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A thermal island oasis with Balnea Health Spa and fine dining

Esplanade Ensana Health Spa Hotel

Slovakia · Western Slovakia · Pieštany Spa

4.5 / 5.0 Excellent

20 reviews

88% would recommend

Cure was very good

Gabriela M.

A health spa hotel in the heart of the thermal island. This hotel leaves nothing to be desired, with treatment programmes and wellbeing facilities at the adjoining Balnea Health Spa. Unwind and recharge in the pool and sauna area. A choice of restaurants, a café with a summer terrace, an evening bar with live music, and a varied programme of entertainment and sport complete the offering.

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Hotel stay

1 night, Comfort Double Room, half board

from $126

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Wellness in Piešťany

2 nights, Comfort Double Room, half board

from $294

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Essential Spa Programme

5 nights, Comfort Double Room, half board

from $762

from$762

Traditional Treatment Programme

5 nights, Comfort Double Room, full board

from $812

from$812

Intensive Treatment Programme

7 nights, Comfort Double Room, full board

from $1,221

from$1,221

Parkinson’s Spa Recovery

14 nights, Comfort Double Room, full board

from $2,187

from$2,187

This innovative treatment programme was developed in collaboration with the Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, the Biomedical Center Martin and the Slovak Parkinson’s Society in Slovakia. It focuses on balneology, physiotherapy, sensory stimulation and a nutraceutical “brain food” diet, based on the latest research into Parkinson’s disease. The nutraceutical module is based on a high-fibre diet and the principles of the “brain food” or CNS diet. Its aim is to optimise the brain’s energy balance, reduce potential nerve inflammation and oxidative stress, and address factors that contribute significantly to premature brain ageing and neurodegeneration. For people affected by neurodegenerative CNS conditions, this diet may help slow neurodegeneration, particularly in the early stages of these conditions.

Further areas of focus include improving motor skills, gait and general posture, modestly reducing tremors, relieving constipation and improving sleep.

Recommended length of stay: 21 nights.

full board with a CNS diet (“Brain Food Diet”), including a meal plan
holistic approach and an individual treatment plan tailored to your current state of health
medical examination and laboratory tests, followed by a final medical report with recommendations
approx. 3 doctor-prescribed treatments per day, for example partial massage, mud pack, electrotherapy, mirror bath, hydrotherapy, individual physiotherapy, Parafango, group exercise, aromatherapy
introduction to beneficial lifestyle changes to continue at home after rehabilitation
gift: book “Recipes for a Healthy Brain – Brainfood Diet”

Included in every package

Use of the indoor and outdoor pools, sauna facilities, fitness facilities, water bikes and energy trail; bathrobe
Activity and cultural programme, including guided walks, music evenings and dance evenings
Wi-Fi

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Please note the contraindications for a treatment programme.

Arrival dates: 27/10, 10/11, 01/12/2026, 12/01 – 14/01, 19/01 – 21/01, 26/01 – 28/01, 02/02 – 04/02, 09/02 – 11/02, 16/02 – 18/02, 23/02 – 25/02, 02/03 – 04/03, 09/03 – 11/03, 16/03 – 18/03, 06/04 – 08/04, 13/04 – 15/04, 20/04 – 22/04, 27/04 – 29/04, 04/05 – 06/05, 11/05 – 13/05, 18/05 – 20/05, 25/05 – 27/05, 01/06 – 03/06, 08/06 – 10/06, 15/06 – 17/06, 22/06 – 24/06, 06/07 – 08/07, 13/07 – 15/07, 20/07 – 22/07, 27/07 – 29/07, 03/08 – 05/08, 10/08 – 12/08, 17/08 – 19/08, 24/08 – 26/08, 07/09 – 09/09, 14/09 – 16/09, 21/09 – 23/09, 28/09 – 30/09, 05/10 – 07/10, 12/10 – 14/10, 19/10 – 21/10, 26/10 – 28/10, 02/11 – 04/11, 09/11 – 11/11, 16/11 – 18/11, 23/11 – 25/11, 07/12 – 09/12, 14/12 – 16/12/2027. Available year-round at Thermia Palace.

Supplements for Christmas, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day are already included in the displayed price.

Esplanade Ensana Health Spa Hotel in detail

Hotel

The Esplanade and Alameda wings are set in peaceful surroundings amid the landscaped parkland of the spa island. The modern spa hotel is connected to the modern Balnea Health Spa by heated corridors. Piešťany’s thermal mineral water and unique sulphur mud are ideal for a relaxing treatment programme and active holiday.

