Spa & thermal wellness, around the world.
Where the water itself was the original draw.
Weilburg
A photogenic pocket-sized town in Hesse set on the Lahn river between the Westerwald and Taunus uplands, Weilburg was for centuries the residence of the Nass…
Karlovy Vary
Founded in the 14th century by Charles IV and built around a cluster of hot springs, Karlovy Vary is Czechia's most visited spa town, set at the confluence o…
Cauterets
This spa town and ski resort in the French Pyrenees, Cauterets sits along the Gave de Pau river within the Pyrénées National Park, surrounded by mountain sce…
Bad Ragaz
A spa and health resort in the canton of St.
Bad Reichenhall
Salt production with a history stretching back four thousand years defines Bad Reichenhall, a spa town in the Bavarian Alps of Upper Bavaria whose Alpine sal…
Alassio
A sandy-beached resort town on the Italian Riviera in Liguria, Alassio draws visitors year-round — as a bathing destination in summer and a health resort in…
Plombières-les-Bains
A spa village in the Vosges whose thermal springs were first developed by the Romans, Plombières-les-Bains drew an extraordinary roll of visitors over the ce…
Bad Neustadt an der Saale
This walkable Bavarian spa town where the Franconian Saale and Brend rivers meet, Bad Neustadt an der Saale has a centre with several historic churches, café…
Porretta Terme
Historic spa town in the upper Reno valley of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, Porretta Terme has been known for its thermal springs since Roman times and devel…
Ax-les-Thermes
Thermal spa village in the Ariège Pyrenees with more than sixty hot springs, Ax-les-Thermes also operates a winter ski area — Ax 3 Domaines, established in D…
Jesenik
Home to the Priessnitz Medical Spa, founded in 1822 as the world's first hydrotherapy institute, Jeseník is a spa town in the Olomouc Region of Czechia, set…
Castellammare del Golfo
A seafront town in Sicily's Trapani province, Castellammare del Golfo takes its name from the medieval fortress in its harbour — "Sea Fortress on the Gulf" —…
Bagnères-de-Bigorre
Spa town in the foothills of the French Pyrenees, Bagnères-de-Bigorre sits in the valley of the Adour river and offers a café and restaurant scene that holds…
Bad Langensalza
This German spa town in Thuringia where a walkable old centre of half-timbered buildings and a tall church tower rising above cobbled streets meets riverside…
Bilina
A spa town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of Czechia, Bílina is known for its mineral spring water, Bílinská kyselka, and a well-preserved historic centre prot…
Duszniki-Zdroj
A spa town in the Kłodzko Valley of southwestern Poland, Duszniki-Zdrój sits on the Bystrzyca River between the Orlickie and Bystrzyckie mountain ranges on t…
Bad Windsheim
This small Bavarian spa town west of Nuremberg is the only therapeutic spa (Heilbad) in Middle Franconia, built around mineral springs that also supply sever…
Leukerbad
Mountain spa and ski resort in the Swiss canton of Valais, Leukerbad is best known for its thermal springs, which reach temperatures of up to 51°C, and the m…
Salins-les-Bains
Salt has shaped Salins-les-Bains since the fifth millennium BC, and the town's historic saltworks — added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2009 as an ext…
Borkum
Germany's largest East Frisian Island by area, Borkum sits in the Wadden Sea off Lower Saxony and has built its economy almost entirely around tourism since…
Yverdon-les-Bains
A thermal spa town on the southern shore of Lake Neuchâtel, Yverdon-les-Bains has been known for its sulphurous springs since Roman times, when it was called…
Royal Tunbridge Wells
One of only three towns in England to hold the "Royal" prefix — granted by King Edward VII in 1909 — Tunbridge Wells in Kent built its reputation as a fashio…
Horn-Bad Meinberg
Home to the Externsteine — a striking formation of tall, narrow sandstone columns rising from the Teutoburg Forest — Horn-Bad Meinberg is a tiny city in the…
Kurokawa Onsen
Forested valley in Kumamoto's uplands holds this atmospheric hot-spring village, where multi-storey timber ryokan line a modest river and visitors stroll the…
Lacco Ameno
Rebuilt after a devastating 1883 earthquake that destroyed most of its buildings, Lacco Ameno transformed from a fishing village into a thermal-spa resort on…
Fischen
This Bavarian mountain village in the Allgäu region holds recognized status as a health-climate spa resort (heilklimatischer Kurort), set in alpine terrain w…
