Health Beauty Spa

Spas originated in Belgium during the 16th Century. The term spa is generally associated with a type of water treatment also known as “balneotheraphy”. Spa towns or spa resorts offer such treatment. Some also offer the medication or equipment for such treatment. Thus, the term has various related meanings.

The term spa is generally associated with a type of water treatment also known as “balneotheraphy”. Spa towns or spa resorts offer such treatment. Some also offer the medication or equipment for such treatment. Thus, the term has various related meanings.

The word originated from a small town in Belgium, where in, during the medieval times illnesses that was caused by lack of iron were only treated by drinking chalybeate or iron bearing found in spring water. During 16th century, an old Roman had an idea about having baths from medicinal plants and drinking it in order to treat diseases.

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Spa towns in Romania
The term spa is associated with water treatment which is also known as balneotherapy. Spa towns or spa resorts (including hot springs  resorts) typically offer various health treatments. The belief in the curative powers of mineral waters goes back to prehistoric times. Such practices have been popular worldwide, but are especially widespread in Europe and Japan. Day spas are also quite popular, and offer various personal care treatments.
A spa town (also called a bathing-place or simply a spa) is a town situated around a mineral spa (a developed mineral spring). Patrons resorted to spas to “take the waters” for their purported health benefits. The word comes from the Belgian town Spa. In continental Europe a spa was known as a ville d’eau (town of water). The term spa is used for towns or resorts offering hydrotherapy which can include cold water or mineral water treatments and hot thermal baths.
Spa towns in Romania :
1. Amara is a town in Ialomita county, Romania. It is located in Baragan on the shores of Amara Lake, a few kilometers north of the county capital, Slobozia. Amara was elevated to town status in 2004.
2.Bazna (German: Baaßen; Translyvanian Saxon dialect: Baußen; Hungarian: Bázna) is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. Bazna commune is composed of three villages: Bazna; Boian (Bonnesdorf; Bonnesdref; Alsóbajom); and Velt (Wölz; Welz; Velc or Völc), the name of which is probably derived from the Hungarian völgy, meaning “valley”.Documented from 1302, the commune has a Gothic church, also incorporating Romanesque elements from the 13th century, was erected by local Transylvanian Saxons. The enclosure walls date from the 15th and 16th centuries.
3.Baile Felix (Hungarian: Félixfürdo) is a thermal spa resort near the commune of Sânmartin in Bihor County, Transylvania, Romania. They are among the best known and most quality thermal spas in the country. Baile Felix is also at a close distance to Oradea, a major city in western Romania.
Baile Felix and 1 Mai are two thermal spa resorts located in a hilly area with beach and oak tree woods, 8 km south of the municipality of Oradea (seat of Bihor County) and 22 km south-east of Bors (border checkpoint to Hungary).
Summers are not excessively hot and winters are mild, with moderate precipitation (650 mm annually).
In the thermal waters of the Peta river and lake, having a constant temperature of 30-31°C, live the snail Melanopsis parreyssi (tertiary relict) and the fish Scardinus racovitzae as well as a rare species of subtropical water lily – Nymphaea lotus thermalis – tertiary relict, a natural monument.
The resorts host many mineral springs with thermal (20-48°C), sulphuric, calcic, sodic, rich in bicarbonate waters known since the beginning of the millennium. The soothing effect of the waters on articular and muscular pain and on various rheumatic neuralgias accounts for the fame of cures in the resort for the treatment of inflammatory rheumatic diseases (rheumatic polyarthritis, rheumatoid spondylitis, conditions after acute articular rheumatism), degenerative and articular rheumatic diseases, central and peripheral neurological disorders, gynecological diseases, post-traumatic conditions, endocrine disorders.
The facilities of the two resorts offer treatment of rheumatism and neurological and gynecological diseases. The modern medical base has at its disposal various facilities for procedures involving electrotherapy, hydrotherapy, aerosols, massage, paraffin packing and other water treatments.
The Felix and 1 Mai spa are also ideal for relaxation and visitors can take advantage of the following:

* the pool with artificial waves in 1 Mai (the oldest in the country)
* the thermal water swimming resorts : “Apolo” (since 1900) in Felix and “Venus” in 1 Mai

The ones that have a special interest in the local culture can also look into:

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With the rapid acceptance of metro sexual men, the salons these days are offering services for both Men and Women.

A beauty salon or beauty parlor is an establishment dealing with cosmetic treatments for men and women.

Massage for the body is a popular beauty treatment, with various techniques offering benefits to the skin (including the application of beauty products) and for increasing mental well-being and relaxation. A facial refers to a treatment for the face. Manicure refers to a treatment for the hands, incorporating the fingernails and cuticles and often involving the application of nail polish.

Pedicure refers to a treatment for the feet, incorporating the toenails and the softening or removal of calluses. Beauty salons offer treatments such as waxing and threading for hair removal.

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