"The crème de la crème of Europe's spa towns, The Great Spa Towns of Europe is a UNESCO World Heritage Site made up of eleven spa towns from seven countries across Europe: the UK, Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Czech Republic and Austria. Here is the Culture Trip guide to inspiring destinations you need to visit for the ultimate relaxing escape."
"The culture of 'taking the waters' included sipping, bathing and inhaling mineral water, alongside treatments with mud, salt, spring gas or other natural resources. Leisure time was considered equally important, so spa towns feature theatres, galleries, music halls, casinos and spaces for socialising, as well as parks, paths and colonnades for gentle exercise. Designed hundreds of years ago as the ultimate wellbeing resorts, The Great Spa Towns of Europe pioneered health and wellness tourism as we know it today."
"Baden bei Wien, Austria Only 30km from Vienna, Baden bei Wien is famous for its golden waters, elegant architecture and its rich musical heritage; Beethoven and Mozart wrote some of their most famous works here. The Beethoventempel and Beethovenhaus hold this history, while spa concerts still run in the Kurpark. Bathe in Baden's warm, golden waters at the Römertherme or the Thermalstrandbad, a nostalgic, Art Deco lido with Austria's largest sandy beach."
Eleven spa towns across seven European countries form a UNESCO World Heritage grouping recognized for outstanding representations of spa culture. Practices encompassed sipping, bathing and inhaling mineral waters, along with treatments using mud, salt, spring gas and other natural resources. Leisure facilities such as theatres, galleries, music halls, casinos and social spaces complemented parks, paths and colonnades for exercise. These towns were designed as wellbeing resorts centuries ago and laid foundations for contemporary health and wellness tourism. Baden bei Wien, near Vienna, is noted for golden waters, musical heritage and thermal baths. Montecatini Terme sits north of Florence amid olive groves and Italian architecture, centred on the Piazza del Popolo.
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