Whether you fancy a smart spa stay in the city centre or a peaceful countryside escape nearby, make sure you pack your swimmers for Bath’s best hotels with sumptuous spas. Recommended ...

The Gainsborough Bath Spa hotel. The Gainsborough is the only hotel in Bath with direct access to the city’s natural thermal waters, said to aid relaxation and alleviate joint pains.

Germany's Therapeutic Mud Baths Have Healing Qualities At first glance, it is difficult to believe anyone would willingly get into a mud bath. But thousands of Germans bathe in them every year to ...

Germany has a long history of what is called “Kur,” literally translated as cure, ... These cures involve “Heilbad,” or healing baths, in spa towns such as Baden-Baden, ...

Where to bathe: The Caracalla Spa is a world-class bathhouse with hot- and cold-water grottoes, a brine-inhalation room, and aromatic steam baths. This article appeared in the November 2022 issue ...

It’s not your average spa therapy. At dawn, in the Czech town of Karlovy Vary, I’m standing beside a 12 metre-high jet of hot spring water, inhaling lungfuls of the warm mist it gives off.

Germany has a long history of what is called “Kur,” literally translated as cure, ... These cures involve “Heilbad,” or healing baths, in spa towns such as Baden-Baden, ...