Jurmala has long been known as a city to go for relaxation on the seaside and in the green forest. The city is well now health destination and many spa hotels offering lot’s of treatments. Nature has generously awarded Jurmala with unique medicinal resources. Jurmala is a balneological and a climatic resort - here you can find both healing mud, as well as a mild maritime climate combined with the pine forest air rich with phytoncides. Here the subsoil hides sulfurated, bromide and sodium chloride mineral water, which has created large underground reserves of therapeutic peat, and you can find precious sapropel mud in the lakes. Jurmala is known as a medical resort since the late 18th century, when the research of folk medicines such as hydrogen sulfide springs, peat and sapropel mud allowed to set up the first healing institutions in Kemeri. Today the treatment institutions of the Jurmala resorts offer a wide range of healing, rehabilitation and SPA services, and it is the ideal place for combining leisurely relaxation with healthcare. Jurmala’s medical institutions are renowned for the quality of services and professional specialists. If you want to enjoy the waves, you can rent SUP boards, water skis or motorboats. The sandy beach is a great place to play volleyball. Furthermore, on a bike ride you will find wonderful wooden architecture pearls on almost every street in the city.