Master plan · Gata rehabilitation and tourism centre
A spa, a resort and beds for a thousand guests on one site.
The centre's core is rehabilitation and treatment; tourism facilities complement it. The programme is sized from an analysis of comparable centres and the catchment area, with scope for cross-border cooperation through IPA funds, following the Varaždinske Toplice model.
Facilities on the site plan
- indoor pool with terrace
- semi-Olympic pool and outdoor pool
- motel and hotel
- care home for the elderly
- sports platform and courts
- adventure park
- bungalows and campsite
- cable car
- two squares, three car parks, a service road
Layout logic
The ground falls gently north towards the stream and woodland. Everything that makes noise and traffic stays by the southern road; everything that needs quiet, from the therapy wing to the bungalows, faces the greenery.
The pool complex sits at the centre, directly linked to the sports courts, so athletic training and rehabilitation share the same infrastructure.
Three functions of the centre
Rehabilitation centre
- hydrotherapy: 36–38 °C pools, 40–42 °C hot baths
- electrotherapy
- kinesiotherapy: gym and exercise halls
- climatotherapy across three altitude belts
- medical centre: rheumatology and rehabilitation department, laser, magnetic therapy, Hubbard tanks, diagnostics
Tourism centre
- indoor and outdoor pools with attractions
- walking and cycling trails
- excursions: Una, Plješevica, Plitvice
- sports tourism and team training camps
- sports hall for about 2,000 spectators with outdoor courts
- fitness centre with professional staff
Accommodation and support
- 4- and 5-star hotels, about 1,000 beds in units of about 200
- each hotel with a pool, conference halls and wellness
- stand-alone restaurant with about 500 seats, local food from the community
- business centre with an amphitheatre for congresses and training
- bungalows and an eco-village with its own farm
- administration, parking and storage
Pools for three kinds of guest.
The tourist, the recreational swimmer and the patient. Each group has its own water, its own temperature and its own entrance.
Leisure pools
- wave pool
- children's pool with slides and water cannons
- toddlers' pool with water toys and sprinklers
- relaxation pool with geysers, waterfalls and underwater massage
- five-lane slide
Indoor recreation pools
- 25 m swimming pool
- therapy pool with underwater speakers and lights for sound and colour therapy
- whirlpool with massage effects
- wellness pool with a section opening to the outside
- outdoor winter swimming pool, jacuzzis
Medical pools
- rehabilitation pools
- hydrotherapy tubs
- Hubbard tanks
- Jacob pool, 40–42 °C
- diagnostics
