This is the symbol of the city and the largest wooden structure of its kind in Europe. The graduation towers in Ciechocinek have been attracting patients and tourists seeking health benefits for nearly two hundred years. This impressive historic complex is not only a tourist attraction but above all a powerful natural inhalatorium.
Are you going to the spa town? Learn how the graduation towers work, what benefits saline inhalations provide, and where to find the best accommodation nearby.
How the Brine Graduation Towers in Ciechocinek Work
Although they look like defensive walls, their function is entirely different. The tower structure is based on a wooden frame filled with bundles of blackthorn. The principle of operation is simple yet brilliant: brine is pumped to the top of the structure and then flows down the branches by gravity, breaking into microscopic droplets.
Thanks to the action of wind and sun, the water evaporates, creating a specific microclimate around the towers. The air becomes saturated with iodine and other valuable microelements (including sodium, calcium, magnesium, bromine). A walk along the towers resembles a walk along the seaside during a storm – only in the heart of Poland.
Graduation Towers – Health Benefits. What Does a Walk Near the Graduation Towers Help With?
Ciechocinek is famous for treating respiratory tract diseases, and the graduation towers play a key role here. Inhaling the saline aerosol is a natural therapy recommended by doctors.
Indications for inhalations at the towers include:
- chronic nasal and throat inflammations,
- bronchial asthma and allergies,
- recurring respiratory tract infections,
- certain thyroid conditions related to iodine deficiency (after consultation with a doctor),
- arterial hypertension – as support therapy, according to doctor's recommendations.
For Villa Park Med & Spa guests, a visit to the graduation towers often complements the professional therapy conducted at our rehabilitation institute. The combination of medical treatments with natural inhalation provides the best health effects.
Visiting the Graduation Towers in Ciechocinek – Prices and Practical Information
The complex consists of three graduation towers arranged in a horseshoe shape. Their total length is over 1700 meters!
Entry to the area around the towers is ticketed during the spring-summer season (usually from April to October). It's worth knowing that besides walking "below", you can go up to the viewing terrace at the top of the towers, where you can enjoy a panorama of the entire Spa Park.
Brine Grotto: Located inside one of the towers, it offers even more intense inhalation.
Illumination: The towers are also worth visiting after dark – the illuminated structures make an incredible impression.
Ciechocinek: Graduation Towers and Accommodation
When planning a stay in Ciechocinek, it is worth choosing a location that allows you to fully enjoy the spa's benefits.
Hotel Villa Park Med & Spa is situated in the immediate vicinity of the Spa Park, just a short walk from the famous graduation towers. It is an ideal base – in the morning, you can go for a healthful inhalation, and spend the afternoon in our wellness zone or undergoing physiotherapy treatments.
Don't waste time commuting. Stay in the heart of the spa and breathe deeply all day long.
