Greece’s
Best
Medical
Spa
By Aurelia
enjoyed several treatments,
including immersion in mud baths,
and was rejuvenated and renewed
as never before. It is with me still.
I experienced serenity of mind in the
soothing pools of the spa with its
combined sea and natural spring
waters and my body was massaged
and pampered by the expert hands
of world-class therapists.
A wise man should consider
that health is the greatest
of human blessings
Hippocrates (c.460 - 400 BC)
I
n ancient times Edipsos was known
aptly as Loutropolis (Spring City),
and Greek philosophers such as
Aristotle, Strabo, Plutarch and
Hippocrates wrote in praise of its
thermal healing waters. Located in
Central Greece on the island of Evia,
it is just 150 kilometers north of
Athens. Although Heraclitus, another
philosopher of note, famously
declared, “you cannot step into the
same water twice,” the springs have
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endured through the centuries
and the water still heals. It is an
amazing, centuries-old phenomenon.
The jewel in the crown of this healing
paradise is the Thermae Sylla Spa
Wellness Hotel, and health-conscious
pilgrims come from all over the world
for its therapeutic, curative waters.
It has rightfully earned a laurel
wreath as the best medical spa in
Greece and in 2004, Conde Nast
Traveller named it one of the “Ten
Best Medical Spas in the World.”
I was a guest there for a week last
October when I “took the waters,”
Many foreign guests, especially
those from Europe, Russia and the
Balkan countries, are regular guests
who return year after year to follow
a regimented routine prescribed by
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include a daily mud bath, two swims
a day in the external pool, (28-30
degrees C or 82.4-86 degrees F) and
the warmer indoor pool, (32-34
degrees C or 89.6–107.6 degrees F),
a therapeutic treatment of choice,
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at its best.
The outside pool is shaped like two
large clover leafs and surrounded by
comfortable lounge chairs and tables
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