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Hot springs of Europe and the Middle East

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Acqui Terme

Acqui Terme, Piedmont town on Roman Aquae Statiellae, famed for the 75°C Bollente sulphur-bromine-iodine spring, Roman baths, Nuove Terme and Regina spas, closed amid 2026 concession dispute.

Aponus

Aponus (Aponi fons) was the Venetic god of the Euganean hot springs near Padua, later identified with Apollo; his name survives in Abano Terme, and his sacred spring, the fons Aponi, drew healing pilgrims and Tiberius's golden dice.

Aquae Albulae (Italy)

Aquae Albulae (Acque Albule): sulphurous hypothermal springs near Tivoli, Rome, used since Roman times by Augustus and Hadrian, now the Terme di Roma spa with SSN-accredited cures.

Aquae Sinuessanae

Aquae Sinuessanae: sulphurous Roman thermal springs and baths of the colony of Sinuessa near Mondragone, Campania; cited by Livy, Strabo, and Pliny, visited by Narcissus, and still in therapeutic use today.

Bagnères-de-Luchon

Bagnères-de-Luchon (Luchon), Pyrenean spa town in Haute-Garonne, France, at 627 m near Spain; Roman-era thermal springs, revived by d'Étigny from 1759, Thermes Chambert 1857, Superbagnères ski resort, reopened 2025 rail line.

Bagni di Lucca

Bagni di Lucca is a town and spa center in Tuscany, Italy, known for thermal springs that made it one of Europe's most elegant 19th-century spas.

Blue Lagoon (geothermal spa)

Blue Lagoon (Bláa lónið), geothermal spa on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula formed in 1976 from Svartsengi power plant effluent; silica-rich 37 °C seawater-freshwater mix, company founded 1992, repeatedly disrupted by eruptions since 2023.

Bormio

Bormio, an Alpine town in Alta Valtellina, province of Sondrio, Lombardy, Italy, famed for nine thermal springs feeding three spas (Bormio Terme, Bagni Vecchi, Bagni Nuovi), the 2,758 m Stelvio Pass road (1825), Giro d'Italia cycling, and World Cup skiing.

Bourbonne-les-Bains

Bourbonne-les-Bains is a commune and thermal spa town in the Haute-Marne department of the Grand Est region of northeastern France, built around hot springs exploited since antiquity.

Ein Gedi (עין גדי)

Ein Gedi (עין גדי), a spring-fed oasis on the Dead Sea's western shore in the Judean Desert, a nature reserve since 1971 with four springs, ancient irrigation, a synagogue, and 2025 flood restoration.

Kalliroe

Kalliroe (Kallirrhoe, Callirrhoe), ancient thermal springs at 'Ain ez-Zara on the Dead Sea's eastern shore in Jordan; famed resort where Herod the Great sought a cure before his death in 4 BCE.

Mondorf les bains

Mondorf-les-Bains (Munnerëf) is a Luxembourg spa town on the French border. Its thermal spring was found in 1841, the first bath opened 20 June 1847, and it hosts US Mondorf football club and the Stade John Grün.

Neyrac-les-Bains

Neyrac-les-Bains, a thermal spa in Meyras, Ardèche, France, on the maar Doris volcano; 37°C carbogazeous bicarbonated water, a rare CO2 mofette, Roman origins, and cures for skin and rheumatic conditions.

Roman Baths (Bath)

Roman Baths (Bath): Roman bathing and temple complex at Aquae Sulis, built 60-70 AD around 45 °C hot springs, rediscovered from 1727, museum since 1897, over 1 million visitors in 2025.

Salins-les-Thermes

Salins-les-Thermes, Savoie village and spa resort in the Tarentaise, administrative centre of Salins-Fontaine; renamed by 1926 decree, with saline thermal springs above 15 g/L discharging over 40 tonnes of salt daily.

Széchenyi thermal bath

Széchenyi Thermal Bath (Széchenyi Gyógyfürdő), Budapest's largest medicinal bath in City Park, opened 1913 from Győző Czigler's Neo-Baroque design, fed by artesian wells drilled by Vilmos Zsigmondy, with 18 pools.

Terme di Saturnia

Terme di Saturnia: sulfurous thermal springs at Saturnia, southern Tuscany, emerging at 37.5°C and 500 L/s after a 40-year underground journey; free Cascate del Mulino pools plus a resort and thermal park.

Termini Imerese

Termini Imerese (ancient Thermae Himeraeae, Θερμαὶ ῾Ιμεραῖαι) is a Sicilian coastal town 39 km from Palermo, founded by Carthaginians after 409 BC, an Augustan colony famed for hyperthermal springs of about 43 °C, Roman baths, aqueduct, and amphitheater.