Aquae Kalidae

Aquae Kalidae, Termopolis or Bourgas Mineral Baths - whatever the name, the 25-century old medicinal spring still attracts irresistibly the willing to bathe in it. The resort near the Mineral Baths of Bourgas has already been popular in the antiquity. Evidence for the millennial use of the mineral baths are the remains of an ancient and medieval town near them and a Thracian sanctuary of the three nymphs, protectors of the spring. The first famous ruler, who bathed in the healing spring, is Philip II of Macedonia - king of Ancient Macedonia and father of Alexander the Great. Under the name Aqua Kalide, and later Termopolis, the mineral baths developed and flourished over the centuries. In one of the chronicles there is a story that the wife of the Byzantine Emperor Tiberius II found salvation in it. The first healing qualities of the mineral water near Bourgas were described by the Turkish historian Evliya Chelebi in XVII century, who claimed that during his worldwide travels he had never seen more healing water. The mineral water near Bourgas is characterized as "soft". It is hot, the temperature is 41 degrees Celsius, slightly mineralized, moderately fluoric. It is limpid and is of very good drinking and taste qualities. Those who seek relief from rheumatism, infertility, gout and neuralgia come here mineral spring looking for recovery.