About 5 kilometres north of Bardejov, up a forested valley, Bardejovské Kúpele is a small spa resort that has been in continuous use since the Middle Ages. The mineral springs here contain carbonate, iron and other minerals, and have long been prescribed for digestive complaints and cardiac conditions. The architecture of the spa district — a collection of 19th and early 20th-century treatment pavilions, hotels and public gardens — gives the place a slightly faded but pleasant Mitteleuropean character.
The spa also contains the Museum of Folk Architecture (Skanzen), an open-air collection of 28 traditional wooden buildings relocated from the surrounding region of upper Šariš and Zemplín. It is one of the more interesting folk architecture museums in northeastern Slovakia. Even if you have no interest in taking the waters, the forested setting and the museum make Bardejovské Kúpele worth an afternoon.