This four-star resort has a wide range of facilities that we need for an invigorating getaway, including thermal-heated pools filled with natural hot-spring water, swimming pools, saunas, and steam chambers. Naturally, the hotel offers varied wellness packages, including such stimulating sensations as the “body scrub with salt and pálinka”, a 40-minute skin-renewal therapy (13,500 HUF per person) that is based on a traditional Hungarian folk recipe – local fruit-based brandy is mixed with sea salt and a special massage oil, thus this blend of ingredients creates a distinct body scrub. Besides this alcohol-soaked skin-cleansing treatment, guests can indulge in a beer-infused bath; a 20-minute session costs 6,200 forints per person.

• Budapest, Zielinski Szilárd stny., 1138 Hungary