Healing waters

TAP INTO THE TIME OLD TRADITION OF TAKING THE WATERS (NO LUXURY SPA BREAK REQUIRED)

Words: JANE ALEXANDER

Steam billows across the warm water as the sun goes down on Bath's honeyed skyline. The rooftop pool of Thermae Bath Spa (opposite) may be modern but the experience of sinking into the soothing thermal waters is as old as time. At Bath, the legend goes that a swineherd (who, in best folklore tradition, also turned out to be a prince) noticed his pigs wallowing in a balmy though pungent hot spring. He jumped in after them and healed a nasty skin disease. News spread that the waters had healing assets and a shrine was built to the goddess Sul. When the Romans invaded, they constructed a spa complex around the springs in around 70CE – a centre for bathing and socialising, which they named Aquae Sulis (the waters of Sul). SPA…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, September 2023

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