Thermae Sylla Spa
A Belle Époque spa where hot springs run straight into the Aegean.
- Bathing
- Indoor / Outdoor
- Accommodation
- Hotel on site
Loutra Edipsou has been a bathing town since antiquity, and Thermae Sylla — a 1897 grand hotel — remains its centre, with saline thermal water at around 78°C cooled into pools above the sea.
Balnevia view
Why visit
The combination is rare: Roman-era springs, a preserved Belle Époque interior, and a shoreline where thermal water meets the Aegean.
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The water
Thermal water
- Source
- Sylla springs
- Mineralisation
- Saline sodium chloride, iron-bearing
- Character
- Highly mineralised saline water emerging at around 78°C and cooled for bathing.
Facilities
- Outdoor pools
- Indoor pools
- Hammam
- Hotel
- Restaurant
History
Sulla, Aristotle and Roman emperors are all recorded as bathers here; the modern hotel opened in 1897 and was restored in the 1990s.
Practical information
Day passes include the indoor thermal pool and hammam; treatments are booked separately.
Getting there
Two and a half hours from Athens by car, or by ferry from Arkitsa to Loutra Edipsou.
Location
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