Bulgaria's spa tradition is medical before it is fashionable: many hotels have their own borehole, a resident physician and a treatment wing. These 21 sit directly on mineral or thermal water, or a short walk from it.
Spa hotel
Dvoretsa Spa Hotel
Grand 5-star spa on its own thermal source with a large mineral pool complex and medical hydrotherapy programmes.
Region
Velingrad, Rhodopes
Source
40°C
Water
Own borehole, fluoride mineral water
5-star
medical spa
large pools
Spa hotel
Kamengrad Hotel & Spa
Stone-and-timber mountain hotel on the road to the Seven Rila Lakes lift, with heated outdoor pools facing the pine ridges.
Region
Panichishte, Rila
mountain
Seven Lakes
outdoor pool
Spa hotel
SPA Hotel Sanapiro
Family-run spa fed straight from the Sapareva geyser field, with hot mineral pools open into the snow.
Region
Sapareva Banya, Rila
Source
42°C
Water
Geyser-fed thermal water
geyser water
family
winter soak
Spa hotel
Hotel Augusta
Classic balneo hotel inside Hisarya's Roman walls, combining drinking cures with a full mineral pool and treatment wing.
Region
Hisarya, Thrace
Source
41°C
Water
Hisarya hydrocarbonate-sodium
balneology
Roman town
drinking cure
Spa hotel
Medite Spa Resort
Big wellness resort in Europe's asthma-friendly microclimate capital, at the foot of Pirin with a wide thermal pool deck.
Region
Sandanski, Struma Valley
Source
38°C
Water
Sandanski thermal mineral water
Pirin
asthma climate
resort
Spa hotel
SPA Hotel Hissar
Design-led spa with indoor-outdoor mineral pools and a serious thermal circuit, next to the Roman amphitheatre park.
Region
Hisarya, Thrace
Source
40°C
Water
Hisarya mineral water
design
thermal circuit
amphitheatre
Spa hotel
RIU Pravets Golf & Spa
Lakeside resort an hour from Sofia with an extensive spa, golf course and quiet asphalt loops perfect for road bikes.
Region
Pravets, Balkan foothills
near Sofia
golf
road cycling
Spa hotel
Spa Hotel Tinтyava
Renovated balneo hotel by the Varshets spa park, with mineral pools and physiotherapy at modest prices.
Region
Varshets, Balkan Mountains
Source
37°C
Water
Varshets calcium hydrocarbonate
value
spa park
physiotherapy
Spa hotel
Strimon Garden Medical SPA Hotel
Медикъл СПА хотел „Стримон Гардън“
Five-star medical spa in the centre of Kyustendil drawing the town's famous hyperthermal spring — a 25 m mineral pool, Roman bath circuit and doctor-led balneology programmes.
Region
Kyustendil
Source
73°C
pH
9.15
Water
Hyperthermal hydrocarbonate-sulphate sodium
Key minerals
Silicon · Sulphide · Sodium · Fluoride
5-star
medical spa
73°C source
mineral pools
Spa hotel
Park Hotel Kyustendil
Парк хотел Кюстендил
Forested spa hotel in the Hisarlaka park under Osogovo, with a year-round outdoor pool of warm Kyustendil mineral water and treatment programmes.
Region
Hisarlaka, Kyustendil
Source
73°C
pH
9.15
Water
Kyustendil hyperthermal mineral water
Hisarlaka forest
year-round mineral pool
near Sofia
Spa hotel
Belchin Garden SPA Hotel
СПА хотел Белчин Гардън
Spa hotel in the valley between Rila, Verila, Vitosha and Plana, running four pools on a 1964 thermal borehole at 900 m altitude — indoor, outdoor and a mineral Roman bath.
Region
Belchin Banya, Samokov
Source
41°C
Water
Belchin thermal borehole (1964)
4 mineral pools
Rila views
Tsari Mali Grad 2 km
Spa hotel
Belchin Spring SPA Resort
СПА комплекс Белчински Извор
Eco resort with hotel, boutique eco houses and thermal villas around the Gala Placidia spa — hot and cold mineral plunge pools, hydro massage jacuzzi and indoor and seasonal outdoor mineral pools.