Nakusp
Tiny village on the shore of Upper Arrow Lake in British Columbia's West Kootenay region, Nakusp sits between the Selkirk and Monashee mountain ranges and is…
Trbovlje
A Slovenian mining town in the Central Sava Valley known as the birthplace of Laibach, the industrial music group, Trbovlje sits along the Sava River in moun…
Bad Salzuflen
Thermal spa town in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Bad Salzuflen has operated as a recognised Kneipp health resort since 2024 and draws visito…
Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste
Walled medieval village in the French Pyrenees, Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste sits on the Tech river close to the Spanish border and belongs to the Les Plus Beaux…
Kudowa-Zdrój
One of Europe's oldest spa towns, Kudowa-Zdrój sits in the foothills of the Table Mountains on Poland's southwestern border with the Czech Republic, where it…
Krippen
A little fishing hamlet on the Elbe in Saxony's Saxon Switzerland region, Krippen holds official spa-resort status as a Kneipp health resort and sits in moun…
Bad Aussee
This spa town at the confluence of the three source streams of the Traun River, Bad Aussee sits at the heart of the Styrian Salzkammergut in the Austrian Alp…
Jonzac
A spa town in the Charente-Maritime since 1986, Jonzac sits on the Seugne river in the heart of Cognac wine country, with a café and restaurant scene that pu…
Eger
Eger is a Hungarian wine town whose Egri Bikavér (Bull's Blood) red is known well beyond the country's borders, set among vineyards in the hills between the…
Premia
This tiny thermal spa village in the mountains of Piedmont's Verbano-Cusio-Ossola province, Premia sits in the Valle Antigorio, a branch of the Val d'Ossola,…
Ainsworth Hot Springs
Founded in 1883 by steamboat operator George Ainsworth, this little historic village on the shore of Kootenay Lake in British Columbia draws visitors to its…
Mittenwald
Violin-making has defined Mittenwald for centuries, and this small Bavarian Alpine town near the Austrian border carries that tradition alongside dramatic mo…
Slanic-Moldova
A Romanian spa town set in forested hills, where an ornate early-20th-century pavilion with twin onion-domed towers and formal hedged gardens signals its her…
Supraśl
Spa town on the Supraśl River in north-eastern Poland, with a small centre that holds several historic churches and a café scene alongside clean air and a mi…
Bad Staffelstein
This small spa town in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, sits along the Main river and is anchored by three landmarks: the Basilica of Vierzehnheiligen, designed by…
Chaudes-Aigues
A spa village in the Cantal department of south-central France, Chaudes-Aigues — whose name translates as "Hot Waters" — has been known for its thermal sprin…
Vouzela
Modest municipality in Portugal's Viseu district, Vouzela sits alongside the water and within easy reach of the thermal spa town of São Pedro do Sul, just a…
Stolberg
This tiny historic town in the southern Harz mountains of Saxony-Anhalt, Stolberg holds several churches and a handful of cafés and restaurants for a settlem…
Althofen
One of the oldest continuously inhabited mountain settlements in Austria, Althofen is a compact spa town in Carinthia's Sankt Veit an der Glan district, with…
Orhangazi
A town in Bursa Province sitting on the western shore of Lake Iznik, with the Sea of Marmara close to the north and mountain ranges on both sides.
Ratzeburg
Surrounded by four lakes and connected to the mainland only by three causeways, Ratzeburg is a small island-town in Schleswig-Holstein whose old town sits en…
Garessio
This pocket-sized Piedmontese village in the Ligurian Alps known for its mineral water, Aqua San Bernardo, which drew spa visitors at the turn of the twentie…
Zunil
This highland town in Guatemala's Quetzaltenango department, Zunil sits on the bank of the Salamá River and is known for its volcanic thermal baths, includin…
Bad Sooden-Allendorf
This small spa town in Hesse straddling the Werra river, Bad Sooden-Allendorf drew its wealth from salt-brine extraction for centuries before reinventing its…
Graglia
This tiny Piedmontese village whose communal territory takes in the Mombarone peak and Lake Ingagna, Graglia is best known for the Sacro Monte di Graglia, a…
Reichenau an der Rax
A small Austrian market village at the foot of the Rax mountains on the Schwarza river, Reichenau an der Rax is recognised as a health-climate spa resort.
