The idea of using hot springs or spas in the hope of easing certain ailments and diseases dates back to prehistoric times, and the history of thermal springs is rooted in ancient Greece.
It was Hippocrates, the most celebrated physician of antiquity, who dedicated a large section of his works to the therapeutic properties of thermal waters.
Aedipsos is home to some of the most famous hot springs in Greece
Located about two and a half hours from Athens on the island of Evia, Aedipsos is one of the most famous spa towns in Greece. The town has approximately eighty thermal springs.
Popular since ancient times, the temperature of Aedipsos’ thermal waters ranges between 28° — 80C (82 — 176 F). The waters there contains high percentages of magnesium, calcium and iron. It is thought that these elements promote healing.
Scattered all across the city, the various springs supply water to all the hydrotherapy centers of the region. Accommodation options are many, and include five-star and boutique hotels, guesthouses and more.
Even better, you may find semi-thermal sea water at certain beaches, where the hot springs’ water empties into the sea.
Aedipsos History
Aedipsos is not a new phenomenon.
Even though few travelers from other countries have never heard of it the cosmopolitan atmosphere combined with the healing spas have attracted reknown politicians, artists, writers and other notable people like Winston Churchill, Aristotle Onnasis, Maria Callas, Greta Garbo and Omar Sharif. But it is mentioned in the works of Aristotle in his Meteorological, and by Ploutarch and Strabon. The town even minted its own coins. In Roman times the area flourished and its healing waters were visited by the emperors Hadrian, Septimus Severus and Marcus Aurilius. The baths from the Roman period are the best preserved and are known as Syllas Baths. During the Byzantine era it was destroyed for being an area of paganism though it was visited by the Emperors Theodosious and Constantine the Great.
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