Ukraine's salty secret: Best salt lakes to rival Dead Sea
The best salt lakes in Ukraine that have healing properties (photo: Getty Images)
Ukraine has unique salt lakes whose water and mud composition can rival the Dead Sea. These natural resorts attract visitors not only with their beauty but also with their healing properties. Here, you can improve the health of your skin, joints, respiratory system, and nervous system - all without leaving the country.
RBC-Ukraine reveals which salt lakes you definitely need to visit this summer.
Solotvyno Lakes (Zakarpattia)
Unique lakes are located on the site of old salt mines. The most famous is Lake Kunigunda, where the salt level is close to that of the Dead Sea.
Here, you can float effortlessly, and the local mud helps with skin diseases, joint problems, and nervous system disorders. Nearby, there are working salt mines and a speleotherapeutic sanatorium.
Lake Kunigunda (photo: Wikipedia)
Lake Burnas (Odesa region)
Lake Burnas is one of the saltiest lakes in southern Ukraine. It is located within the boundaries of the Tuzly Lagoons National Park.
Here, there is a unique combination of sea air, salty water, and healing mud. It is a great place to combine wild recreation with health improvement.
Burnas Lagoon shore near Tuzly village (photo: Wikipedia)
Lake Kagul (Odesa region)
A little-known salt lake with good mineralization and white mud, which is used in folk medicine.
People come here to escape tourist crowds and restore their strength in the bosom of nature.
Lake Kagul (photo: Wikipedia)
Shelekhivske Lake (Sumy region)
Though not as well known, this lake has slightly salty water and picturesque shores. People come here for peace, quiet, and swimming in natural mineralized water. A good place for family recreation.
Shelekhivske Lake (photo: Wikipedia)
Read also why you can't swim in Ukraine's Lake Synevyr.
Earlier, we wrote about Ukraine's smallest villages with no connection or tourists.
Sources: Wikipedia, karpaty.love, State Agency for Tourism Development of Ukraine, Ukraїner.
