Brazil owns 17% of the reserves of the underground potable water worldwide.

Brazil is considered by many the paradise of the spas, spa and the aquatic therapies, are the ideal place for which they look for well-being and relaxation. Without forgetting the different types from massages and alternative therapies like the Reiki, Shiatsu, Jahara and other treatments that bring health and balance.

Brazil offers the best balance for the health of the body and the mind: surroundings within a combined privileged nature with the benefits that offer natural thermal waters and with the added value of all the alternative therapies. This formulates of vacations is the considered one like ecological thermal tourism. 

States of Brazil with attractive natural thermal areas and other beneficial ones for the health (thermal tourist poles)

State of Goiás (the center-west):

The State owns an important hidrotermal spring, scattered by several regions. With waters that reach temperatures of up to 45 º.

 

In Calda Novas and River Quente, two the ideal for practice of the tourism thermal ecological, next places in situation, that own the hidrotermales complex majors of the State, located to barely 200 km to the south of Goiania, the State Capital.

Calda Novas

Many theories with respect to the origin of waters and its properties have been formulated; the most accepted one talks about the existence of a volcano extinguished in whose crater the rainwater had infiltrated, warming up themselves in the great depths and retaking to the surface through the fissures of rocks, forming flowing natural. This theory was verified scientifically by the company Electrical Central Furnas in 1986. This water I penetrate and filter by the Earth and later by the pressure leaves to the surface, brings dissolutions of salts and gases that own diverse therapeutic properties, according to the realized studies benefit the affections from the digestive apparatus, stimulate the metabolism of the endocrine glands, have a sedative effect on the nervous system, are effective like antirheumatic, allergic and gastric treatments, help in affections of the skin, arthritis, neuralgias, to the gastric digestion and the sexual vitality. This water is considered oligominerales and hyperthermal.

Hidrotermal complex Hotel-Pousada Quente River:

Located in the municipality of Quente River in Goiás, in an immense green area of 49.7 you have., totally preserved next to the Mountain range of Calda. Its exotic beauty, its privileged climate, and their rich fauna and flora next to sources transform the thermal it into a unique place.
 
Services: Japanese garden, massage parlor, beauty parlor, chapel, doctor, boutiques, aquatic bars, coffe shop, piano bar, brewery, etc.

Aquatic park with thermal water of 36 º with linked swimming pools of great dimensions of water., running permanently cracked (used like located showers), aquatic sports, hidrogimnasia, etc.

Within the enclosure: natural swimming pools, rivers with water obstacles, saunas natural, underground rivers, etc.

Quente river

 

Lake Cachoeira Dourada (South of Goiania), is a hot water lake and salty, has still not been explanation to the phenomenon, but several analyzes already indicate their value therapeutic, next to the population of the same name and in the Paranaíba river.

Itajá (to 420 km of Goiania), this municipality is rich in natural beauties and resources. The thermal waters are in the Lagoinha do Bras in the margins of the Corente river, in addition in the environs hot thermal waters and in more exist cold than 100 cachoeiras.

Spas give to Lagoa Santa (to 440 km of Goiania), is next to Mato Grosso, a place with clean waters and I am transparent, ideal to replace energies in a mental and spiritual balance. The waters are sulfurous, with a volume of 14.5 million liters per hour, their hot waters contrast with the mighty Aporé river, of cold waters.

 

State of Espirito Santo (Southeastern):

Guarapari, is the recognized and famous spa more of the State. This piece of the coast capixaba is trimmed in its totality by hills, cliffs and reefs. The sea has green and crystalline waters. The monazite sand is considered medicinal and beneficial for the health.

 

State of Minas Gerais (Southeastern):

 

It has therapeutic waters that appear of their rich mineral ground. With his hidrominerales and thermal spas, it forms the circuit it give waters crossed ideal for the months of June, July and August, winter in Brazil.

The therapeutic effect of waters of Minas Gerais was shortage at the beginning of century XIX and today scientifically it is confirmed like highly beneficial waters for the health. They bathe in this water, or the mud of the cities of the circuit, the muscular people worldwide to alleviate stress, pains, the reumatismo, the arterial hypertension, arteriosclerosis, disturbances of the intestine or the stomach submerge in and the depression among others the evils.

Mines are the Earth of minerals, by the great wealth that it owns under his ground. It is the origin of where they leave the gaseous, ferruginous waters, carbonated, radioactive, calcic, magnésicas, sulfurous, sodium and of other chemicals, originating of the nature and that are mainly in the south of Minas Gerais, (region of the Serra gives Mantiqueira). The main hidrominerales and thermal stations are in the cities of Araxá, Cambuquira, Caxambu, Lambari, Poços de Calda and São Lourenço.

Each one of the cities of the circuit have their called water sources “miraculous�.

