The specialized rehabilitation hospital ZDRAVE LTD

The specialized rehabilitation hospital ZDRAVE LTD, Bankya was opened in 1973. The sole owner is the Central Cooperation Union (CCU). In 2003, a large-scale program was undertaken and implemented for the overall renovation and re-equipment, as well as for the construction of a modern sports and healing center (SHC). Today, the complex is a balneotherapy center of national importance designed for year-round prophylactics, rehabilitation and recreation both for patients suffering from cardiovascular, neurological, diseases of the locomotor apparatus, metabolic disorders and for prophylactic of healthy people. The annual number of patients who stay at the complex exceeds 8,000. In 2006, the Accreditation Commission with the Ministry of Health assessed the hospital’s overall activity as “excellent” for a period of 5 years.

The town of Bankya is an established resort situated within 17 km of Sofia, along the northern hilly foot of the Lyulin Mountains, at an elevation above the sea level of 630-750 m. The climate is moderate continental with slight mountainous influence. The average annual air temperature is 9.4°C, as the average January temperature is +20°C and average July temperature +19.6°C. Moreover, the climate of Bankya is unique with the fact that a mountain draught from Vitosha and Lyulin mountains is pushed in every 2-3 hours that saturates the atmosphere with freshness and oxygen (negative aeroions).

Complex’s guests use the mineral water for medical procedures, in the pools of the sports and healing center and in each of the rooms and suites.