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French thermal spas.

Practised since the Roman epoch for its benefits, hydrotherapy found the one second youth at the XIXe century under the Second Empire under the impulse in particular of the Eugenie Empress and the various European aristocracies.

The quality of its water made it possible France to develop an important industry of hydrotherapy with many towns of very famous unquestionable water, others a little less but all effective to treat the affections according to the characteristics of their water.

Today, the thermal spas are not only health care centres but also tourist places appreciated for the range of services offered: Certain cities propose sporting stays, others know an active night life with casino, cabarets and famous discotheques.

Stay in a French thermal spa

In Alsace: The thermal spa of Niederbronn les Bains is known for its 2 sources which respectively cure the diseases of kidneys or rheumatisms. To find a seasonal rental in Niederbronn, the local tourist office or the real gences offer a wide choice of lodgings and some local hotels propose a stay in half-board or full board adapted to the needs of the curists. To find a hotel in Alsace, go to our hotel site.

In Aquitanian area:
- Eaux-Bonnes Gourette is a thermal spa where the respiratory problems are cured. The wild nature of the Pyrenees lends itself to sporting holidays. Our hotel site proposes several hotels in Aquitaine.
- Cambio les Bains is a Pyrenean spa for the treatment of the rheumatology and the respiratory affections.

In Auvergne:
- The thermal resort of Bourbon-l'Archambault is specialized in the treatment of the various forms of rheumatisms, paralyses, gynaecological problems or neuralgias. Its water coming from a geological fault is rich in rare gas, trace elements and is polysulphurated.
- Carbogaz and sodic chlorobicarbonated water of Royat-Chamalieres is appropriate for the treatment of the rhumatologic and cardio-arterial affections, like for stays for wellbeing and back in shape.
- The thermal waters of Chatel-Guyon, very strongly charged out with magnesium are appropriate for the cures of treatment of urinary, digestive and rheumatic diseases.
- The water of Mont-Dore, resulting from the volcanos of Auvergne, bicarbonated sodic and with very high silica content, is adapted for a cure of rheumatology or the treatment of digestive affections.
- Water of the spa of Chateauneuf-les-Bains is advised for the treatment of rheumatisms. In addition, the station proposes stays of back in shape.
Find a selection of hotels in Auvegne, in particular some located in spa and proposing full board stays to the curists.

In Burgundy:
- The thermal spa of Saint-Honore-les-Bains receives the curists reached of diseases of the respiratory tracts and affection in connection with the rhumatology.
To find a hotel in Burgundy, go to our hotel site.

In the Champagne-Ardennes:
- The Bourbonne-les-Bains thermal spa, with chlorinated water sodic and rich in trace elements and rock salt; accomodate the curists looking after of the respiratory affections or rhumatologic.
- Our hotel site proposes stays in hotel in the Champagne-Ardennes, for the curists or the holiday makers.

In Corsica:
- The station of Pietrapola is specialized in cure in a watering-place for osteoarthritis and other rhumatologic indications.
- Find a hotel in Corsica.

In Franche-Comte:
- The thermal spa of Luxeuil-the-Baths in Haute-Saône is specialized in the treatment of the rhumatology, phlebology and gynaecology.
- The spa of Lons-le-Saunier, which water is chlorinated sodic, sulfurous and bicarbonated, proposes cures behavioral problem of the child or for rheumatology.
- Find a lodging on hotels in Franche-Comte, for river tourism or a cure in a thermal spa.
- The Salins-les-bains spa which salt water is rich in calcium, potassium and magnesium is approved for the cures for child development disorders, rheumatology and gynecology.

In Ile-de-France:
Enghien les Bains, lone thermal spa in Ile de France has a rich in sulfur water. One cures there, affections of the respiratory tracts.

In Languedoc-Roussillon:
- The thermal spa of Le Boulou which water is rich in rock salt and magnesium. A therapy at the thermal spa of Boulou is intended for the treatment of the cardio-arterial and digestive diseases.
- The spa of Molitg-les-Bains, with slightly radioactive, rich in thermal plankton and sulphuretted sodic water is indicated for the treatment of the skin diseases, the rheumatology and respiratory problems.
- Consult our hotel site to find a hotel in area Languedoc Roussillon.

