The restorative and curative characteristics of thermal water were already recognised by the old Romans, in the Middle Ages the spa was regularly visited by missionaries to finally became a wordly thermal bath in 1854 named after the Habsburg Emperor Franz Josef I. At present, Laško Thermal Spa is a modern medical tourism centre enabling its visitors to improve their health and to maintain their well-being by undergoing its programmes and services. Injuries to locomotive organs, the spine column, muscular and neurologic illnesses and rheumatism have been proving a constant success of healing therapies of the spa. The healing power of the thermal water spas of 31 C to 35 C has been confirmed by the 150-year long tradition. Medical experts, procedures and therapies assure the quality of medical services, which does not include only classical rehabilitation and prophylactic programmes, but also wellness programmes as the holistic approach to medicine.