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The two-minute orientation: what this town is, the five rules of the water, how days work here, and where to find everything else on this site.

Currency and cards, what actually belongs in the suitcase, spa etiquette, connectivity and the wartime practicalities, all in one page.

The shepherd who found the smelly spring, the water named after a beauty, cables that crossed the Atlantic, and other tales the guides save for last.

The smuggled bottle, the cup aristocracy, sanatorium romances and the eternal war between doctors and dessert: spa-town humour, collected.

Dolphin shows, pedal boats and children's programmes; then the snow-dusted, half-price, deeply calm winter version of the resort.

Borshch and banosh, Italian ovens and oriental teahouses, plus the diet-table question: the complete eating guide.

Tustan's cliff fortress, the springs of Skhidnytsia, UNESCO wooden churches, Boryslav's oil history, waterfalls and Lviv — everything within two hours.

The definitive bucket list: from your first cup of Naftusia to a sunset on the Carpathian Lighthouse — don't go home without these.

Beyond the treatments: terrenkur routes, spa afternoons, the evening promenade, nightlife — and the four great day trips within two hours.

Adamivka Park, the Carpathian Lighthouse tower, a 15th-century church and a dolphinarium: the sights worth your between-treatments hours.

The southern approaches: rail via Chernivtsi, road crossings from Romania and Hungary, and the Zakarpattia route over the mountains.

Fly to Rzeszów or Kraków and transfer, or take the long-haul coach: realistic routes from Berlin, Munich, Vienna and beyond.