Spring outlets and pavilions

Where treatments are primarily through drinking mineral water is provided from fountains built for the purpose. At first these were in the open air or withing small free-standing pavilions.

Baths

The first use of water generally involved bathing, especially at spas with thermal springs. At first this would have been in communal baths in large bath houses, and this was later followed by the introduction of individual treatment rooms with individual tubs. This required changes to the design of treatment buildings, and in some spa towns these are large palatial ensembles

Pump rooms and drinking halls (‘trinkhalle’)

Later, drinking facilities were provided for increasing numbers of spa guests withing large purpose-built halls. In some of the towns, very large drinking halls offer a choice of different waters, and could offer water to a large number of spa guests at one time.