What is spa famous for?
Spa is one of Belgium’s most popular tourist destinations, being renowned for its natural mineral springs, and production of Spa mineral water, which is exported worldwide. The health benefits of bathing in natural hot-water springs were known in Ancient times, but the first town where visitors could “take the waters” in the modern sense was Spa in the Belgian Ardennes, which gave its name to many other similar resorts (e. Bath Spa and Leamington Spa in the UK).The origins of spa – ‘Spa’ is an acronym of the Latin phrase ‘Salus per Aquam’, meaning ‘health from water’. Spa’ is named after the Belgian village, Spa, where hot mineral springs were used by Roman soldiers to treat aching muscles and wounds from a battle.They sought out hot springs and built baths so they could heal their aching bodies; calling these places ‘aquae’ and naming the treatment there ‘Sanus Per Aquam’ (SPA) – meaning ‘health by or through water’. During this period, the town Spa in Belgium was founded.