Steam rising from a historic thermal bath at dawn

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Discover the world's thermal baths and spas

Balnevia, which comes from the Latin balne- (balneum, “bath”) and via (“way” or “journey”), is a curated database of thermal baths, historic bathhouses, mineral springs and spa towns — where the water, the architecture and the place matter equally.

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Széchenyi Thermal Bath

Budapest/Hungary

Széchenyi Thermal Bath

Budapest's grand neo-baroque bathing palace, where mineral water fills vast outdoor pools beneath ochre colonnades.

Pale geothermal water in a black lava field at the Blue Lagoon

Grindavík/Iceland

Blue Lagoon

Milky, silica-rich geothermal water set in a black lava field on the Reykjanes peninsula.

Wooden onsen bath overlooking a forested valley in Hakone

Hakone/Japan

Hakone Yumoto Onsen

The oldest onsen district in Hakone, where ryokan baths look onto the Sukumo river valley.

Aqua Dome Tirol Therme — Längenfeld, Austria

Längenfeld/Austria

Aqua Dome Tirol Therme

Sulphur-rich alpine water in bowl-shaped pools under the Ötztal peaks.

Art Nouveau swimming hall with glass roof at Gellért Thermal Bath, Budapest

Budapest/Hungary

Gellért Thermal Bath

Budapest's most photographed bathing hall: Art Nouveau mosaics, glass roof and mineral water from the Gellért Hill springs.

Steam rising from the rooftop thermal pool above the rooftops of Bath

Bath/United Kingdom

Thermae Bath Spa

Britain's only natural thermal spa, with a rooftop pool over the Georgian rooftops of Bath.

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