What’s the difference between a bath house and a spa?
Bathhouses are communal spaces with a focus on traditional public bathing practices. Visitors can enjoy steam baths, saunas, and shared pools, emphasizing social interaction and collective relaxation. In contrast, spas often focus on individual pampering and personalized treatments. On balance however, spas themselves do not tend to permit children under the age of 16. In all cases, children and teenagers must be accompanied by an adult. What it boils down to is a combination of individual spa destination protocols, safety, consideration for others and personal choice.Most traditional spas restrict access to saunas, steam rooms, and thermal pools to guests over 16 or 18, primarily for safety reasons related to heat exposure and developing bodies’ different temperature regulation systems.