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To ask where you'd recommend for a thermal spa (ie natural hot springs) that isn't any of the following

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Fragmentedbrain · 31/08/2025 15:16

  1. In Iceland
  2. In Hungary
  3. With rules compelling nakedness (ideally with noone being naked but I'm a realist so just somewhere I can keep my swimming costume on and eyes lowered is great)
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KimberleyClark · 31/08/2025 23:21

Ischia, Italy.

willstarttomorrow · 01/09/2025 09:18

This is my mastermind subject! I have pasted some of the pages I have saved.l ready for when I 'need to mineral'. I have a look for cheap flights on skyscanner and see if there is a spa town nearby! Make sure you pack spa shoes.

https://ensanahotels.com/en/destinations/bulgaria/sts-constantine-and-helena

https://www.luximmo.com/bulgaria/town-info/velingrad.html
You can then get the narrow gauge railway to Bansko and visit 2 mineral villages a short taxi ride away
https://www.vacationbansko.co.uk/home/hot-mineral-springs

https://welcome.bg/en/cities/pavel-banya/

https://www.hotspringjourneys.com/europe/serbia

https://www.opulentroutes.com/services/spa-tourism-in-macedonia/

https://balkankaleidoscope.com/kosovo/banja-of-peja/

https://showmeslovakia.eu/aquaparks-and-thermal-pools/

https://www.slovenia.info/en/stories/feel-the-power-of-healthy-waters

https://rolandia.eu/romania-travel-guide/places-to-visit-in-romania/romania-s-healing-thermal-springs-and-spas/?srsltid=AfmBOop17BKpEMeKO5pOCpt01f-_ClJUWJKD9OebEz61zIg0ppKE59zk

https://visitbih.ba/en/bosnia-and-herzegovina-is-well-known-for-its-thermal-springs-healing-waters-have-been-used-since-the-romans/

https://www.expatincroatia.com/thermal-spas-toplice/

https://wowcappadocia.com/karahayit-hot-springs.html

https://wander-lush.org/natural-hot-springs-in-georgia-country/

https://www.hotspringjourneys.com/europe/greece

https://www.nissiaholidays.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-nisyros/

https://www.italy2love.com/hot-springs-in-italy-best-thermal-baths/

There are also lots outside Europe but it is a bit more of a mission (and expense). Hope you find somewhere.

QuinionsRainbow · 01/09/2025 10:49

CopperWhite · 31/08/2025 16:41

There are loads in Turkey.

Can recommend Pammukale. it wasn't nude yonks ago, but that may have changed now.

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