Salt grot surround you with salt and its natural scent, transmitting to you emotions of relax and well-being. This is thanks to its microclimate, comparable to the sea air in the morning or after a storm, hence rich in iodine and microelements. Floor, walls, stalactites of salt, for an incredible, suggestive sight.

Salutary properties of salt grots are known from 19th century, when Doctor Felix Boczkowski conducted experiments in order to confirm his theory. According to this, miners who worked in saltmines presented a better health status not only in comparison with others miners, but also with the average people of that time. At that time salutary effects af sea air was already known, but obviously they knew nothing neither about the difference between positive and negative iodine, nor about the necessary concentration of this element in order to treat patologies.

The salt grot of Hotel Columbia Wellness & Spa is made by the Polish firm Krysztalowy Swiat of Wieliczka, near Cracow. There is the longest gallery of salt in Europe, 226 meters deep. The salt of our grot come from that saltmine. Our Salt grot is built in order to remind a saltmine setting, both for outward appearance and for salutary effects of rock salt, that can be inhaled or absorbed by skin.

Even the microclimate is similar to that of saltmines: air temperature, humidity rate, movements of the currents, salty fog, absence of pathogens. Every detail is studied in order to reconstruct a sea climate, only more concentrated: in theory, 45 minutes of therapy in a salt grot should give the same benefits of a three-week stay on the sea. For this reason we turn our special attention to iodine: air is aturated with negative ions, in addition to particles of calcium, magnesium, sodium, bromine and other elements good for health.

Indications: the entry to the salt grot is not recommended in the case of allergy to iodine, hyperthyroidism, low blood pressure, tumoral diseases. Sea salt ions have effects on respiration, improving the status of mucosa, bronchus and respiratory tract in general.