About the bath
Pavel Banya has been known for its warm healing waters since ancient times, as the many finds from archaeological excavations show. There were Turkish baths here even before the Liberation, and later two new medical baths were built; unfortunately they have been demolished. Construction of the balneo-sanatorium building began in 1931: it is a two-level building with various sections for therapies and rooms for treatments and procedures. Under socialism Pavel Banya was developed as a resort and became very popular. The mineral bath, part of the complex, is closed because of a shortage of water and poor conditions.
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The water and its healing properties
The water at the spring is 54 °C.
It has a beneficial effect on the following conditions: degenerative and inflammatory (in remission) joint diseases (osteoarthritis, spondyloarthritis, coxarthrosis, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, etc.); diseases of the peripheral nervous system (disc disease, radiculitis, plexitis, polyradiculoneuritis, etc.); orthopaedic conditions (for mobilisation after injuries and operations); skin conditions (chronic non-specific dermatitis, psoriasis, allergic dermatitis, etc.).
- Built
- Around the 1930s
- Ownership
- Specialised Hospitals for Rehabilitation NK EAD
- Thermal Heritage register no.
- 112
- Information updated
- 05.2025
The bath's page at the Bulgarian Association for Thermal Heritage ↗