Spa town Spa town A spa town is a resort town based on a mineral spa (a developed mineral spring). Patrons visit spas to "take the waters" for their purported health benefits. The word "spa" is derived from the name of Spa, a town in Belgium. Thomas Guidott set up a medical practice in the English town of Bath in 1668. He became interested in the curative properties of the hot mineral waters there and in 1676 wrote "A discourse of Bathe, and the hot waters there. Also, Some Enquiries into the Nature of the water". This brought the purported health-giving properties
Bela Ski Resort some Hotels and a waterpark. Bela Ski Resort SC Gače Ski Resort (formerly the Bela Ski Resort) is a family Slovenian ski resort in the Municipality of Semič on Mount Pogorelec. The closest city is Novo Mesto. It is near the Croatian border. The resort offers 8 km of ski slopes with various difficulty and 6.5 km of cross-country skiing (2 tracks). There are also a sledding slope, a hiking path, and a mountain biking trail in the summer. Neither the nearest village Črmošnjice has accommodation capacities nor the Ski resort, but in the nearby SPA town of Dolenjske Toplice