France

Aix-les-Bains/France

Thermes de Aix-les-Bains

A Savoyard spa town on Lac du Bourget whose sulphurous springs were exploited by the Romans.

Aix-en-Provence/France

Thermes Sextius

A modern thermal spa built over the Roman springs that gave Aix-en-Provence its name.

Temperatura di balneazione 34°C

Cauterets/France

Les Bains du Rocher

A contemporary bathhouse in a Pyrenean valley whose sulphurous springs drew nineteenth-century Europe.

Temperatura di balneazione 34°C

Dax/France

Thermes Adour de Dax

France's largest thermal town, known for hot Adour-basin water and its distinctive warm river mud.

Temperatura di balneazione 38°C

Balaruc-les-Bains/France

Les Thermes de Balaruc-les-Bains

France's busiest thermal resort, drawing 49 °C saline water beside the Thau lagoon.

Temperatura di balneazione 34°C

Saint-Gervais-les-Bains/France

Thermes de Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc

Alpine thermal baths in a wooded gorge below Mont Blanc, fed by a 39 °C spring.

Temperatura di balneazione 34°C

Vichy/France

Thermes Les Dômes Vichy

The Belle Époque capital of French thermalism, still in practice.

Temperatura di balneazione 34°C

Bagnères-de-Luchon/France

Les Thermes de Luchon

Pyrenean sulphur springs and a steam gallery carved into the mountain.

Temperatura di balneazione 34°C

Amélie-les-Bains/France

Thermes d'Amélie-les-Bains

Roman sulphur baths in a Catalan valley, still in daily use.

Temperatura di balneazione 36°C

Bagnères-de-Bigorre/France

Les Grands Thermes de Bagnères-de-Bigorre

Pyrenean sulphate springs behind an Art Deco glass hall.

Temperatura di balneazione 34°C