Sokołowsko, a former rural spa which may now be referred to as “a forgotten spa” was studied by the author. The potential of spas as health-promoting places mainly depends on the climatic qualities, resources of health-promoting raw materials as well as service infrastructure. The main advantages of the village are: location in the mountains and close to the national border; vicinity of Wałbrzych; climatic conditions beneficial for the treatment of respiratory track diseases; spa infrastructure; unique mountain landscape protected within the Sudety Wałbrzyskie Landscape Park created in 1998. The decreasing offer of spa resort infrastructure as well as decreasing number of patients are worrying phenomena.

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