In Limousin: Lone spa in the Limousin, Evaux les Bains has water rich in sulfates, sodium and lithium. One looks after there the affections related to phlebology, rheumatology or gynecology.
To find a hotel in the Limousin, you can visit our hotel gate.

In Lorraine:
- The spa of Contrexeville is famous for its slimming courses. But its water also accompagny cures of treatment of the diseases of the digestive system or the urinary one.
- Water of Vittel, Grande Source and Hepar, made the success of this station. Because of important thermal tourism, Vittel developed vast hotel facilities.
- In thermal cure in Plombières, thermal city with sodic and calcic, rich in silica, fluorine, sulfates and bicarbonates water, the patients look after the affections related to the diseases of the digestive system, the disease of Crohn, the rheumatology.
- Find a hotel in Lorraine on our hotel guide.

In Midi-Pyrenees area:
- The thermal spa of Barbotan les Thermes with radioactive and sulphuretted water andmuds is attended by the curists looking after phlebology and rhumatology.
- Winter sports resort, Luz Saint-Sauveur is also a known thermal spa for the treatment of stress, phlebology, respiratory and gynaecological diseases, due to its warm water, rich in sulphur and rock salt.
- Water of the spa of Bagneres de Bigorre is rich in trace elements, calcium, sulfate and magnesium. They are recommended in cure for nervous breakdown, and rhumatologic problems or respiratory affections.
- Water of Ax-les-Thermes, sulphuretted and sodic is advised for the treatment of respiratory affections and the diseases related to the rheumatology.
- Find stay in hotel in Midi Pyrenees.

In Nord/Pas-de-Calais Area area:
- The spa of Saint-Amand-les-Eaux has sulphurized, calcic sources, rich in magnesium, bicarbonated and mineralized, as well as the muds considered for their therapeutic qualities. One comes there in cure for rheumatisms or respiratory diseases.
- Stay in hotel in the Nord Pas de Calais.

In Normandy: The only thermal spa of Normandy, Bagnoles of the Flowering ash has water rich in trace elements and slightly mineral-bearing. Phlebology, gynaecology, rhumatology and stresses are treated with the thermal baths of Bagnoles-de-l'Orne.
- Find a hotel in full board or half-board on our Norman hotel site.

In Poitou-Charentes:
- Water of the thermal baths of Saujon, rich in sodium chloride, bicarbonated calcic, oligometallic cold, and magnesian, is appropriate for the treatment of various psychosomatic affections.
- The cures in Jonzac are adapted for the treatment of the rhumatology, the phlebitis and the respiratory problems.
- Rochefort-sur-Mer: In cure in Rochefort-sur-Mer, the patients look after the dermatological problems, the phlebites, the rhumatologic problems.
- In La Roche-Posay, the patients are in cure for skin diseases (blotches, eczemas, psoriasis, pruritus,…).
- The curists can find many offers of stay in half-board in Poitou-Charentes.

In area Provence-Alps-French-Riviera:
The Greoux-les-Bains thermal spa has water rich in magnesium and trace elements. One looks after respiratory problems and rheumatology.
- Many offers of stays in full board in Provence, Alps and Riviera.

In Rhone-Alps area:
- The thermal spa of Evian les Bains, located on banks of the Lake Leman is known for the benefits of its water which mainly cures the affections related to the rhumathology, the renal or hepatic diseases, but also the stress and the problems of weight.
- Saint-Gervais les Bains: Saint-Gervais les Bains, thermal spa has very pure, rich in trace elements and abundantly sulphuretted water. The cures are intended for the treatment of dermatological and respiratory problems.
- Thermal springs of Uriage les Bains, sulphuretted, chlorinated sodic, with a molecular concentration being equivalent to the human blood serum.
- The spa of Divonne-lezs-Bains, because of quality of its calcic, oligometallic and bicarbonated water, as well as its climate at the same time alleviating and tonic, has become a town for cure against the stress, the reactional depressive syndromes and other psychosomatic diseases.

To exactly choose its period of cure

August and July are traditionally the months of crowd in the seaside resorts, but also the period at the end of December at the beginning of January and holidays of February in the winter sports resorts.

September and June constitute the mid season.

Lastly, the pensioners will appreciate to leave on holiday in March, April, May, October or November in the south of France to be given a soft climate and better tariffs from seasonal hiring.

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