Spa vacation, is what it is called when you go on a trip solely to relax your body and its nerves and get a scintillating spa therapy to relieve you of all the worries you ever had. Spa vacations have today gained so much popularity that this has become a trend in many of the tourist spots thus, providing the best of spa to the visitors. The name derived from a Belgium town called Spa,  dates back to the Roman times in the 14th century. Providing therapeutic results by using different herbs and oils by bathing and massaging, spas are today a popular activity not only in tourist spots but locally as well. There are many places where visitors primarily are attracted to for being spa locations.
With the passage of time, there are different forms of spa therapies that have been developed. Different spa therapies use different tools and oils. Since a spa treatment is meant to rejuvenate you and provide you relief from all kinds of toxins and improve the circulation in the body, it is quite an introspective form of activity. There is the traditional form of spa which include bathing, Jacuzzi, sauna and steam room with certain hydro therapeutic circuits. Then there is Ayurvedic Spa which has become very popular owing to its medicinal values and miracles. This form of spa is seen to be very much practised in India and people actually have results. The Kerala Ayurveda Spa is one of the famous ones which use certain herbal treatments that work wonder for the user. There is also thermal spa and hammam spa which seems to give soul stirring results to people, when given with methodologies carried from generations to generations.
Thai spas are one of the acclaimed spa specialties which have been highly appreciated due to its pampering treatments. Phuket in Thailand is one of the spa havens where the number of tourists visiting to get its therapy has been increasing with every passing year. The Thai treatments have been modernised with the simultaneous existence of the traditional Thai massages.
Apart from Thailand, other countries which are experts and growing in the field of spa treatment are Turkey, Mexico, USA, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, etc. amongst others. Every country has its own special spa treatment and treating oneself with these Spa vacations once in a while would be a fascinating gift to self.