Aizuwakamatsu
Aizuwakamatsu, the main city of the Aizu region in Fukushima Prefecture, carries a warrior history stretching back a thousand years, most vividly associated…
Termini Imerese
This Sicilian coastal town on the Gulf of Termini Imerese, with a compact historic centre dense with churches, Roman ruins, and thermal baths fed by volcanic…
Weiskirchen
This small Saarland town in Germany's Hunsrück uplands, where a fountain-fed lake edged with purple wildflowers sits below a church steeple and grand civic b…
Beppu
Beppu, on the eastern coast of Kyushu's Ōita Prefecture, is one of Japan's three great hot spring cities, known above all for the Hells of Beppu — a collecti…
Lava Hot Springs
This pocket-sized Idaho resort town on the Portneuf River draws visitors to its natural hot springs, which feed pools suited for bathing, and to a turbulent…
Bad Hindelang
This Bavarian health resort in the Allgäu Alps near the Austrian border, Bad Hindelang has built its identity around a sulphur spring used for cures since th…
Matlock
This small Derbyshire county town sits in the south-eastern Peak District, where the River Derwent runs through mountain terrain and scenic viewpoints are cl…
Quetzaltenango
Guatemala's second city, known widely as Xela (pronounced SHAY-la), sits high in a mountain valley in the western highlands and draws visitors with a walkabl…
Bad Freienwalde
This spa town in Brandenburg's Märkisch-Oderland district, Bad Freienwalde has held official recognition as a moor-bath health resort since 1925 and sits at…
Aguascalientes City
Founded on October 22, 1575, near thermal springs that gave it its name — "hot waters" — Aguascalientes is a large city in north-central Mexico whose histori…
Aubenas
This small town in the southern Ardèche with a café and restaurant scene that is well stocked for its size, Aubenas sits on the river Ardèche at a crossroads…
Basse-Terre
Guadeloupe's administrative capital sits on the western island of the archipelago, where volcanic mountains and tropical rainforest rise sharply behind a wat…
Bad Kissingen
This UNESCO World Heritage spa town on the Franconian Saale river in Bavaria's Lower Franconia region, Bad Kissingen holds the oldest spa garden in Europe, d…
Dax
France's leading spa town for mud-based rheumatism treatments, Dax sits on the Adour river in the Landes department of southwestern France, with thermal esta…
Świnoujście
Baltic seaside spa town on Poland's north-western tip, Świnoujście sits across three islands at the mouth of the Świna river, with a wide sandy beach stretch…
Johanngeorgenstadt
Uranium was first isolated in 1789 from pitchblende samples taken from this modest Saxon mining town in the Ore Mountains, on the border with the Czech Repub…
Nyíregyháza
Sóstógyógyfürdő, the thermal bath and recreation district on the edge of this northeastern Hungarian city, anchors the main reason to visit: a spa complex wi…
Helensville
This small town on the tidal Kaipara River in New Zealand's Auckland Region, Helensville sits near the southern end of the expansive Kaipara Harbour, a short…
Tequisquiapan
Founded in 1551 around natural hot springs in the state of Querétaro, Tequisquiapan is a colonial town with cobblestone streets, wrought iron fixtures, and a…
Loutraki
Spa resort on the Gulf of Corinth known for its natural mineral springs and thermal baths — officially recognised as a spa town since 1925 — Loutraki also dr…
Sestroretsk
This coastal resort town on the Gulf of Finland, Sestroretsk sits where the Sestra River and Sestroretsk Lake meet the Baltic shore, a short train ride north…
Hamamözü
This modest town in Turkey's Amasya Province sits in highland terrain near the Black Sea region's mountains, and the district is home to the Arkut Bey hot sp…
Friedrichroda
A spa town at the northern edge of the Thuringian Forest in Thuringia, Friedrichroda has official recognition as both a health-climate resort and an air reso…
Ustka
