Wellness & Spa

Spa History
The word "spa" in the Latin language means "salus per aquam - health from water". More than two thousand years ago, hot water tubs and stream baths were used for their healing properties and the spa was viewed as a place for those who seek rest, relaxation and solace. Ancient civilization including the Egyptians, Mesopotamians and Greeks used spas and massage in their own distinctive manner. Although the Romans were not the first ancient civilization to use them, they were the civilazation that perfected it. .

The use of bath spas for maintaining and improving health, treatment and rehabilitation is a continuing tradition in Europe, as well as in Asia, Africa and America, and steadily growing stronger as scientific knowledge accumulates. Bath spa procedures, far from the stress and tension that contemporary life brings, become the ideal choice not only for physical, bodily health, but also for mental and spiritual health.

Some natural and traditional methods like exercises, massages, diets and nutrition are performed in many bath spa centres, along with thermal baths, mineral spring cures and steam baths, all applications peculiar to bath spas.

The use of thalasso-therapy in Turkey dates back to ancient times on the Turkish mainland, i.e. Anatolia (Asia Minor). The specific climatic conditions in the Turkish coastal areas provide the proper thalasso-therapeutic factors. The beneficial effects of solar radiation are available from May to October throughout the daytime. The degree of salinity and the temperature of the sea water are suitable for natural sea bathing.

Current thalasso-therapy facilities are mainly focused on wellness, beauty and relaxation treatments for “healthy” individuals, rather than therapy and rehabilitation programmes for patients. At the same time, patients with some dermatological conditions such as psoriasis and atopic dermatitis and with some rheumatic diseases such as fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis might benefit from a thalasso-therapeutic cure in one of these thalasso-therapy centres in the coastal regions of Turkey.