That’s because this new addition to the United Nations world heritage stable is a transnational listing of 11 towns as the Great Spas of Europe, a category that gathers together the continent’s best-preserved spa resorts. To Unesco, these towns represent the best remnants from a bygone era when the agreeable conflation of health and pleasure saw Europe’s elite flock to mineral springs — not just for healing and rest, but also for culture, entertainment and fun.
Unesco designated 11 picturesque towns built around natural mineral springs as a single World Heritage site. Their influence on architecture and landscape design continues to this day
Experiencing Europe’s new Unesco World Heritage site is no easy feat. To do so, you will need to visit three towns in the Czech Republic, three in Germany and one apiece in Austria, Belgium, France, Italy and the UK.
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