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By entering your email address you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and consent to receive emails from Time Out about news, events, offers and partner promotions. Relax in natural thermal waters, treat your body to expert treatment and explore the surrounding countryside at the same time. Full of natural wonders, Croatia has been known as a major destination for spa tourism ever since Roman times.
As well as popular spots north of Zagreb blessed with healing waters, resorts such as Opatija were developed in the late s for the upper echelons of European society, who would flock to this part of coast for healthy getaways in opulent hotels.
In more modern times, upscale contemporary hotels the length of Croatia make use of rare medicinal plants and local muds to offer guests specialised treatments prepared and administered by experts.
Here is a handful of recommended destinations around Croatia, long renowned for their health-giving benefits:. The Romans certainly enjoyed bathing in the healing waters of Istarske Toplice in northern Istria β we know this, as 2,year-old remains have been found around the spring here, set beneath a towering rock.
