Mineral Spas were naturally occurring mineral spring locales which grew a reputation in the nineteenth century on into the late middle-twentith century for healing or healthful benefits to those wealthy enough to partake of their waters. This was called a Mineral cure and gave let to the phrase 'taking a cure', still used as a euphemism, normally though today for one trying to kick a drug dependency. Spa can refer to a therapeutic water treatment; see spa Spa, a town in Belgium A spa town, noted for its spa, for example Bath in England A hot tub A destination spa or day spa the racing circuit Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps As an abbreviation, SPA can refer to... Mineral water is water containing minerals or other dissolved substances that alter its taste or give it therapeutic value. ...

In many cases, they 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 such became the seed stock for today's modern vacation resorts. Locations such as Steamboat Springs, Vale, 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, a Polio survivor, regularly visited Warm Springs and other Hot Springs for restorative soaks. While his cousin Theodore Roosevelt became known as a manly-man of incredible endurance, he was a sickly child suffering from asthma and 'took cures' periodically in an attempt to gain better health. Steamboat Springs may refer to: Steamboat Springs, Colorado, a small city in Routt County, Colorado, United States is Jims favorite place in the world. ... In geography a vale is a wide river valley, usually with a particularly wide flood plain or flat valley bottom. ... St. ... Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882–April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States, the longest-serving holder of the office and the only man to be elected President more than twice, was one of the central figures of 20th century history. ... Poliomyelitis (polio), or infantile paralysis, is a viral paralytic disease. ... Warm Springs is a city in Meriwether County, Georgia, United States. ... Green Dragon Spring at Norris Geyser A hot spring is a place where warm or hot groundwater issues from the ground on a regular basis for at least a predictable part of the year, and is significantly above the ambient ground temperature (which is usually around 55~57°F or... For other persons named Theodore Roosevelt, see Theodore Roosevelt (disambiguation). ...

Evolution of the resort

As the Victoria era came to an end, 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, and shared by an increasing population base of those who could afford holiday trips like the rich. Such adventures had much allure in the days before any audio-visual entertainments outside a live orchestra. Thus, the spas began attracting an increasing number of local patrons as well as those from afar just at the time when the burgeoning numbers were able to take advantage of the newfangled automobile and the now extensive railways throughout most all of Europe and the United States. The Spa towns already had infrastructure and attractions in place to assage such desires, and the modern tourist trip began to take its familiar form. Other technologies came into play (Ski's, Ski boats, etc.) Vacations to destinations such as Hawaii, shown above, may be seen as a hallmark of the upper-middle class. ... Taking the waters at Bath became a fashionable means of leisure Lucy, A spa town is a town frequented many Lucys, mainly for health reasons, to take the waters. The often historical term derives from the Belgian town Spa. ... A shaped, twin-tip alpine ski. ... In boating, a ski boat is a boat specifically designed to safely tow one or more water skiers. ...

List of Famous Mineral Springs resorts

Main article: Spa towns

See also: List_of_spa_towns

A spa town is a town frequented, in times past, for health reasons, to take the waters. The name derives from the Belgian town Spa, and in continental Europe, a spa was known as a ville deau (town of water). ... The List of spa towns is a link page for any spa town. ...

Africa

Asia

• Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea

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Europe

• Bath, England
• Budapest, Hungary
• Hévíz — famous spa-town since Roman times in Western Hungary.
• St Moritz — birthplace of the year round resort and winter sports of several kinds.
• Spa — origin of the name.

, Bath is a small city in Somerset, England most famous for its historic baths fed by three hot springs. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Budapest (disambiguation). ... Hévíz is a town in Zala county, Hungary. ... St. ... Look up spa, Spa, SpA in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Americas

• French Lick, Indiana
• Mineral Wells, Texas
• Phoenix, Arizona
• Spas of America, Mineral Spa Experiences
• Steamboat Springs, Colorado
• Warm Springs, Georgia
• Warm Springs, Virginia
• Calistoga Springs, California

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Jamaica=

• Milk River Bath, Clarendon

Oceania and Australia

• Hepburn Springs Australia http://www.mineralwater.vic.gov.au/quicksite/ http://www.spatown.com.au/Forms/Default.aspx
• Daylesford, Australia http://www.mineralwater.vic.gov.au/quicksite/
• Hanmer Springs, New Zealand
• Rotorua, New Zealand