A Baltic Sea spa town on Poland's Slovincian Coast, Ustka draws summer visitors to its wide sandy beach, walkable centre, and a port-side quarter of old fish…
Fojnica
Pocket-sized spa and mountain town in central Bosnia, Fojnica sits in the valley of the Fojnička River and draws visitors to its thermal-water spa centre, Re…
Havelberg
A pocket-sized town in Saxony-Anhalt where part of the centre is built on an island in the Havel river, Havelberg sits directly on the water with cafés and r…
Tirau
Small highway-junction village in the South Waikato District of New Zealand's North Island, Tīrau has developed a café and restaurant scene that punches abov…
Villarrica
A lakeside town in Chile's Araucanía Region, Villarrica sits on the western shore of the lake that shares its name, with a walkable waterfront avenue offerin…
Rabka-Zdroj
Spa town in the Gorce Mountains of southern Poland, Rabka-Zdrój has operated as a health resort since 1864, with hydrotherapy still offered at local hospital…
Hot Springs
Hot Springs, Arkansas, built its identity around natural thermal springs that drew visitors for centuries before the federal government protected the area in…
Kislovodsk
This spa city in Russia's North Caucasus, Kislovodsk is the country's second-largest resort centre after Sochi and the largest within the Caucasian Mineral W…
Bad Brambach
Bad Brambach, the southernmost village in Saxony, has built its identity around the Wettinquelle, a radon spring promoted since the early 20th century as the…
Podčetrtek
This pocket-sized wine-growing village in eastern Slovenia's Styria region, Podčetrtek sits beside the river Sotla and is home to Terme Olimia, a thermal spa…
Frantiskovy Lazne
A UNESCO World Heritage spa town in West Bohemia, Františkovy Lázně (also known by its German name Franzensbad) forms part of the West Bohemian Spa Triangle…
Bad Elster
A little spa town in Saxony's Vogtland hills, Bad Elster is home to one of Germany's oldest mineral and moorland bath resorts, sitting on the White Elster ri…
Orma, Pella
Village at the foot of Mount Voras in the Pella region of Greek Macedonia, Orma sits close to natural waters and is considered one of the more popular touris…
Buxton
England's highest market town, Buxton sits at around 1,000 feet above sea level on the edge of the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire.
Băile Tuşnad
A spa town in the valley of the Olt River in eastern Transylvania, Băile Tușnad sits between the Harghita and Bodoc mountains at a point where the river cuts…
Heilbad Heiligenstadt
A spa town in the mountains of Thuringia, Heilbad Heiligenstadt has a walkable centre with a concentration of historic churches, cafés, and restaurants, and…
Bad Hall
A spa town in Upper Austria's Steyr-Land district, Bad Hall has built its identity around iodine- and bromine-rich saline springs known since the 8th century…
Gołdap
A spa town in northeastern Poland's Masuria region, Gołdap sits between the Szeskie Hills, Gołdap Lake, and the Puszcza Romincka forest, with a little centra…
Kusatsu
One of Japan's most famous hot-spring resorts, Kusatsu is a tiny town in Gunma Prefecture's northwest, drawing visitors to its thermal baths and a café and r…
Hot Springs
A little South Dakota town set among red-rock bluffs and green hills, Hot Springs greets visitors with a welcoming arch, a Pioneer Museum, and a compact down…
Whakarewarewa
Whakarewarewa is a geothermal area in Rotorua, on New Zealand's North Island, where Māori have lived continuously since around 1325, using the valley's heat…
Nesebar
Ancient Black Sea town with more than three millennia of history, Nesebar occupies a peninsula connected to the Bulgarian mainland by a narrow isthmus, with…
Sovata
Spa town in Transylvania's Mureș County, Sovata sits on the upper course of the Târnava Mică river and draws visitors to its thermal resort facilities.
Denizli
Denizli is the main gateway city for Pamukkale, the UNESCO-listed mineral-terraced hillside and hot springs that draw visitors from across Turkey and beyond.
