Global Wellness

Balneology Abroad

Pack your passport. Below are some of the worlds best thermal springs abroad.

Tauren SPA,
Zell am See - Kaprun, Austria

Located in the heart of the Alps, the TAUERN SPA in Zell am See-Kaprun, is one of Austria's most modern spas. Visitors can look forward to everything from sporting action to total relaxation soaking in fresh water from the mountains hot springs. The ideal place to relax and restore your inner balance

Metung Hot Springs Australia

The village of Metung is situated on a peninsula on the north-eastern shore of the Gippsland Lakes, 260 km east of Melbourne, with Lake King to the west and Bancroft Bay to the east.
After a period of stagnation in the tourist industry, Metung began to revive in the 1970s. New homes were built, with Metung becoming popular as a place of retirement. A new marina was built in 1979 to moor the growing number of private craft. Hot water springs from the old oil bores were utilized as spa pools.

Pamukkale Thermal Pools, Turkey

What at first sight appears to be glacial ice pools is in fact naturally formed travertine limestone terraces that have been built up over the past millennia. Filling these 17 tubs is hot (we mean hot) thermal water the color of pure turquoise. Alas, these pools are no longer open for relaxing, although you can walk around them, which is fine seeing as their temperatures range from 95-212 degrees Fahrenheit. Bring your trunks anyway, because a special swimming pool sits close to the terraces.

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Heviz, Hungary

The Only Medical Spa of its Kind in the World. Lake Hévíz is Europe's largest natural thermal lake, and the cradle of a two-thousand-year-old culture of medicine.

The epitome of the Hungarian spa tradition, its natural healing therapies provide thermal water and special healing mud for numerous medical applications.

Blue Lagoon, 
Iceland

The Blue Lagoon is one of the best hot springs in the world. Booking is required to soak in these geothermal waters, originating 1.2 miles below the surface where freshwater and seawater combine at extreme temperatures. On its way to the surface, the water picks up silica, algae, and therapeutic minerals, which account for the lagoon’s healing reputation as well as its brilliant blue coloring.

Ma’in Hot Springs, Jordan

Here, at the sprawling Ma’in springs, you’ll find both native and tourist alike, soaking away their ailments and worries in the pools which are accessible from a variety of routes. A surprise among the hot desert landscape, these springs contain elements such as sodium, calcium, chloride, radon, hydrogen sulfide, and carbon dioxide, and can hit an upwards of 145 degrees Fahrenheit. Technically their own region located between Madaba and the Dead Sea, the springs’ crowning jewel is the multitude of tall heated waterfalls that pour down into the pools. The spring is heated by hot water that comes from the top of the basaltic mountain.

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Hoshino, Japan

Hoshino Resorts offer 17 destinations for blissful bathing.. Reset to the peace of a rural village, sinshu-style hospitality and hot spring soaks.

Thanks to its overabundance of active volcanos, Japan is a veritable hotbed of hot springs. Warm, mineral-rich waters bubble up from beneath the earth all over the country, giving rise to spa precincts.

Banjar Hot Springs, Bali

Across the globe, surrounded by lush tropical gardens is the hot springs complex of Banjar, or Air Panas Banjar as the locals call it. Tucked away in the hills, natural hot spring water pours out of the stone-carved mouths of animal heads, filling a pool with what is considered “holy” water. The milky aqua water in this bath overflows into a second and then third pool, where the current pummels down for a warm shoulder massage under the falls.

Cascate del Mulino, Italy

Great to visit no matter the season, these stairway pools get hotter the higher you sit and pour downhill in a foggy, magical blue water. The waterfalls are naturally brimming with sulphur and other minerals thought to cure ailments since the Roman era, and are situated just outside of the village of Saturnia, surrounded by pastoral Tuscan land. Just up the road, the same water bubbles into man-made pools at the luxurious Terme di Saturnia Spa where you can see the thermal plankton micro-critters swimming about in the water.