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Come to Jurmala!

Jurmala is a unique town – a resort in Latvia on the shores of the Baltic Sea. Everyone who has been to this beautiful place once, felt its special aura, created by unique old buildings, the pinewood, the dunes, the sea, the lakes and pure air.

The Baltic resort Jurmala is located 25 km far from Riga, the capital. Due to the beneficial geographic location the town is very easy for access from any country of the world. The international airport “Riga” is only 15 km far from the center of the city. It takes only 30 minutes to get from the center of Riga to Jurmala by a commuter train or by a route minibus.

The resort has a little over 60 thousand permanent residents. But in summer time this number of people doubles.

The town stretches 36 km alongside the Riga Gulf in the north and the River Lielupe in the south, parallel to the railroad. The stations are named like 15 suburbs, the integral parts of Jurmala. The first one – Priedaine – is located 14 km far from Riga, the closing station on the territory of Jurmala – Kemeri – is located on the 44^th kilometer. Each suburb is famous in its own way. Kemeri and Jaunkemeri are famous from of old as a healing – resort center, Majori – is, first of all, a busy pedestrian mall Jomas with numerous cafes, hotels and restaurants. Dzintari is famous for its concert hall, where concerts of classic music and popular exponents, as well as international contests and festivals take place. Lielupe – is a big sport center. There are famous tennis courts, yacht clubs and the biggest water park in Baltic. Melluzi, Asari and Vaivari are quieter places and suit for calm types of recreation.

Jurmala as a resort is known since 19 century. Jurmala was assigned a status of a town in 1959, having amalgamated three territories – Rigas Jurmala, Sloka and Kemeri.

The history of Jurmala resort treatment starts in Kemeri. Kemeri is located 6 km away from the sea, between the lakes and the moors, rich with healing sulfurated springs. Exactly therefore the development of this place is connected with the healing properties of mineral waters and muds of local moors. The sacred Kemeri springs, used in folk medicine, have been known to doctors since the second half of the 18 – the beginning of the 19 century, when representatives of high society of Kurzeme, suffering from different maladies, arrived here.

On the territory of Kemeri there are over 30 sulfurated springs, as well as rich resources of curative peat mud and sapropelic silt (in Kanieru Lake). For the first time a chemical analysis of the Kemeri mineral waters was done in 1801 in St. Petersburg. The first public baths were built in 1838, and exactly since that moment the foundation of the resort began.

The improvement of transport communication, the opening in 1877 of the railroad en-route Riga – Tukums played as a decisive factor in the development of the resort. There started to arrive vacationers from different countries. As early as in ‘30s in the 20^th century the resort deserved the international reputation.

Due to the moderate climate, the recreation and the treatment at Jurmala resort are recommended to children and people intolerant to parching southern air. The combination with the newest methods of complex resort therapy at healing centers of Jurmala allows curing patients with cardiac and vessel diseases, diseases of central and peripheral nervous system, joints and vertebra, digestive system, gynecology, urology, metabolic disorders. There have been developed the unique sanitary programs for patients with musculoskeletal system disorders.

The peculiar attractiveness of the resort is created by a beautiful seaside landscape: the beach with golden sand in pine dunes, spacious wood parks, proximity of the sea and lakes; also natural resort factors, such as the mild climate, pure, richly ionized, air, therapeutic muds and mineral water – have a peculiar value due to the age-long history of application in treatment of sick people. Under conditions of the pharmacological boom the employment of these natural factors acquires a peculiar value in treatment of many diseases of organs, systems and tissues of the organism.

At the service of patients there are swimming pools with the cascade, hydrotherapy, mud baths, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, therapeutic graduated walks (Nordic Walking), ridetherapy (curative horse riding), medical cosmetics, saunas, Salin cave,  Polyclinic, Fitness centre, Phyto bar.

Jurmala offers services of the health and resort tourism, including treatment of different diseases and rehabilitation in a complex with an interesting culture program: sightseeing tours to historic and cultural spots of Jurmala, Riga and throughout Latvia, going to concerts, theatres, museums and other activities.

Year after year Jurmala becomes more and more attractive to tourists, there appear more possibilities for the resort treatment, recreation and entertainment.

In 1967 the Jurmala resorts were enlarged by the “Jaunkemeri” sanatorium, which became a historic continuation of the Kemeri resort, located at the sea and preserved all unique health treasures of the famous resort.