Location & Surroundings

The world-famous Piešťany health spa has been one of Europe’s leading spa destinations for over 100 years, thanks to its thermal springs and sulphurous healing mud. It offers spa treatments to the highest medical standards. Set in the picturesque Váh Valley in south-west Slovakia, it is just 80 km from Bratislava and 140 km from Vienna. The spa island, with its thermal springs, spa buildings and landscaped parks, lies amid greenery along the left bank of the Váh River and is reached via bridges. The beautiful spa park is ideal for long walks. Unwind on the sun terraces of the spa hotels or enjoy promenade concerts during the summer season.

Food & Drink

Five restaurants serve Slovak and international cuisine. Breakfast is served as a buffet, with buffet lunch and dinner (à la carte during stays); Thursday evenings feature themed dinners. Special diets include weight-reduction, diabetic, food-combining, light and vegetarian options. Park Café serves light meals, healthy salads, fine cakes, homemade strudel, ice cream, speciality teas and coffees, and refreshing cocktails. In summer, its lovely sun terrace overlooking the island park is open. In the evenings, enjoy a wide selection of delicacies accompanied by piano or live music. Other facilities include Retro Bar, Bridge Club and a library. The new Pool Side Bar has a beach-inspired atmosphere and serves soft drinks, coffee, beer, fresh fruit juices and mixed drinks, as well as pizza, pancakes, muffins and fruit salad for a light snack.

Wellness & Spa

Immerse yourself in the soothing warmth of the indoor pool, kept at a pleasant 30–33°C and connected directly to an outdoor pool. Enjoy the massage jets and unwind in the bubbling whirlpool. The sauna area, open daily from 6am to 9pm, features a steam room, a Finnish sauna and an infrared sauna for gentle warmth. A sun terrace and solarium are also available to complete your relaxation experience. Autogenic training, yoga and Pilates are also on offer, helping you relax, recharge and find balance between body and mind.

Health & Cures

Balnea Health Spa is one of Slovakia’s most modern spa centres, equipped with the latest medical technology. Facilities include mud and mirror-bath departments. The therapy programme draws on more than 60 treatments using natural remedies, including sulphur baths, mud packs, inhalations, therapeutic gas injections and massage. Treatments also include manual lymphatic drainage, diathermy, acupuncture, ultrasound, galvanisation, Sollux quartz therapy, individual therapeutic exercise, mobilisation techniques, water therapy, cryotherapy and heliotherapy. A doctor and nursing staff are on call 24 hours a day. The qualified team of doctors and therapists also includes German-speaking staff. Dental clinic and beauty salon in the adjoining congress centre.

Leisure

An interesting excursion destination near the capital, Bratislava, where 19 Hungarian kings were crowned, is the small Slovak “Rome” of Trnava (approx. 35 km). Like Nitra (approx. 55 km), it is one of Slovakia’s oldest cities, renowned for its magnificent sacred architecture. Escape the modern age with a visit to the ceramics workshop in the wine town of Modra (approx. 58 km) and the famous glass factory in Valaská Belá (approx. 84 km). The romantic 11th-century Bojnice Castle (approx. 90 km) is modelled on medieval French châteaux. Discover the Gothic monuments of Kežmarok (approx. 270 km) and Levoča (approx. 280 km), home to the world’s largest Gothic altar, as well as Spiš Castle (approx. 300 km), the largest castle complex in Central Europe. A wide range of bicycles is available to hire (chargeable; book directly at reception). Storage for guests’ own bicycles costs approx. €2 per day. Golf lovers can enjoy the spa island’s 9-hole course, the oldest in Slovakia.

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Hotel rooms at a glance

Esplanade Health Spa Hotel offers everything you would expect from a four-star hotel. The Esplanade wing has 263 rooms and suites. Comfort rooms have a bath or shower, separate WC, balcony, satellite TV, minibar, telephone, Wi-Fi, hairdryer, bathrobe and safe. Premium rooms have a shower and air conditioning. Premium Plus rooms have air conditioning and a balcony. Suites have separate sleeping and living areas and face east or west. 9 accessible rooms. Lift.

Comfort Double Room
25 m² · Double bed or 2 separate beds (third bed on request) · Balcony
Premium Double Room
25 m² · Queen-size bed · Balcony
Premium Plus Double Room
30 m² · Twin double bed · Balcony
Comfort Single Room
25 m² · Double bed or 2 separate beds (third bed on request) · Balcony
Premium Single Room
25 m² · Queen-size bed · Balcony
Premium Plus Single Room
30 m² · Twin double bed · Balcony

Customer reviews for Esplanade Ensana Health Spa Hotel

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4.5 Excellent

88% recommend this hotel

4.4

Hotel

4.3

Service

4.6

Treatments

3.7

Food

4.3

Wellness area

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Absolutely wonderful, serious and highly professional medical staff

Bengt J.

