200+ springs1.5 hours' drive

Sandanski

Sunny town with springs in St. Vrach park

80 springs

Did you know

After Iceland, Bulgaria has the most mineral springs in Europe

700+ springs in Bulgaria100 °C in Sapareva Banya

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Bathing like the locals

Our places in Dobrinishte and Banya

Silver Water spring, DobrinishteWater of about 40 °C flows from a pipe, some 100 metres from the cross by the village. Put your feet in and look at the mountains.

Roman bath, DobrinishteRediscovered in 1966, about 1 km outside the village on the road to the Mesta. A stone bath in the open air.

Alpha Spa & Pool, DobrinishteOutdoor pools of 30 to 40 °C with water from the ground, open all year. Even in the snow.

Izgrev, BanyaThe public bath of Banya, with water from the village's own springs.

What it feels like

Thermal water, all year round

Photo: Pulse, Banya

Winter

Swimming in the snow

Lying outside in the thermal water while the snow falls around you. Your head is cold, the rest of your body warm. In Banya and Dobrinishte the outdoor pools are open all winter.

After skiing

Rest for your legs

After a day on the slopes or in the mountains, your muscles relax in the warm mineral water. Many hotels in the valley have their own spring and an outdoor pool.

Like in the old days

The old bathhouse

Thracians, Romans and Ottomans already bathed here. In Banya there are still bathhouses with domes, and in Razlog the Ottoman bathhouse in the park is now a restaurant.

Experience it