São Lourenço is surrounded by the vegetation of the Serra gives Mantiqueira and offers several sources.
Near São Lourenço it is the calm Cambuquira, very appreciated and frequented by his pure air, its climate, that 26°C always oscillates between 10º and, and the waters whose “rare� flavor was shortage by the fugitive slaves.

São Lourenço

The waters of Caxambu, nevertheless, are said that princess Isabel and her husband were taken by, count D'Eu, like treatment for the infertility.

The Nose of Caxambu, with 1,050 ms of altitude has a viewpoint from which all the excellent region in a panoramic one is descried.

Nose of Caxambu

Also in the south of Minas Gerais is Lambari, formerly call “Virtuous Waters�. In his Water Park there are four very famous ferruginous and gaseous water sources by his effects for renal diseases, arteriosclerosis and arterial hypertension. In the neighborhood of Lambari beautiful cascades exist.

Less well-known than its neighbors of the circuit it give waters, but equally rich in mineral water, the city of Passa Quatro is located to 911 ms of altitude, surrounded by some by highest mountains where the mountain climbing in Brazil practices.

Poços de the possibly most famous Calda of all the thermal stations. In the neighborhoods of Poços de Calda it is the city of Calda, famous by his wines and the Celebration of the Grape, that is celebrated every year in the second fortnight of January. He is in the Serra do Maranhão and is an ideal place for that wishes to rest or for that they like of the pure air and the beautiful landscapes. The Bath Park, where the Verde river flows between mountains, forming great cascades and wells, has sauna, hidromasaje, skillful circular, mineral baths of immersion and three sources.

Poços de Calda

Araxá, besides waters, Araxá has a black mud, of volcanic origin, used to treat the reumatismo and the skin. In the spa next to the Great Hotel treatments in saunas become, showers, hydrotherapy, mecanoterapia and application of medicinal mud. The Great Hotel is in a park with forest, lake and cascade. The small city of Araxá also offers other attractive tourist ones as Mata gives Cascatinha, the Museu Sacrum gives to Igreja de São Sebastião and the Museu Dona Beja.

Araxá

State of Sao Paulo (Southeastern)

Guarajá, is one of the most famous paulistas spas, to 87 km of the State Capital. Guarujá is a city oriented to the tourism, with tens of beaches extended throughout built-up avenues or in places of more difficult access. In the central area, the blue waters of beaches of Pitangueiras and the Asturias receive the visitors. Between the frequented places more they are the beaches of Cove and as a married person. With a very anxious sea, the Beach do Tombo is not appropriate for the bath, but for medical instructors of surf, and contrasts with the tranquility of Guaiúba, Prainha Branca and Iporanga, where the ebullient vegetation completes with cascades and fresh water swimming pools. In Guarujá also there are historical marks, as Strength gives Great Bar, constructed in century XVI, the Forte Velho, to 8 km of the center, and the Armação gives Baleias, first industry installed in the state for the whale oil extraction.  

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State of Amazon (North of Brazil): the region concentrates great diversity of medicinal plants, foods, oily and coloring, to a great extent beneficial for the health. It is continued investigating with the purpose of to discover the curative and beneficial properties for the human organism. Inclusively many of them have still not been operated scientifically, and we are convinced that others still there are plants to discover.

The Jahara technique, was created by Mario Jahara, of Brazilian, pioneering origin in the investigation of corporal therapeutic works as much in the water as in the Earth. To its they took it investigations to explore Eastern techniques like the Shiatsu, that taught during several years, and other western ones, like the technique Alexander, the Eutonía, and mainly the Watsu. After years of practice with these different disciplines, Mario Jahara elaborated a synthesis of its experiences, creating a method that is characterized by a series of basic principles. The Jahara, a therapy based on the waves and the polarization of movement and calm. The power of the smoothness in the water to obtain the relajante massage.

The babaçú palm, important palm in many zones of Brazil, since by its properties, its oil is used in the manufacture of cosmetics, margarines, soaps and lubricants.

Babaçú palm

Recommended hotels:

The south of Brazil

Hotel Mabu Thermas & Resort 5* (Parana - Foz de Iguaçu), is the thermal water source greater of the planet because it is located on the water-bearing mantle of Guarani, the greater water underground reserve of the world, that appears crystalline and current in the sources of resort.
To 36 degrees Celsius, at any time of the year, the thermal complex of the Mabu guarantees baths in the morning, in the evening and at night and, when having their waters completely renewed every 4 hours, can be said that the water in which you bathe you are unique.
The waters of the Resort, besides pleasing and relaxing, have medicinal qualities. Analyzed by the MDS Laboratories, of Pennsylvania - the USA, have been stated that its composition is perfect for the excellent skin and for the health.

Hotel Mabu Thermas & Resort

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