Termas de Ibirá -SP: águas, lazer e saúde

This monograph aims to understand the thermalism in Estancia Hidromineral de Ibirá and how it influenced the local tourism. The practice of searching for treatments using of the thermal waters is very old. In Roman civilization spa were sumptuous spaces frequented by the nobles. This practice had its decline during the Middle Ages, and later reactivated by the aristocracy. In Brazil the thermal practices arose in the reign of D. João VI, nowadays there are several thermal cities in the country. This research aimed to understand the thermalism in Termas de Ibirá District, located in Ibirá, in the state of São Paulo. Local water always drew attention for differentiate the common waters. From the construction of the Balneary in the city the thermal tourism began to develop on site. And since then has been growing and developing