Birštonas
Lithuania's longest-established spa town, Birštonas sits on a loop of the Nemunas River south of Kaunas and has drawn visitors to its mineral waters since th…
San Juan de los Morros
Sulfuric hot springs with a long reputation for medicinal properties draw visitors to San Juan de los Morros, the mountain-terrain capital of Venezuela's Guá…
Poços de Caldas
This hydromineral resort city in southern Minas Gerais, Poços de Caldas has built its reputation on hot springs and a mild climate, drawing visitors to a cen…
Carhuaz
A tiny Peruvian city in the Callejón de Huaylas valley of Áncash, Carhuaz sits a short drive from Huaraz and offers a café and restaurant scene that punches…
Papallacta
This tiny Andean village spread across a lush high-altitude valley, Papallacta sits beneath steep green mountain slopes in Ecuador's Napo Province, drawing i…
Sela pri Dolenjskih Toplicah
Tiny Slovenian hamlet in Lower Carniola where open meadows meet a dense forested hillside, set among rolling upland country near vineyards and the spa town o…
Sandanski
Sandanski is a spa town in southwestern Bulgaria known for its thermal water springs and the highest average annual temperature in the country, making it a y…
Mudurnu
Mudurnu, a modest town in Turkey's Bolu Province, was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2014 under the name Mudurnu Tarihi Ahi Kenti, recognised for…
Sendai
Satsumasendai, in Kagoshima Prefecture on Japan's Kyushu island, sits along the coast and incorporates the Koshikijima Islands, a chain with a history as a h…
Bad Radkersburg
This heritage-dense spa town in the southeast of Austria's Styria region, Bad Radkersburg sits on the water with a streetscape thick with listed buildings an…
Tsqaltubo
Tsqaltubo, in western Georgia, is a balneological resort town on the Tsqaltubostsqali River, a short drive from Kutaisi and within sight of the mountains.
Ciudad Jimenez
Known as "the land of hot springs" for the thermal waters found across its municipality, Ciudad Jiménez sits in the Bolsón de Mapimí at the southeastern edge…
Taraklı district
The Yunus Pasha Mosque, built in 1517 by Mimar Sinan and heated from below by steam from an adjacent bathhouse, anchors this small Ottoman-era town in Sakary…
Alet-les-Bains
A pocket-sized village in the Aude department of southern France, Alet-les-Bains sits on the River Aude and is known for its mineral spring, the Eau d'Alet.
Truskavets
Truskavets is Ukraine's foremost balneological resort, built around mineral springs in a valley at the foot of the Eastern Carpathians, within reach of Lviv…
Sardara
A tiny agricultural and spa town in Sardinia's Campidano plain, Sardara has held the Touring Club Italiano's "Bandiera Arancione" quality mark since 2005 and…
Çermik district
Çermik, a town in Diyarbakır Province in southeastern Türkiye, takes its name from its thermal springs — declared the province's official Thermal Tourism Cen…
Velingrad
This well-known balneological resort town in the Rhodope Mountains of Southern Bulgaria, Velingrad sits in the Chepino Valley with a café and restaurant scen…
Vorokhta
A small Carpathian spa town and ski resort on the Prut River in western Ukraine, Vorokhta sits high in the mountains and is often regarded as a capital of Hu…
Baldone
Sulfur water springs made Baldone a spa resort town, and that mineral-water heritage still defines this small Latvian settlement in the Semigallia region, a…
Sozopol
An ancient Black Sea town on Bulgaria's southern coast, Sozopol traces its origins to a Greek colony called Apollonia — later devastated by a Roman siege in…
Bagnères-de-Luchon
This Pyrenean spa town in Haute-Garonne, Bagnères-de-Luchon — commonly called Luchon — combines thermal baths with a ski area at Luchon-Superbagnères, reacha…
Oberá
Known as the "City of Churches" for its more than 30 places of worship, Oberá is also the site of the Fiesta Nacional del Inmigrante, held since 1980 to cele…
Sosa
Compact health resort village in the western Ore Mountains of Saxony, Sosa sits beside a reservoir in mountain terrain with several scenic viewpoints in the…
Caldas da Rainha
Founded in the 15th century by Queen Leonor around therapeutic sulphurous hot springs, Caldas da Rainha is a Portuguese town in the Oeste region whose name t…
Uniejów
Modest spa town on the River Warta in central Poland, Uniejów draws visitors to its Thermal Park and a 14th-century castle set within a landscape park.
Wettingen
This wine-country town in the Swiss canton of Aargau, Wettingen sits along the Limmat river directly beside the spa town of Baden, with historic churches in…
Caledon
Caledon, in the Western Cape's Overberg region, is known for its mineral-rich hot springs and the Caledon Spa and Casino built around them.
