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One guaranteed way to chill out these days is in a hot spring at a thermal spa. One of the latest to open is the Thermae Bath Spa in Bath, England, next door to the city’s famous excavated Roman baths. The spa (www.thermaebathspa.com), whose water naturally bubbles up at a steamy 113 degrees Fahrenheit, has two outdoor baths and two indoor pools (one enclosed by a glass cube) and offers treatments like watsu, massage therapy in the water, and dry flotation, relaxation body-wrap treatments on water cushions. Guests can enjoy a two-hour spa session for £19, about $35, at $1.89 to the pound, or opt for one of the resort’s spa packages, which include facials and massages, and range from £58 for two hours, to full-day sessions at £195, complete with a two-course lunch.

The modern spa at the Hotel Therme in the Alpine village of Vals, Switzerland, was designed by Peter Zumthor using 60,000 slabs of quartzite stone. The spa (www.therme-vals.ch), which has the only mineral thermal spring in the area, also has six lighted indoor and outdoor pools — both hot and cold — Jacuzzis and treatment rooms.

Six million liters of geothermal seawater is the attraction at the Blue Lagoon, a popular spa in Iceland (www.bluelagoon.com). A waterfall, a lava cave, a steam bath and boxes of white silica mud (for exfoliation treatments) are also available. New showers and a new restaurant, built into the surrounding lava cliffs, are scheduled to open before spring, part of a redesign that will enlarge the entire complex by 100 percent.

Closer to home, in California, is the Hope Springs Resort (www.hopespringsresort.com), which has only 10 rooms but 3 mineral pools. The resort, a celebration of the midcentury modern esthetic, is 20 minutes from Palm Springs. Rooms start at $175 and spa treatments at $85.