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| If you are planning driving in the highlands of Scotland during winter ask if your hired car has rear wheel drive and winter tyres fitted. |
Travel Home > Directory > Travel Dictionary > S > Spa
SPA - a health resort area built around a mineral springs, hot springs, typically where one can find massage, hydrotherapy, exercise, steam baths, etc. The term is derived from the name of the town of Spa in Belgium.
The term spa is associated with water treatment which is also known as balneotherapy, spa towns or spa resorts offering such treatment, or the medication or equipment for such treatment. The term is derived from the name of the town of Spa, Belgium, where since medieval times illnesses caused by iron deficiency were treated by drinking chalybeate (iron bearing) spring water.
