Our editors’ shortlist of life-list soaks — the ones worth building a trip around.
- Blue Lagoon, Iceland — the icon, and it earns it.
- Pamukkale, Turkey — travertine terraces plus Roman ruins.
- Arima Onsen, Japan — gold and silver springs in a 1,000-year-old town.
- Saturnia, Italy — free Tuscan cascades under the stars.
- Tabacón, Costa Rica — rainforest thermal river at a volcano’s foot.
- Banff Upper Hot Springs, Canada — the Rockies’ classic post-hike soak.
- Chena Hot Springs, Alaska — aurora overhead, 41°C water.
- Széchenyi Baths, Hungary — Budapest’s grand palace of pools.
- Beitou, Taiwan — 30 minutes from Taipei, centuries of tradition.
- Alvord Hot Springs, Oregon — desert solitude, dark skies.
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