Thermes de Kythnos

Thermes de Kythnos on the island of Kythnos in the Cyclades — also known as Loutra — is one of the oldest and most authentic thermal resorts in Greece, with chloride sulphate springs at 52°C that have been used since antiquity and formally developed since the 19th century when the resort attracted the Athenian bourgeoisie and Greek royalty. The springs emerge directly by the sea in a naturally beautiful setting of whitewashed cubic architecture and Cycladic landscape, and some of the thermal water flows onto the beach itself, creating warm patches in the shallow sea. Kythnos remains largely unknown to international tourism, preserving a genuinely Greek resort atmosphere of local families, tavernas and simple pleasures far from the commercialisation of more famous Cycladic islands. The bathing here connects directly to a 2,500-year tradition of Greek therapeutic spring culture.