THERMAL SPAS
The Benefits of Thermal Spas in Bath, England
A few months ago, I was on business in Bath, a charming town situated in Somerset in the south-west of England. The kind hosts took us on a tour of the town about which the prominent British writer Jane Austen often wrote in her novels.
I quickly learned that the greatest pride of Bath is the Roman bath that the town was named after. Namely, the Romans built baths and a Roman temple on the surrounding Bath hills in the Avon river valley, around the only natural hot springs in Great Britain.
Their Roman baths, of Latin name Aquae Sulis, are equivalent to our Aquae Iasae, an archeological site in Varaždin Spa.
spa has turned to green procurement, and a lot of groceries are supplied by local producers from Međimurje, which is highly appreciated by guests, both domestic and foreign.
Croatia's 222 Natural Thermal Sources for Health
Water from the depths defines all our spas. In Varaždin Spa it is enriched with sulfur. The smell of rotten eggs may be repulsive, but water (warm) is rich in healing effects. In Lipik and its spas water (also warm), on the other hand, has no smell, but the taste is specific. It's like drinking a mineral water whose bubbles have flattened. But here too its healing effects have been proven. Enough to head to health resorts and spas of continental Croatia.
continental Croatia spreading at 1800 square meters, where thermal water has been used for heling for 100 years. If instead of a relaxing weekend I turn it into a fun weekend with my nephews, I can forget clay masks and saunas - I need swimming pools. Maybe those at Jezerčica Thermal Spa, Tuhelj and Selce.
I hesitated between a trip to the coast or to the continental part of Croatia. For a long time, I have wanted to visit the largest spa area in the region, that of the 2,500-square-meter at the Bellevue Hotel in Mali Lošinj, which won the 2018 Best Destination Spa award for excellence for the Condé Nast Johansens.
While Trevor Jones, a lover of architecture and a tourist guide to Bath, listed the benefits of the spa, describing its miraculous water, unaware that in Croatia we have as many as 222 destinations with natural benefits such as healing mud, clean sea of high salinity, healing thermal water, special types of medicinal oil - naphthalene, which in Europe is only found here, I was already forging plans in my head, combining the upcoming days off and the weekends thinking about where to go for a quick regeneration. A wellness? A massage? A Spa?
Relaxing Weekend Options at Croatian Thermal Spas
The doors of our thermal spas are open all year-round. Investments are made in facilities and employees and as a result they achieve good results and an income increase of up to 20 percent. Summer is the high season for them, and their product is very competitive compared to the surrounding countries, which are developing wellness and spa combined with the congress tourism.
But Bizovac Thermal Spa is much closer, and its Aquapolis has 11 pools, numerous water attractions and a Finnish sauna, or, perhaps LifeClass Spa "Sveti Martin" with the most modern wellness oasis in
Growing Popularity of Croatian Thermal Spas
Bizovac thermal spa and health resort, near Osijek, has the warmest water of all Croatian spas. The first spring is at a depth of over 1800 meters where the water is 96 degrees Celsius, the second is slightly colder - "only" 85 degrees. The guests have recognized the healing benefits of water rich in minerals and thus, they return regularly.
Increasing occupancy rates from year to year show that Tuhelj Thermal Spa is also preferred by foreign tourists.
The popularity of Jezerčica Thermal Spa is also growing, and "Sveti Martin"
| 1. Tuhelj Thermal Spa/ Hrvoje Serdar | 2. Tuhelj Thermal Spa/ Hrvoje Serdar | 3. St. Martin Thermal Spa/ Hrvoje Serdar
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