Spas Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
location where mineral-rich spring water is used to give medicinal baths
About Spas
The wordspais derived fromSpa, a town in Belgium, though folk etymology, repeated through marketing, has claimed it to be an acronym ofSanitas per aquamor other Latin phrases. Springs of water have attracted travellers since prehistoric times, some of them withreligious importance. While bathing was a virtue in societies such as theRoman Empireand theOttoman Empire, it fell out of fashion in medieval and early modern Europe, with some exceptions. Modern spas combine different diets, treatments and activities forphysical fitness, such assport,yoga,meditation,sauna, andvegetarian food. In the 19th century, springwater drinking, bathing and exercise were promoted as healthy; founded on science as well as romanticism for nature.Rail travel,steamshipsand other modes of transport allowed the mid
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