Rich in active gases or metals — a strong mineral character.
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Standard buoyancy
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Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
SoufreSulfuresSulfates
Loutron tou Pausania — 'The Bath of Pausanias' — is a thermal spring site in Greece whose name commemorates the ancient Greek geographer and travel writer Pausanias, whose 2nd-century CE work Description of Greece recorded the thermal springs and waters he encountered in his extensive travels across the Hellenic world. The association of a spring with such a distinguished ancient observer gives the site an added layer of historical resonance, connecting present-day bathers to the sophisticated thermal culture of classical antiquity. The warm, naturally mineralised water offers the same restful immersion that Pausanias himself may have appreciated on his journeys through Greece.
Insider tip — Loutraki of Pausanias is an ancient thermal site on the Saronic Gulf coast of the Peloponnese, near the isthmus of Corinth where ancient Greek geographer Pausanias documented the spring. The sulfurous waters emerge close to sea level with views across the gulf toward the mountains of Attica. The site is most evocative in the early morning when mist rises from the warm water and the Acrocorinth citadel is visible on the plateau to the southwest.