Kúpele Aphrodite (Rajecké Teplice)

Kúpele Aphrodite (Aphrodite Spa Hotel) is one of the hotel-balneo facilities of the state spa company Slovenské liečebné kúpele Rajecké Teplice, drawing on the town's natural hydrocarbonate-calcium-magnesium thermal spring, which emerges at 38°C — warm enough to be used directly for bathing without artificial heating. Rajecké Teplice's springs were first documented in writing in 1376 under the old name 'Villa Tapolcha,' and the first permanent bath house on the site was built in 1610 by the Hungarian palatine Juraj Thurzo. The town received official spa status in 1959. Today the Aphrodite complex operates 11 indoor thermal pools year-round alongside balneotherapy and rehabilitation programs for musculoskeletal and nervous-system conditions.