Burgas Red Salt Lakes SPA

Thousands of people a day pass through the Burgas salt lakes to dip in the red lye, to walk on the white salt and to smear themselves with black mud.

Black Sea Lye is produced after the evaporation and concentration of salts in lake water. The lye has a completely inorganic composition - sodium chloride, magnesium, potassium, sulfur, etc. The red lye has a proven medical effect - it is applied in the treatment and prevention of diseases related to the musculoskeletal mechanism, skin inflammations and wounds, varicose veins, colds and cold diseases.

The depth of the pools is 30-40cm. When you enter the lake you can feel the coarse salt under your feet You dont sink in the pools, you just relax and float on the surface. The effect is similar to the Dead Sea floating. In order not to get a sore neck, its advisable to get inflatable pillows

It is good to stay in the lye for no more than 20-30 minutes! At the entrance there is a detailed description of what it helps, and which people with health problems are contraindicated to enter. There is fee with symbolic price that you have to pay in order to enter. Bring coins with you for the entrance machine.

Mud Baths in the Burgas salt lakes

The mud healing places are located next to the lye. It does wonders for all kinds of ailments. The healing mud is a precipitated product of the closed salt lake, it is pure and homogeneous, with a dark grey to black colour.

One centimeter of healing mud is formed in a minimum of one year. The essence of mud therapy is a complex effect on the entire peripheral nervous system. It cures almost the whole range of skin diseases
In addition to healing, mud beautifies and rejuvenates because calcium, iodine, phosphorus and others pass through the skin.

The process is first lye, then mud and in the end you take a bath at the sea to wash the mud.

The location of the Burgas Salt Lakes on Google maps.