Zalakaros is a town in

Zala County Zala ( hu, Zala megye, ; ; ) is an administrative county (comitatus or ''megye'') in south-western Hungary. It is named after the Zala River. It shares borders with Croatia ( Koprivnica–Križevci and Međimurje Counties) and Slovenia (Lendava ...

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

. Zalakaros is famous for its thermal spring baths. It gained its fame in 1967, when prospective oil drilling struck a nearly 96 °C (205 °F) source at a depth of 1000 metres.

Twin towns – sister cities

Zalakaros is twinned with: *

Asperhofen Asperhofen is a town in the district of Sankt Pölten-Land in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. Geography Asperhofen lies in the Mostviertel in Lower Austria, 6 km north of Neulengbach, on the edge of the Haspel Forest on the road to Tu ...

, Austria * Puchheim, Germany *

Olesno Olesno is a town in Opole Voivodship, Poland about north-east of the city of Opole. It is the capital of Olesno County and seat of the Gmina Olesno. History The area near the ancient Amber Road had been settled since the Neolithic era. Olesno ...

, Poland

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External links

Official website

Zalakaros at funiq.hu
Populated places in Zala County Thermal baths in Hungary {{Zala-geo-stub