Active tourism Thermal spas and health resorts Croatia

Active tourism is a temporary travel and stay, which is the main motive for recreation, outside his residence. Because of the need to participate in physical activities, visits and desires for watching various sporting events or any active or passive involvement in sporting activities on a personal level or the organized tourist destination for tourists prepare a variety of sports and recreational offerings. Thus, the capacity of accommodations are sports fields, gyms, fitness gym and other sports and recreational facilities are increasingly under the control of professional trainers. For lovers of active tourism prepared various adventure specialties such as rafting, kayaking, scuba diving, paragliding, climbing the cliffs of mountains, diving the depths of the sea, the wild nature cycling, caving, air tourism and other ordinary and unusual sports. The nature of man's movement, and accelerated pace of life, stress and more sitting and not moving during the work, on vacation people make up sport.

The healing characteristics of thermal and mineral spring watersare known for ages. The old Romans built up pools with healing waters in them and enjoyed in them adding oils, flower leafs, healing herbs etc.
Croatia has it’s own thermal centres in which are offered treatments for relaxation, beauty, anti-stress, rehabilitation etc. All those programs are based on using mineral and thermal spring waters, which with her healing ingredients helps in revitalising, physical and psychical health.
The major part of the thermal centres in Croatia is situated on the north part of the country, in Zagorje and in the area of Panonian valley. In the Zagorje the most known thermal centres are near the town of Varazdin, Stubica, Krapina and Tuhelj. In Slavonia, part of the Panonian valley, there are centres near Daruvar, Lipik, Topusko, Valpovo. In that area, during the burrows in which engineers look for oil and gas sources, were discovered several underground waters with healing proprieties. Near this sources were built thermal and healing centres. The fact that the location of the main thermal centres in Croatia...