Spa, the small town in the Ardennes, laid the foundation for the words ´Wellness and Spa´..
Over 300 different sources have been supplying the city with medicinal water since Roman times.. Already in the 16th century, the nobility and influential personalities used the healing power of water in the form of a spa stay.. The individual baths were sumptuously furnished and it was part of the ´good sound´ to travel to Spa at the beginning of the 20th century.. The Pouhon Pierre le Grand still commemorates its most important visitor, Czar Peter the Great..

     

In recent years, Spa has been awakening from the slumber of the past few decades.. A new thermal spa has been built, the historic buildings have been renovated and modernized, and the range of leisure activities has increased to meet the current wellness trend..

     

Close by, in Francorchamps, is the Formula One circuit, which is held once a year at the Grand Prix of Belgium is driven..


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