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The town of Sandanski is famous for the beauty
of its scenery and a wealth of resources for spa and climatic
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This is the warmest and sunniest town in Bulgaria with the least temperature
variations throughout the year. Without exaggeration the climate of
Sandanski can be described as unique. Throughout the year, air temperatures
are higher than anywhere else in the country. The average annual temperature
(14.7C) is the highest in Bulgaria. The winter is mild and short, and
the autumn - long and warm. The relative air humidity is low (66 per
cent), and the annual duration of sunshine is no less than 2,436 hours.
Sandanski
has the lowest annual rainfall in Bulgaria (127 litres per square metre)
and almost no foggy days. The air is remarkably clean and pollution
free. Apart from its natural beauty, lush vegetation and remarkably
wholesome climate, the resort also features a multitude of mineral springs.
Internationally known climate therapy and health resort. It is situated
in the valley of the Sandanska Bistritsa river, at the foot of the south-western
stopes of Pirin. Without exaggeration the climate of Sandanski can be
described as unique. Throughout the year, air temperatures are higher
than anywhere else in the country. The average annual temperature (14.7C)
is the highest in Bulgaria. The winter is mild and short, and the autumn
- long and warm. The relative air humidity is low (66 per cent), and
the annual duration of sunshine is no less than 2,436 hours. Sandanski
has the lowest annual rainfall in Bulgaria (127 litres per square metre)
and almost no foggy days.
The air is remarkably clean and pollution free. Apart from its natural
beauty, lush vegetation and remarkably wholesome climate, the resort
also features a multitude of mineral springs. The wells and natural
springs situated in two thermal zones have a total flow of 1,500 l/min.
The mineral waters have a nearly uniform chemical composition but contain
varying quantities of metasilicic acid and fluorine. The waters are
clear , colourless, odourless with a pleasant taste: silicic (containing
71 to 135 mg of metasilicic acid per litre), slightly fluoric (3.2 to
6.5 mg of fluorine per litre), hyperthermal (42 to 81C), slightly mineralized,
containing sodium hydrocarbonates and sulphates, with a pH value ranging
from neutral to mildly alkaline (pH 7.2 to 8).
This remarkable combination of balmy, health-giving weather and curative
mineral waters makes Sandanski the perfect place for modern science-based
climatotherapy, spa treatment, rehabilitation, primary and secondary
prophylactics and recreation.
Specialized in the treathment of upper respiratory tract and lung deseases
of non-tubercolosis type and of inflammation degenerative diseases of
the joints.
