Thermal bath

Thermal bath

A thermal bath is a warm body of water. It is often referred to as a spa, which is traditionally used to mean a place where the water is believed to have special health-giving properties, though note that many spas offer cold water or mineral water treatments.

A thermal bath may be part of a destination spa or the reason that a spa town exists.

Notable baths

*Bad Nauheim
*Bad Sauerbrunn
*San Pellegrino
*Széchenyi Baths

ee also

*Hot spring
*Heat reservoir
*Balneotherapy
*Hydrotherapy
*Spa town
*Steam shower


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