The city of Penza is a regional center with a population of about half a million people, which was founded in 1663 on the banks of the Penza River as a defensive fortress. Currently, the main waterway is the Staraya Sura River. A large bathing area with four city beaches is equipped on its shores. Penza is an industrial city with a large number of enterprises in different directions. The city has a well-developed healthcare structure, including the Penza sanatorium; they are aimed at improving, preventing and treating various diseases.
Children's Wellness Center "Squirrel"
Wellness center "Belka" (Penza, Slavy St., 2-a) is located in a pine forest on Lake Vyad. In the center, children are provided with full five meals a day and comfortable living. For outdoor activities, there are two football fields, one basketball and four volleyball courts, a gymnastics corner and streetball courts, and there are also tennis tables. Children spend their leisure time in the video room, library or on the stage where they organize concerts and discos.
Sanatorium "Niva"
Children's sanatorium "Niva" (Penza, the village of Panovka) is located on the banks of the river in a birch grove, twenty kilometers from the city. The sanatorium accepts children year-round at the age of seven to fifteen years with various teenage diseases.
The three-story dormitory building is connected by covered walkways to the dining room, administrative building, gym and club. A variety of six meals a day includes a large number of fresh fruits and vegetables. The resort treats most common diseases. The treatment base allows you to apply a variety of techniques using its own mineral source, herbs, inhalations and aromatherapy. A swimming pool, a variety of therapeutic baths, restorative massages, a speleocamera and much more can effectively heal children. For sports, the gymnasium is equipped with exercise machines, there is also equipment for shaping. There are hockey, football and basketball sections. For girls organized a circle of applied art, theater and pop studios. To ensure that children do not lag behind the school curriculum, experienced teachers conduct classes in core subjects.
Country sanatoriums
Sanatoriums of Penza, located far from the city, allow you to maximize enjoy the unity with the nature of the Volga region, get a boost of energy and vigor.
The sanatorium "Nadezhda" (Penza region, the village of Ulyanovka) accepts for recreation and treatment adults with children from four years old or children from seven to fifteen years old on their own. The medical profile of the sanatorium is very diverse: from musculoskeletal diseases to digestive disorders, diabetes and much more. Here you can also undergo examination, pediatrician, there are specialists in occupational diseases. The treatment base is focused on the use of natural resources of local sources and mud.
Sanatorium Sosnovy Bor (Penza, 2nd Terlakovo village) is designed for outdoor enthusiasts on the shores of a secluded forest lake. The resort organizes fishing, boat rental, catamarans, quads in the summer, and sleighs, skis and snowmobiles in winter. During forest walks, picking mushrooms and berries, you can see some forest animals and birds. There is a cafe with a comprehensive and personalized menu. There are several equipped barbecue areas where you can cook your favorite dishes according to your own recipe. Accommodation is carried out in five buildings with rooms of different comforts. And also there are 20 summer houses.
"Sanatorium named after Volodarsky"
Penza can boast of excellent health facilities with high-level specialists, and this is exactly the category of the health care institution “Volodarsky Sanatorium”. It is located in the city, near the village of Akhuny. The building of the sanatorium is surrounded by a pine forest, so it offers a wonderful view. This makes it possible to heal not only the body, but also the soul. The number of rooms of the health resort includes: 22 junior suites, 18 luxury apartments, 187 double and 36 single rooms. The last reconstruction was carried out in 2017, respectively, the rooms have a fresh repair.
For vacationers, all opportunities are created here, so as not only to get better, but also to have a good time. Those who wish can swim in the indoor pool, there are classes in water aerobics. For sports enthusiasts there is a gym, tennis court, experienced trainers conduct aerobics classes. Vacationers have the opportunity to relax in the sauna.
In the summer, it will be pleasant to spend time on the beach of the sanatorium, which is equipped with everything necessary. There is also the possibility of renting sports equipment, so in your free time you can ride along the forest paths by bicycle, and in winter skiing. I must say that all the sanatoriums in Penza are well located in the forest zone, so walking on foot is also an integral part of the healing process. The dining room provides a delicious and varied diet.
The treatment base is focused on a wide range of diseases, from allergy treatment to problems with the cardiovascular system. The following wellness procedures are offered: mud and paraffin baths, inhalations, oxygen therapy, mineral therapy, herbal medicine, and various baths. To maintain health, several types of massage are offered, including an underwater shower massage and horizontal traction in the water.
Vacationers note that the Penza sanatoriums are an excellent choice for spending a vacation. Here you can not only improve your health, but also have fun. For everyone there will be entertainments to their liking, because the wonderful nature of the Volga plain fully contributes to this.