In the course of millions of years of geohistory, Southern Transdanubia has guarded such natural treasures deep under the ground as oil, coal and uranium, which are being mined in the region: there are the thermal and medicinal waters of various compositions, which gush forth from the depth at many places. 

The most frequented spa, Harkány owes its fame to its 63-64°C waters containing biologically highly active sulfides. The waters and the mud are especially recommended to those suffering from rheumatic and kinetic ailments and for follow-up care of skin diseases. "Taking the waters" is possible at the memorial well-bearing the name of Vilmos Zsigmondy, who led the exploratory borings in the second half of the 19th century, and the pump-room located in the area of the open-air swimming-pool. Legend has it that the devil ploughed Szársomlyó Hill, and the furrows were filled with sulphuric water. Consisting of sulphur in the form of dissolved gas, this type of water is to be found nowhere else. Thanks to this natural asset, the town has been a health resort for 200 years. The waters of the Harkány thermal bath and spa are used to treat all kinds of locomotor disorders, chronic gynaecological inflammations and dermatological diseases and in the follow-up treatment of accidents, fractures and arthritic inflammation of the joints. They are also used as a drinking cure for stomach complaints.

At Tamási, 38 km from laKe Balaton, visitors can enjoy the beneficial effects of the 35-38°C medicinal water. As a bathing cure, it is used mainly to heal kinetic and gynecological diseases, and as a drinking cure, to prevent caries.

The spa of Dombóvár-Gunaras is well worth visiting for its medicinal waters. The thermal and medicinal baths provide relief mainly for those suffering fror netic and chronic infiammatory diseases. In the form of a drinking cure, the water heals kinetic and chronic infiammatory diseases. As a drinking cure, it alleviates gastric, bilious and intestinal complaints. Those seeking recovery may also themselves of the services of the hospital's physiotherapy unit. The town and its environment abound in beauty spots. A protected venue is the forest of Szigeterdő, with remnants of a fortress from the time of the House of Árpád and a monument erected to commemorate the 1848 Revolution and Freedom Fight. At the Sütvénypuszta equestrian centre, visitors may enjoy cross-country riding.

Zalakaros is famous for its medicinal bath. Ten outdoor swimming-pools and a medicinal centre await visitors to Granite Medicinal Bath (Gránit Gyógyfürdő). A mini zoo and a horse riding school offer entertainment and recreation in Behiákpuszta. Further sport facilities, like tennis, fishing, hot-air balloons, hang-gliding and minigolf are also available in Zalakaros.