The walls of the Roman spa town Hisarya (Bulgaria).
Spas were used for millennia for their purported healing or healthful benefits to those wealthy or close enough to partake of their waters. This was called a mineral cure and gave let to phrases such as taking a cure and taking the waters. There has always been a mixture of recreational and medicinal connotations involved, from rest and relaxation, stress relief, and convalescence to more specific notions such as humorism. These phrases are sometimes used as a euphemism for one trying to kick a drug dependency.
In many cases, mineral spas were located in mountainous locales that gave an additional excuse to leave the drudgery of a hot house in warm weather during summer's onset and were seasonally populated by the well-to-do. They eventually became early vacation spots with the counter-Victorian work ethic 'rationale' of health as an excuse to have fun and mix with one's peers in recreation.
Subsequently, many became the seed stock for today's modern vacation resorts. Locations such as Steamboat Springs, Vail, St Moritz, Mineral Wells first became popular for the questionable health benefits of mineral or soda-water soaks, ingestion, and clean outs during the hey-day of patent medicines and backward medical knowledge. United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt suffered a paralytic illness, and regularly visited Warm Springs and other hot springs for restorative soaks. While his cousin Theodore Roosevelt was known as a physically active and healthy person, he had asthma and used physical activity as well as occasional visits to mineral spas as attempts to address his asthma.[1]
As the Victoria era ended, the influences of the industrial revolution created more and more varied members of the upper middle class. The concepts of vacationing, tourism, and travel became less the property of the old monied classes and more shared by an increasing population base of those who could afford holiday trips, like the rich.
Such adventures had much allure before any audio-visual entertainment outside a live orchestra. Thus, the spas began attracting more local patrons and those from afar when the burgeoning numbers could take advantage of the automobile and the now extensive railways throughout most of Europe and the United States.
The spa towns already had infrastructure and attractions to assuage such desires, and the modern tourist trip began to take its familiar form. Other technologies came into play (skis, ski boats, etc.)
^Camargo, Carlos. "The Misunderstood Asthma of Theodore Roosevelt". The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. 3 (5): 696–701. doi:10.1016/j.jaip.2015.06.010. PMID 26271837. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
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This article is about a spring with health benefits For other uses see Spa disambiguation This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Mineral spa news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Mineral spas are spa resorts developed around naturally occurring mineral springs Like seaside resorts they are mainly used recreationally although they also figured prominently in prescientific medicine Spa Luhacovice in Czech Republic Hotel built by Dusan Jurkovic Contents 1 Origins 2 Evolution of the resort 3 Notable mineral spa and spring areas 3 1 Africa 3 1 1 South Africa 3 2 Asia 3 2 1 China 3 2 2 India 3 2 3 Japan 3 2 4 South Korea 3 2 5 Turkey 3 3 Europe 3 3 1 Albania 3 3 2 Armenia 3 3 3 Austria 3 3 4 Azerbaijan 3 3 5 Belgium 3 3 6 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 3 7 Bulgaria 3 3 8 Czech Republic 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drug dependency In many cases mineral spas were located in mountainous locales that gave an additional excuse to leave the drudgery of a hot house in warm weather during summer s onset and were seasonally populated by the well to do They eventually became early vacation spots with the counter Victorian work ethic rationale of health as an excuse to have fun and mix with one s peers in recreation Subsequently many became the seed stock for today s modern vacation resorts Locations such as Steamboat Springs Vail St Moritz Mineral Wells first became popular for the questionable health benefits of mineral or soda water soaks ingestion and clean outs during the hey day of patent medicines and backward medical knowledge United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt suffered a paralytic illness and regularly visited Warm Springs and other hot springs for restorative soaks While his cousin Theodore Roosevelt was known as a physically active and healthy person he had asthma and used physical activity as well as occasional visits to mineral spas as attempts to address his asthma 1 The name spa comes from the Belgian town Spa Evolution of the resort editAs the Victoria era ended the influences of the industrial revolution created more and more varied members of the upper middle class The concepts of vacationing tourism and travel became less the property of the old monied classes and more shared by an increasing population base of those who could afford holiday trips like the rich Such adventures had much allure before any audio visual entertainment outside a live orchestra Thus the spas began attracting more local patrons and those from afar when the burgeoning numbers could take advantage of the automobile and the now extensive railways throughout most of Europe and the United States The spa towns already had infrastructure and attractions to assuage such desires and the modern tourist trip began to take its familiar form Other technologies came into play skis ski boats etc Notable mineral spa and spring areas editMain articles Spa towns and List of spa towns Africa edit nbsp Slides and pools in the hot springs camp in Bela Bela South Africa South Africa edit Caledon Western Cape Tshipise Limpopo Bela Bela Limpopo Badplaas Mpumalanga Asia edit nbsp Hot springs of Pamukkale Turkey China edit Anshan Liaoning India edit Vajreshwari Temple Maharashtra Japan edit Beppu Ōita Gero Gifu South Korea edit Yuseong gu Daejeon Turkey edit Pamukkale Denizli Province Europe edit nbsp Spa in Belgium the water city nbsp The Napoleon Spa in Piestany Slovakia nbsp Thermal Badehaus und Kurhaus in Bad Neuenahr Germany Albania edit Spa Peshkopi Armenia edit Arzni Bjni Hankavan Jermuk Austria edit Bad Fischau Brunn Azerbaijan edit Istisu Kalbajar Belgium edit Spa municipality nbsp The Slatina Spa in Slatina Republic of Srpska BiH Bosnia and Herzegovina edit Slatina Bulgaria edit Bankya Banya Plovdiv Province Dobrinishte Hisarya Kyustendil Narechen Pavel Banya 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Hepburn Springs Daylesford Peninsula Hot Springs Victoria New Zealand edit Hanmer Springs RotoruaReferences edit Camargo Carlos The Misunderstood Asthma of Theodore Roosevelt The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice 3 5 696 701 doi 10 1016 j jaip 2015 06 010 PMID 26271837 Retrieved 1 April 2024 Chisholm Hugh ed 1911 Mineral Waters Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 18 11th ed Cambridge University Press pp 517 522 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mineral spa amp oldid 1216751895, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