Yangiabad
Once a closed Soviet-era town built around a uranium mine, Yangiabad is now known as a summer retreat for residents of Tashkent, with a mineral spring a few…
Būrabay
Spa town in northern Kazakhstan, Būrabay sits within Burabay National Park, with lakes and forested hills close at hand and a little central core of cafés an…
Cajamarca
Cajamarca is a highland city in the northern Andes of Peru where the 1532 capture and execution of the Inca emperor Atahualpa marked the fall of the Inca Emp…
Sklene Teplice
A small Slovak spa village in a wooded valley, where a streamside promenade runs past a glass-fronted café and a baroque church tower rises above the tree-co…
Hanamaki
Hanamaki, in Iwate Prefecture, is the birthplace of novelist and poet Kenji Miyazawa and the origin of wanko soba, Iwate's signature dish of repeatedly refil…
Shaoguan
This large city in northern Guangdong Province where the Zhenjiang and Wujiang rivers meet, Shaoguan has a walkable centre with a real café and restaurant sc…
Pyatigorsk
Spa city in Russia's Stavropol Krai with a long history as a balneological and mud-cure resort, Pyatigorsk sits on the Podkumok River at the edge of the Cauc…
Thermopolis
Thermopolis, a small Wyoming town on the Bighorn River, claims the world's largest mineral hot spring — "The Big Spring" — within Hot Springs State Park, whe…
Charazani
A highland Bolivian town in the Andes, Charazani is known for its thermal springs a short distance from the centre, a patronal festival on 16 July honouring…
Ustron
Health resort town in the Silesian Beskids of southern Poland, Ustron sits along a river with the Równica and Czantoria mountains close by, and a compact cen…
Komlo
Coal mining shaped Komló through much of the 20th century, transforming what had been a hop-growing village into one of Hungary's major mining centres during…
Alaşehir
Founded in antiquity as Philadelphia — meaning "the city of him who loves his brother" — Alaşehir is a town in Turkey's Manisa Province with a long Christian…
Peshkopi
This modest town on the banks of the Drin River in the mountainous northeast of Albania, Peshkopi draws visitors for hiking, camping, mountain biking, and ro…
Hévíz
Hévíz is a modest spa town in western Hungary's Zala County, built around a natural warm-water lake with a peat bed said to be unique in Europe — a distincti…
Bad Liebenwerda
A spa town on the Schwarze Elster river in southwestern Brandenburg, Bad Liebenwerda holds state recognition as a peloid (therapeutic mud) health resort — a…
Sapareva Banya
A pocket-sized town at the northern foot of the Rila mountains in southwestern Bulgaria, Sapareva Banya is known for its hot mineral water, which reaches 103…
Gualeguaychú
Gualeguaychú, a city in Argentina's Entre Ríos province on the bank of the Gualeguaychú River, is best known for its annual carnival — the "Carnaval del País…
Kirishima
Kirishima, in Kagoshima Prefecture on Japan's Kyushu island, is a city known for the Kirishima mountain range — listed among Japan's hundred celebrated peaks…
Jibou
Jibou, a tiny Transylvanian town in Sălaj County, sits on the Someș River and draws visitors to three main attractions: the historic Wesselényi Castle, a bot…
Sanandaj
Designated a UNESCO Creative City of Music in 2019, Sanandaj is the Kurdish cultural capital of western Iran, long known for its traditions of music, poetry,…
Hamat Gader
Hot springs in the Yarmuk River valley, known for their health and recreational use since classical antiquity, draw visitors to Hamat Gader, a site near the…
Monte Real
Tiny Portuguese town in the Leiria municipality known for its hot springs (Termas de Monte Real) and set in wine-growing country, with the added presence of…
Templin
This spa town in Brandenburg's Uckermark district with a walkable centre full of cafés and restaurants, Templin holds official recognition as a thermal brine…
Shigar
Shigar, in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan region, serves as the gateway to the Karakoram range via the Shigar Valley, with K2 and four other eight-thousanders a…
Värska
Värska, a pocket-sized borough in southeastern Estonia's Setomaa Parish, is known across the country for its bottled mineral water, Värska Vesi, drawn from l…
İnegöl
İnegöl, a city in Bursa Province in northwestern Turkey, is known across the country for İnegöl köftesi — a style of meatball tracing its origins to Bosnian…
Daruvar
This spa town in the foothills of the Papuk mountain in Slavonia, northeastern Croatia, Daruvar sits along the Toplica River and holds a winemaking tradition…
Odawara
Odawara Castle, described in historical sources as "impregnable," anchors this coastal city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on the shores of Sagami Bay.