February 2025

As a couple | 60–69 | 4–8 days

An exciting experience. Heir to an old European tradition of medicinal spa culture. Serious, knowledgeable staff who you can tell have developed a system of treatments for different ailments.

A stylish New Year's celebration

Rosemarie A.

December 2018

As a couple | 60–69 | 4–8 days

Lovely, traditional hotel, nice clientele, good value for money, good service.

A pleasant stay with a few unnecessary shortcomings

December 2018

As a couple | 17–23 days

After three weeks of spa treatment, there was a noticeable positive effect on my health. The atmosphere was very friendly throughout the spa, restaurant and hotel. There were a few unnecessary shortcomings that would be easy to improve, such as cleanliness (the public pool, the spa bath area and changing rooms) and keeping the drinks menus up to date, as “ne mame” is said far too often. The three Danubius hotels, which run into one another and are in different categories, are on the so-called spa island, within a pleasant walking distance of the city centre. We’ll be back next spring.

Hotel

We booked a comfort room in the 4-star Esplanade section (alongside the Palace, Splendid and Grand) and were given a free upgrade to a premium room with our Danubius Silver card. A very pleasant stay, with fresh bed linen several times a week, a dressing-gown service and more than enough towels for all our spa and sauna visits (of course, in all hotel categories). Entertainment options were very limited, depending on the season. Unfortunately, the sauna and pool complex also had restricted opening hours, which we were told was due to a shortage of lifeguards. Over all the years we have been visiting, good staff management has rarely seemed to be a strength of those responsible and in charge. During our stay, there were many international guests from Germany, Israel and Arab countries — always a good opportunity for interesting conversations, including with one another.

Service

An extra personal touch from some of the staff we dealt with every day.

Treatments

Treatments as above. Regular additional programmes for body and mind. The in-house entertainment programmes don’t seem to be in much demand. A regular feature for decades has been a duo (violin and piano), whose performances are truly outstanding, including their classical concerts, with an international repertoire spanning all genres.

Food

Very good value for money ... ...with freshly grilled fish every day (probably just under 10 different kinds, alternating), a varied selection of vegetables and salads, 2 soups, lots of different fruit, breads and pastries, dressings, seeds (including a grinder), dried fruit, muesli... and so on... As well as the 4 staple meats — beef, pork, turkey and chicken — there was also the occasional game, goose or duck. The choice may have varied, but the preparation was certainly very dependent on which kitchen team was on duty. Here too, poor staff management was apparent, as there seem to have been staff shortages, putting extra pressure on employees. Hand sanitiser is provided at the restaurant entrance, but around 95% of guests ignore it... management needs to be brave enough to enforce its use. Even when you are a customer, it is your duty to behave considerately towards others... they manage it on international cruises. A more hygienic solution for the cup dispensers is also needed at the drinking water stations around the hotel. Waiting 10 minutes for the next treatment and watching the various attempts to take a cup... like an unappetising hidden-camera show.

Wellness area

The spa was very well organised, both in terms of scheduling (guest preferences are taken into account) and how things run. The service staff were friendly and patient with international guests and their individual needs, including those from other cultures. As mentioned, careful cleaning of the baths after every use seems to depend on the commitment of the staff member... and some seem to fall short time and again, despite regular checks by spa management. I hope the towel I used in a changing room in the water rehabilitation department and failed to put in the laundry bin is not representative. Two days later, it was still there, next to a paper tissue that was already there when I arrived. In the public pool, the grease and dirt marks are unpleasantly noticeable, particularly on the way from the indoor area to the outdoor pool. I’ve already mentioned the significantly reduced opening hours for the pool and sauna complex. The noticeably varying levels of expertise in some treatment areas are also a drawback. — Standard massage and nerve pathway massage are too often just wellness treatments. I realised too late that I needed to be clear about what I wanted, even if the therapist didn’t ask. — Water rehabilitation seems to be a job for “stand-ins”, so there is (almost) no variation... and many people have difficulty understanding the audio because the texts are read out in a monotonous rush.

Location

Esplanade Ensana Health Spa Hotel

Slovakia, Western Slovakia, Pieštany Spa

M. R. Štefánik Airport (BTS)

approx. 87 km / 65 min

Vienna International Airport (VIE)

approx. 159 km / 99 min

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Esplanade Ensana Health Spa Hotel

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Wellness in Piešťany

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Essential Spa Programme

Included in every package

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Traditional Treatment Programme

Included in every package

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Intensive Treatment Programme

Included in every package

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Parkinson’s Spa Recovery

Included in every package

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Esplanade Ensana Health Spa Hotel in detail

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Location & Surroundings

Food & Drink

Wellness & Spa

Health & Cures

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Arrival

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Hotel rooms at a glance

Comfort Double Room

Premium Double Room

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Comfort Single Room

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