The ancient Romans knew already the particular properties of sun and sand: they used to combine sunbaths with early sand-bathing. In 1873 at Grado, thanks to the work of the Florentine paediatrician Giuseppe Barellai, with the birth of the first scientifically proved sea treatment establishment, the thermal role of this small island began.

In 1892, as the therapeutic structures had been operational for a long time, the Austro-Hungarian Imperial Royal Government, to which at that time the island belonged, recognized officially Grado as a treatment resort, recording it into the official roll and establishing the first Commission responsible for running the sea treatment. At the beginning, the ancient treatment of sandbathing was attended by a part of the Austrian middle - classes. That marked the springboard for its great moment of fame which corresponded with the 1960s when great sportsmen and football champions from all over Europe achieved matchless results thanks to the sandbathing treatment.

Thanks to the specific proprieties of sand the privileged location of the sandbathing establishments on a seashore that is the only one on the Adriatic Sea to face South completely, the island can boast one of the most renown psammo-therapeutic centres and amongst the few scientifically recognised.

Psammo-therapy or sandbathing is the most ancient treatment process of Grado's Thalasso- therapeutic Institute. The sand bath, which has been operative on the golden island since the beginning of the XX century, is a therapeutic procedure known even in the ancient times.
Signs of this process are to be found amongst the works of Herodotus and Seneca. The sandbathing treatment creates in our body a local and general reaction related to a dry thermo-therapeutic event. This thalasso-therapeutic procedure can be applied to prevent arthrosic illness, to treat post-traumatic pathologies (road accidents, sport traumas...), to treat the outcomes of juvenile articular rheumatism, to treat some phases of rheumatoid arthritis and non - articular rheumatisms, etc.

The sea thermal baths of Grado: a good idea for wellness, all through the year, like sign of the quality of life. "The well known symbols of amusement "three S " - Sun, Sea and Sand - are elements which, if well proportioned, can produce well-being all through the year. This is also a catch phrase which has rightly become part of a holiday at Grado, where tourism vocation's main objective is that "the guest is a jewel lying on the hospitality cushion".

Feeling well is the password for the new millennium and, in the renovated wellness and fitness area of Grado's Thermal Baths, you would feel immediately much better! All through the year, even during the winter season, you can chose between diving into the large indoor sea water swimming pool, a salutary hydromassage in a Jacuzzi, a sauna bath, or even a steam bath.

There is also a new, large and equipped gym, with modern fittings, where fitness experts will help and guide you to tone up your whole body, while to feel more beautiful in the beauty centre you can choose a relaxing massage or a body solarium treatment.

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