Baishan
Prefecture-level city in southeastern Jilin Province, Baishan sits in the heart of the Changbai Mountain region, with the Yalu River forming its southern bor…
Chillán
Founded by the Spanish in 1580, Chillán is a city in southern Chile's Ñuble Region with a walkable centre dense with cafés, restaurants, and churches, plus a…
Yalova
A ferry port on the southern shore of the Sea of Marmara in northwestern Türkiye, Yalova is best known as the gateway to the geothermal spa resort at nearby…
Almolonga
A small Guatemalan town in the mountains of Quetzaltenango department, Almolonga sits at the foot of Cerro Quemado — a volcanic lava dome complex known local…
Kostenets
This spa town in western Bulgaria's Sofia Province, Kostenets sits at the foot of the Rila and Sredna Gora mountain ranges and draws visitors with its minera…
Häädemeeste
A pocket-sized borough on the southwestern Estonian coast in Pärnu County, Häädemeeste — whose name translates as "Good Men" — produces mineral water locally…
Çorum
Çorum is a highland city in northern Anatolia known for its Hittite and Phrygian archaeological sites, its thermal springs, and leblebi — roasted chickpeas t…
Bad Segeberg
Bad Segeberg, a town in Schleswig-Holstein between Hamburg and Lübeck, has drawn summer crowds since 1952 for its Karl May Festival — open-air theatrical per…
Ogre
Sitting at the confluence of the Daugava and Ogre rivers east of Riga, this Latvian town has drawn visitors since the 1860s, when it developed as a health re…
Thanbyuzayat
Thanbyuzayat, a town in Mon State in southeastern Myanmar, is best known as the starting point of the Death Railway — the World War II rail line built southw…
Bad Sobernheim
State-recognized spa town in Rhineland-Palatinate's Naheland region, Bad Sobernheim sits on the Nahe river amid wine-growing country and is known for two fos…
Lipik
This compact spa town in western Slavonia, northeastern Croatia, known for its thermal baths, mineral water, and a stud farm breeding Lipizzaner horses.
Takarazuka
Takarazuka, in Hyōgo Prefecture, is best known as the home of the Takarazuka Revue, an all-female musical theatre company that has performed since the early…
Kyustendil
This spa town and gateway to hiking and skiing on Osogovo Mountain in far-western Bulgaria, Kyustendil sits near the borders of Serbia and North Macedonia an…
Skhidnytsia
A nationally recognized balneological resort in western Ukraine's Lviv Oblast, Skhidnytsia draws visitors for its local mineral waters, with mountain views a…
Laugarvatn
A small lakeside hamlet in southern Iceland with a geothermally heated pool fed by the lake's hot spring — the same waters where, according to tradition, som…
Melipeuco
A compact Andean town in Chile's Araucanía Region, Melipeuco sits at the gateway to Conguillío National Park, which contains the Llaima volcano.
