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The climate of the region is transitional from marine to continental. Rich natural resources, such as numerous lakes, forests, rivers, sodium chloride water, ferruginous-hydrocarbonate, sapropelitic silt mud and even sea coasts were the reason for the formation of sanatorium-resort institutions.
Rest in the Leningrad Region is gaining every year popularity. This is explained not only by the availability of curative sources, but also by the proximity to the Northern capital and its eventful life. The myths that only hot countries have a beneficial effect on health have long been debunked. Heat and an unusual climate, coupled with a sudden change in diet, do not always pass unnoticed. Sea winds from the Gulf of Finland can be a hundred times more useful for shaken health than the bright sun of overseas resorts.
Often, choosing a place for rest, we try to combine all the goodness of vacation idleness with the opportunity to heal your body and calm your nerves. Therefore, going to the doctor before the planned rest will be not just recommended, but absolutely necessary. Because the profile of the sanatorium, which is shown to you, should be chosen by a specialist.
Indications for treatment
The Leningrad Region is especially suitable for people with diseases of the digestive, nervous, respiratory, circulatory and metabolic systems. In addition to the standard treatment in sanatoriums, such methods as mud therapy, phyto and hydrotherapy, diet therapy, heat treatment, exercise therapy are used - everything depends on the choice and profile of the health resort. For the best result, it is best to devote your rest and treatment to at least two weeks - it is during this period that you can achieve the expected result.
It will not be superfluous to recall that before leaving for a long-awaited vacation, you need to check your bag for the presence of a passport, policy and sanatorium -court card - because you want to get a full treatment, and not just lie in a hammock! If a child is traveling with you, then do not forget to take with him the vaccination document and the birth certificate.
At the resorts of the Leningrad Region, in addition to highly qualified medical care, everyone will find something to their liking. For fishermen it is fishing - about 80 kinds of fish are found in the waters of the region, for hunters, respectively, hunting - dense forests are teeming with a large beast and not very much, for amateur photographers - an inexhaustible supply of natural and architectural beauties.
Resort zones
When choosing a sanatorium, one should take into account not only its profile, but also the location. Conditionally all health resorts of the region are divided into 3 zones. Resort and Luga districts and Vyborg resort area. What is the difference?
Resort area
The resort area is called the coast of the Gulf of Finland, which includes such settlements as Sestroretsk, Zelenogorsk, Repino, Komarovo and many others . These resorts with history . All the party elite came here with stagnant times in order to get medical care without interrupting the decision of the most important political tasks . After all, the destiny of the state is much more pleasant to manage, lying in a bathroom with mineral water and drinking a healing broth than sitting in a stuffy office . True, unlike Soviet times all motels there are equipped with the latest technology and are available to ordinary citizens . Pine forests and sea air create a wonderful and healthy climate of these places . Near Sestroretsk there are wells of sodium chloride water, and under Zelenogorsk mineral water flows from the earth, but already with another composition - this water can be drunk and used for taking medical baths .
Sapropelitic mud is also mined in this area and is successfully used for treatment. And the sand dunes, which are very warm in the summer, allow you to take healthful sand baths, shown in a number of diseases. The southern coast of the Gulf of Finland also enters the Resort Zone. Dirt, mineral water, and even the sea coast - that's the distinctive feature of these places. Add to this coniferous forests, beautiful landscapes, and the picture will be complete.
Luzhsky district
In the south of the region there is the Luga district. More than half of it is occupied by coniferous forests. There are peat springs and springs of mineral sodium chloride water. All this is successfully used in treatment in sanatoria
Vyborgskaya zone
The Vyborg zone is a combination of sea air and coniferous forests. Such climatotherapy will lift everyone's feet, and if you add to this comfortable living conditions, excellent service, it becomes clear that there is no better rest.
Excursions and entertainment
Rest in the Leningrad Region is unthinkable without visiting such places as Gatchina, Pavlovsk, Pushkin. Not to appreciate the fountains of Peterhof will also be an unforgivable mistake.
Valaam Island, a trip to Kizhi and Mandrogi - wherever you look, every piece of land has its historical value, and tourist routes can not be counted. Therefore, do not be lazy - stock up on impressions and health for the whole year. Do not forget to buy souvenirs close and familiar. After all, attention is so appreciated, and it never happens much.