A health resort in the Sudety Mountains in the neighbourhood of the Stolowe (Table) Mountains famous since the 17th century. The springs of alkaline-ground sorrel are used here. In the huge Spring Park there is a pump room of mineral waters, numerous sanatoriums and guest-houses. In the architecture we can notice interesting cultural influences from Czech and Germany. In the outskirts of Czermna a chapel of 1776 is situated, filled with the casualties' sculls of the thirty years' war and just beside it - a historic moving crib of a folk artist. Kudowa is a starting point to walking paths of the Stolowe Mountains Landscape Park including, among others, a summit Szczeliniec Wielki, where the way of 665 stone stairs leads. Szczeliniec houses a reservation called the Rock Labyrinth with rocks of fantastic shapes. Main treatment areas: Heart diseases, diseases of the peripheral vessels, endocrinal diseases, diseases of the blood and the haematopoietic system, digestive system disorders in children, obesity. Natural therapeutic resources: 4 springs of bicarbonate-calcium-sodium oxalate waters; gas source of carbon dioxide, used for carbon dioxide dry gas baths. SPA Hospital Polonia The profiles of medical treatment: anaemia, endocrinology, pulmanary diseases, cardiology, obesity, and bodily organ of motion illnesses |