©photo by Z. Borodicius, published with premission of Druskininkai tourism and business information center
By Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska
For centuries Lithuanian town of Druskininkai has been valued for its natural healing resources. It offers mineral waters, mud treatments, clear air and amazing pine forests. Druskininkai is the most highly-forested resort in Lithuania. In the Druskininkai resort you will find the largest base of wellness centers in Lithuania. It has a total of nine health centers, which together provide more than four hundred forms of therapy. Besides SPA therapy and procedures, rehabilitation treatment and unique climate and nature Druskininkai offers also aqua park, olympic sports center, snow arena, cable car and various cultural and leisure events and amenities all year round.
But Druskininkai has much more to offer. It is a town of love. In the Church of Saint Mary’s Scapular there are unique St. Valentine’s relics. It is here where a small bone from the saint’s body is preserved.
©Honorary Consulate of Lithuania in Limburg, Netherlands
©Honorary Consulate of Lithuania in Limburg, Netherlands
Druskininkai has also Meilės—Love Island, visited by lovers from Druskininkai. And according to legend, natural springs of Druskinikai bubbled up from a place where in ancient times a princess was crying because she thought that the man she loved had drowned in the Nemunas river.
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