The tourist in search of rest will fìnd everything needed for physical and mental recreation on the Great Plain: romantic farms, cooling lakes and rivers, health-restoring baths, pleasant excursion spots, colourful folklore performances, festivals, delicious fiavours and full-bodied wines. In summer the sun almost always shines brightly. And you can choose from bathing and angling, rowing and cycling, tennis, horse riding or even hunting.

Hungary has one of the richest stores of mineral waters in Europe and a great part of this natural treasure is found on the Great Plain. The medicinal baths and balneotherapy centres, highly effective in the treatment of various disorders, especially locomotor and gynaecological complaints, have a well-deserved international fame. One of the most famous places for health tourism is the outdoor and medicinal baths centre at Gyula set in a splendid natural environment, where the Turks built baths in 1518. Today the Castle Baths offer visitors twenty different pools, baths and children's wading pools. 

In Hajdúszoboszló, called the "Mecca of rheumatics" millions seek to get some rest and relaxation or to find a cure for their ailments.

Debrecen has also earned the title of spa city. The idea of trasforming Nagyerdő into a recreation area dates back to as early as the end of the 18th century. The military commander of the city, Colonel Simonyi started to carry out the plain in 1816. Nagyerdő has been under regular improvement and extension ever since.

Popular medicinal and open-air baths can also be found at , Berekfürdő, Gyomaendród, Orosháza-Gyopárosfürdő, Gyula, Kalocsa, Kecskemét, Tiszakécske-Kerekdomb, Szeged and Hódmezővásárhely.

Besides the open-air baths, on hot summer days campers, lovers of aquatic sports and anglers seek refreshment along the Danube, Tisza and Kőrös rivers, in the romantic natural environment of the flowing streams and backwaters. Windsurfers, especially beginners, willfind ideal and safe spots on the shallow waters of the alkaline lakes.

There are countless horse studs and riding schools on the plains. The horseherds, who have great virtuosity in handling their horses, give regalar shows and beginners can learn the fundamentals of riding here. The more daring can also take lessons in carriage driving. Visitors who come in winter can see the countrysidefrom a horse-drawn sleigh and then experience a real Great Plain porkfeast in one of the tanya inns.