Spa towns

Aachen ( French Aix-la-Chapelle, Dutch Aken, Latin Aquisgranum, Ripuarian Oche) is a spa city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the border with Belgium and the Netherlands, 65 km to the west of Cologne, and the westernmost city in Germany. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aachen"

Abensberg is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It used to be a spa town located at , on the Abens, a tributary of the Danube, 18 m. S.W. of Regensburg, with which it is connected by rail and motorway (A93). Pop. (2004) about 12500. ...more on Wikipedia about "Abensberg"

Aix-les-Bains is a spa town of eastern France, near the Lac du Bourget, and 9 m. by rail N. of Chambéry. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aix-les-Bains"

Alexisbad, a spa town of Germany, in the municipality of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Unterharz, Landkreis Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, lying under the Harz Mountains, 1000 ft. above sea level, on the railway from Gernrode to Harzgerode. Pop. 1000. It is celebrated for its medicinal waters, of which the Alexisbrunnen, a iron-rich spring, is used for drinking water, while the Selkebrunnen supplies the baths, which are of use in feminine disorders. It was founded in 1810 by Duke Alexius of Anhalt-Bernburg. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alexisbad"

Alupka is a resort town in the Crimea, Ukraine, situated 17 km to the west of Yalta. It is famous for the Gothic Revival palace with a Moorish portico , built in 1828-46 by several English architects for Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alupka"

Avila Beach is a town in San Luis Obispo County, California, USA with a population of 797. ...more on Wikipedia about "Avila Beach, California"

Bad Abbach is municipality in the district Kelheim, Bavaria, Germany. Due to its sulphorous springs it has the status of a spa town. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bad Abbach"

Bad Aibling is a city and former county seat in Bavaria ( Germany) on the river Mangfall, at . It is a health resort (mud bath). ...more on Wikipedia about "Bad Aibling"

Bad Aussee is a town in Styria, Austria in the Salzkammergut region. It claims to be the geographical mid-point of Austria. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bad Aussee"

Bad Doberan is a town in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is the capital of the district Bad Doberan. Population: 11.478 (2004). ...more on Wikipedia about "Bad Doberan"

Bad Ems is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the county seat of the Rhein-Lahn rural district and is well-known as a bathing resort on the river Lahn. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bad Ems"

Bad Gastein is city in Austria, situated in the middle of the National Park Hohe Tauern, at 1,000 metres above sea level, in fresh mountain air. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bad Gastein"

Bad Godesberg became a municipal district of Bonn in 1969. It is located in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. From 1949 till 1999 (while Bonn was the capital of (West) Germany), the majority of foreign embassies to Germany were located in Bad Godesberg. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bad Godesberg"

Bad Hersfeld is a spa town in the north-eastern region of Hessen in Germany. It is located on the Fulda River and it is capital of the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district. Nearest other towns are Kassel in the north, Fulda in the south an Eisenach in the east. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bad Hersfeld"

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Bad Honnef is a spa town in Germany near Bonn in the Rhein-Sieg district, North Rhine-Westphalia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bad Honnef"

Bad Königshofen im Grabfeld is a small spa town in north east Unterfranken, Bavaria on the Franconian Saale a few kilometers from the border with Thuringia. The population was 7,008 (from the 31 December 2003 census) and the land area is 69.52 km². ...more on Wikipedia about "Bad Königshofen"

Bad Kösen (pop. 5746) (2001) is a town and spa in Germany, on the Saale river in the small German wine growing region of Saale-Unstrut. It belongs to the district Burgenlandkreis (engl: Castle country district) of Saxony-Anhalt. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bad Kösen"

Bad Kreuznach is the capital of Bad Kreuznach (district), Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. It is located on the Nahe River, a tributary of the Rhine. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bad Kreuznach"

Bad Krozingen is a spa town in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald. As of March 31, 2005, it has a population of 15,962. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bad Krozingen"

Bad Mergentheim (Mergentheim until 1926) is a town in the Main-Tauber district in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bad Mergentheim"

Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler is a town in the German Bundesland of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is the capital of the Ahrweiler district. It is a renowned spa and it has a casino. The A61 motorway connects the town with cities like Cologne and Mainz. The city consists of two parts, Bad Neuenahr in the east and Ahrweiler in the west. They were united in 1969. It is home of a successful women's soccer team, the SC 07 Bad Neuenahr. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler"

Bad Oeynhausen is a spa town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany with a population of just over 50,000. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bad Oeynhausen"

Bad Pyrmont is a city in the county of Hamelin-Pyrmont, in Lower Saxony, Germany, with a population of 22,000 (2003). It is located on the River Emmer, about 10 km west of the Weser, and a popular spa resort that gained its reputation as a fashionable place for princely vacations in the 17th and 18th centuries. Its large park is among the most spectacular in Germany, with a renowned outdoor palm garden. The baroque castle ( 1706- 1710), part of an impressive complex of fortifications from the 16th century, today houses the museum. Unique in Europe is the vapor cave, where therapeutic carbon vapors emerge from the earth. The town is also the center of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Germany. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bad Pyrmont"

Bad Reichenhall is a spa town, and administrative center of the Berchtesgadener Land district in Upper Bavaria, Germany. It is located near Salzburg in a basin encircled by the Chiemgauer Alps (including Mount Staufen (1771 m) and Mount Zwiesel (1781m)). ...more on Wikipedia about "Bad Reichenhall"

Bad Säckingen is a rural town in the administrative district of Waldshut in the state of Baden-Württemberg ( Germany). It is famous as the 'Trumpeter's City' because of the book 'The Trumpeter of Saeckingen' - a famous 19th century novel by German author Joseph Victor von Scheffel. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bad Säckingen"

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