Moulay Abdallah
This small coastal town in Morocco's El Jadida Province hosts one of the country's largest annual moussems, the Mawsim of Moulay Abdallah Amghar, held each s…
Luxeuil-les-Bains
Known since Celtic times for its hot springs, Luxeuil-les-Bains is a pocket-sized spa town in Haute-Saône, eastern France, where thermal bathing has shaped t…
Lintong
Lintong District, on the eastern edge of Xi'an in Shaanxi Province, is where the Terracotta Army and the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor were discovered i…
Tiszafuered
The main hub of the Lake Tisza region in central Hungary, Tiszafüred sits directly on the water and serves as a base for recreational activities including wa…
Piešťany
Slovakia's largest and best-known spa town, Piešťany sits on the river Váh in the western part of the country and has been a centre for treating rheumatic co…
Banya
Thermal springs first tapped by Thracian settlers around the 4th century BC draw visitors to this Bulgarian village in Razlog Municipality, where mineral wat…
Barcs
A compact Hungarian border town on the Drava River in Somogy County, Barcs sits at the edge of the Duna-Dráva National Park, which shelters a range of rare p…
Machachi
This Andean town in Ecuador's Pichincha province sits in a high valley ringed by volcanoes — Atacazo, Pasochoa, Rumiñahui, and Corazón — with a walkable cent…
Kurayoshi
Kurayoshi, in central Tottori Prefecture, is known across the region for its white-walled earthen storehouses — the style is so embedded in local identity th…
Vittel
Vittel, a small spa town in the Vosges department of northeastern France, is the source of the globally recognised Vittel mineral water, bottled here by Nest…
Conímbriga
One of the largest excavated Roman settlements in Portugal, Conímbriga has been the country's most visited archaeological site and holds a National Monument…
Vrnjacka Banja
Serbia's largest spa town, Vrnjačka Banja draws visitors to its thermal mineral springs, whose waters emerge at body temperature — around 37.5 degrees Celsius.
Muthallath al Azraq
A desert oasis in eastern Jordan historically rich in fresh and mineral water, Muthallath al Azraq is home to the Azraq Wetland Reserve, a significant rest s…
Zelfana
Known as the city of mineral baths, Zelfana is a municipality in Algeria's Ghardaïa province where thermal springs draw visitors seeking treatment for skin c…
Momin Prohod
Spa town in western Bulgaria whose mineral waters rank among the most radioactive in Europe, Momin Prohod sits in the Kostenets–Dolna Banya Valley within the…
Guichon
This compact city in Uruguay's Paysandú Department sits a short drive from the Almirón thermal springs, notable for their saltwater composition — an unusual…
Katikati
Katikati, a small town on Tauranga Harbour's northern reaches in New Zealand's North Island, is known for the outdoor murals painted across its commercial bu…
Banja Koviljaca
Serbia's oldest spa town, Banja Koviljača sits on the right bank of the Drina River at the foot of Gučevo mountain, near the city of Loznica.
Salihli
Salihli, a city in Turkey's Aegean region, sits close to the ancient Lydian capital of Sardis — a site on UNESCO's Tentative World Heritage List and said to…
Puente del Inca
A natural stone arch spanning the Las Cuevas River in Mendoza Province, Puente del Inca is both a geological landmark and part of the Qhapaq Ñan Andean road…
Puyuhuapi
This small village on the Carretera Austral in Chilean Patagonia, sitting at the head of the Puyuhuapi fjord where the Río Pascal meets the water.
Hit
Hit, on the western bank of the Euphrates in Iraq's Al Anbar Governorate, is an ancient town whose bitumen wells supplied construction materials for Babylon…
Reykjahlíð
Reykjahlíð sits on the shores of Lake Mývatn in northern Iceland, a tiny settlement that serves as the main base for exploring one of the country's most volc…
Kusatsu
A city on the shores of Lake Biwa, Japan's largest freshwater lake, this Kusatsu in Shiga Prefecture is often confused with the famous hot spring resort of t…
Jiaosi
Jiaosi, a township in northern Yilan County, Taiwan, is best known for its hot springs, which draw visitors from nearby Taipei via rail and highway.
Csokonyavisonta
Small Hungarian village in Somogy county where an outdoor thermal pool complex with water slides and open lawns draws summer visitors to its green, tree-line…
Yamaga
Yamaga, a town in northern Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, is known for its hot springs, the Yamaga Lantern Festival, and as the leading chestnut-producing area…
Sındırgı
Sındırgı, a tiny town in Turkey's Balıkesir Province, is best known for its traditional Yağcıbedir rugs, celebrated each autumn at an international carpet fe…
Laugar
Laugar is a small Icelandic village that grew up around thermal springs — its name means "hot springs" in Icelandic — on the Diamond Circle tourist route in…
Changnyeong
This South Korean county town sits between Upo wetland, Bugok natural hot springs, and Hwawang mountain — three distinct natural attractions that make it a p…
Camenca
Camenca is home to the oldest spa resort in Moldova, a compact town on the left bank of the Dniester in the Transnistrian administrative zone, within reach o…