Health tourism is an area of health care and tourism, in which, under the expert supervision of doctors, are natural healing factors used with other procedures of physical medicine, for the purpose of improvement and excellence of health. Taking care of preserving own health and the quality of life are basic motives to choose the health tourist travel and stay. Natural health factors are part of the system of natural tourist attractions which influence favorably the preserving and improving health, improving the quality of life, and prevention and treatment of certain diseases, and recovery and rehabilitation after them. The tradition of our spa health resorts is very long considering the fact that our geothermal springs refer back to the Age of Roman Empire, and these are the beginnings of some spas in Croatia. Daruvar is famous spa town with the tradition of treatments longer than two millennia. The thermal springs, without any doubt, have always been the center and reason of the urbanization of this area which is a beautiful mixture of urban greenery, new and historic buildings and a wide selection of recreation facilities. The founder of modern development of use of hot springs and construction of bathing – healing facilities, is rightfully considered Count Anthony Jankovic. In 1772 Count Janković had several hot springs isolated and built four pools with the building which is today in the complex of Daruvar spa resorts known as Anthony's baths. Besides them the other well-known baths are Swiss villa, Central mud pool and Arcadia. The vision of tourism development of area of Daruvar, according to a study for the development of tourism of the city, has to consider the fact that the concept of tourism development should be based on the thermal springs and tradition of Daruvar spa, but should include the growing number of various activities and events appropriate throughout the year, and for different target groups and market. The strategic determiners for tourism development have to include different elements which should be a base for future tourism development, like environment protection, the emphasis of comparative advantages, and adjusting the tourism development to contemporary market trends.