Who said that holidays, especially Christmas, do not really fit into the system of a healthy lifestyle? Make a nice body and soul not only sitting at a table full of berries. There is another way to pamper yourself: go on a trip to one of the resorts in Europe. One of the most popular options for New Year holidays abroad is a trip to Austria for the New Year.

After all, Austria - and colorful Christmas markets, and stunning beauty of the mountains with ideal ski trails, and thermal springs with wellness centers. And there is ice skating, sailing on ice, ice climbing, paragliding and much more.

Before you go to one of the Austrian resorts? a good stop for at least a couple of days in Vienna. Christmas markets, New Year's shopping, a couple of excursions and walks around the winter beauty of Vienna will add a lot of impressions to your winter vacation. A similar tour to Vienna, combined with a rest on one of the Austrian resorts, you will be offered at any travel agency.

The balneological resort of Baden (Austria), located among the hills of the fairytale Viennese forest, has for centuries been a favorite holiday destination for crowned people, artists and culture and other, as they say, VIPs. Here rested Napoleon, Mozart, Haydn and Salieri, Johann Strauss, Jr. and Beethoven. Join the glorious company!

The main attraction of Baden - thermal springs. Water of natural sulfur springs is used for the treatment of diseases of internal organs, metabolic disorders and for preventive purposes in the form of drinking and baths. We also recommend that you try out underwater massage and water gymnastics, as well as oxygen and herbal baths.

Another famous thermal resort in Austria - Bad Ischl - is in Upper Austria. Bad Ischl became popular in the beginning of the 19th century, when members of the imperial family began to come here from Vienna to rest. Many aristocrats and artists and composers were treated and found their inspiration here. Very close to the ski slopes, which will undoubtedly find their fans. For lovers of cultural attractions - salt mines, the residence of Kaiser Josef, the tea house of the Empress.

But the present wealth of Bad Ishl is a curative mineral springs that are successfully used for the treatment of diseases of the respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, cardiovascular disorders, gynecological diseases..If you have with the listed bodies, fortunately, everything is in order, do not rush to give up a variety of health services that can be obtained at the resort hotels .What are, for example, special programs for women "Harmony and Beauty" .In the arsenal of specialists - thermal waters, healing mud, therapeutic salts, as well as magnetic field therapy, light, color and aromatherapy, a massage with a hot oil-and-grass wrap ... In short, the sheer pleasure is .

In the neighborhood with Austria are other equally famous thermal resorts located in the Czech Republic: Karlovy Vary, Mariánské Lázně, Frantiskovy Lazne. The mineral springs of Karlovy Vary are known all over the world for their exceptional composition. Twelve sources of water are used primarily for drinking and bathing. Healing properties of the Karlovy Vary waters help to cure gastrointestinal diseases, diabetes, osteochondrosis. In this city, even cosmetics are made on mineral water.

Resourceful locals find use of Karlovy Vary water and other pleasant purposes. You will be offered to supplement the therapeutic diet with the thirteenth source: this is the joke called the famous Becherovka tincture. The recipe for its preparation is kept in strict confidence, but it is absolutely certain that the "Becherovka" is primarily due to the medicinal properties of Karlovy Vary water and the twenty types of local herbs that are part of the tincture.

Mariánské Lázně is one of the most famous and popular resorts in the Czech Republic. The mineral springs of Mariánské Lázně are good helpers in the treatment of kidney diseases, in the urinary tract, respiratory and musculoskeletal system. Successfully solved here and gynecological problems: inflammatory diseases, development of the uterus, infertility, postoperative conditions, climacteric syndrome.

Frantiskovy Lazne is famous all over the world for its unique waters and muds, the healing properties of which allow healing female infertility .If a woman comes for treatment with her husband, Czech doctors give almost 100% guarantee of healing from infertility .Having taken a course of treatment, which includes water and mud, patients hurry to visit the local talisman - the sculpture of a baby boy .She according to legends has miraculous powers - if you touch the leg - a girl will be born, to other parts of the sculpture - a boy .And, you know, it works!

The material was posted on September 7, 2011.