Region
Belchin Banya, Samokov
Source
41°C
Water
Belchin mineral spring
eco village
plunge pools
villas with thermal zone
Spa hotel
Hotel Chiflika Complex
Комплекс Чифлика
Classic mineral-water complex in the Troyan Balkan with a covered mineral pool, a summer Olympic-size mineral pool and a year-round outdoor thermal pool.
Region
Chiflik, Troyan Balkan
Source
50°C
Water
Chiflik (Troyan) hyperthermal water
Olympic mineral pool
Balkan mountain
family
Spa hotel
Galaxy Hotel Chiflik
Хотел Галакси
Village hotel in Chiflik with two high-flow warm mineral pools at 33–36°C, one with a covered year-round section, plus jacuzzi.
Region
Chiflik, Troyan Balkan
Source
36°C
Water
Chiflik mineral water, high flow
33–36°C pools
year-round
quiet village
Spa hotel
Aquahouse Thermal & Beach (Astor Garden)
Аквахаус Термал енд Бийч
Thermal complex right on the Black Sea sand, drawing 46°C hyperthermal water from the resort's deep boreholes into 14 indoor and outdoor mineral pools, with a 42°C therapeutic pool and doctor-led balneology beside the beach.
Medical spa hotel in the pine belt above the beach with 6,000 m² of water: 11 mineral pools, five saunas and prescribed courses combining thermal water with Black Sea mud and lye.
Region
Sv. Sv. Konstantin i Elena, Varna
Source
46°C
Mineralisation
553 mg/L
Water
Sv. Konstantin thermal mineral water
11 mineral pools
medical spa
Black Sea mud & lye
Spa hotel
Royal Spa Velingrad
Хотел Роял Спа Велинград
4,000 m² of pure mineral water in the spa capital of the Balkans — a 25 m outdoor mineral pool, 39°C thermal pools, a 38°C Roman bath, cold plunges at 8–10°C and mineral jacuzzis, all fed with undiluted 40–45°C water.
Five-star thermal resort 3 km from the village of Banya, one of the largest mineral pool complexes in Pirin — indoor and outdoor mineral basins, kids' thermal zone and a full sauna world under the mountain.
Region
Banya, Razlog & Pirin
Source
55°C
Water
Banya (Razlog) hyperthermal hydrocarbonate-sodium
5-star
large mineral zone
Pirin
family
Spa hotel
SPA Hotel Devin
СПА Хотел Девин
Balneo hotel in the Devin gorge with a therapeutic mineral pool, Kneipp walk, mineral inhalations and a resident doctor — built on the soft alkaline water Bulgaria bottles nationwide.
Region
Devin, Rhodopes
Source
42°C
pH
9.56
Water
Devin soft alkaline hydrocarbonate-sodium
Key minerals
Hydrocarbonate · Sodium · Fluoride · Silicon
balneology
mineral inhalations
Rhodope gorge
Spa hotel
Park Hotel & SPA Modar
Парк Хотел и СПА Модър
Park hotel in Devin with a summer thermal water park of six outdoor mineral pools at 26–32°C, slides and a VIP basin, plus an indoor mineral pool, jacuzzi and sauna zone for the cold months.
Region
Devin, Rhodopes
Source
32°C
pH
9.56
Water
Devin mineral water
6 outdoor pools
thermal water park
families
Spa hotel
Spa Hotel Santé
СПА Хотел Санте
Quiet adults-leaning spa in the Lazhene quarter of Velingrad with indoor and outdoor mineral pools on the local thermal source and a full sauna and treatment programme.
Region
Velingrad, Rhodopes
Source
42°C
Water
Velingrad (Lazhene) thermal mineral water
mineral pools
sauna world
Velingrad
Prices, ownership and treatment lists change often — book directly and confirm that the mineral pools are open in your season.