Bains du Rocher - Cauterets
- Location
- Cauterets, France
- Water type
- bicarbonate, silica
- Temperature
- 35 °C
- pH
- 9.4
Water profile
Soothing — neither hot nor cold, perfect balance.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
In the heart of Cauterets, in the Hautes-Pyrénées, the sulfurous Rocher spring was discovered in the Arroques district in 1829 and rediscovered in 1857. Its exploitation began following a ministerial decree of May 9, 1860, authorizing its use on the advice of the Imperial Academy of Medicine, on land then belonging to a Saint-Gaudens printer, Baptiste Abadie.
The main facade, crowned with a triangular pediment pierced by an oculus and lined with semicircular bays, exemplifies the neoclassical thermal architecture typical of the early 19th century. Inside, 21st-century design takes over with décor blending wood, glass, concrete, ceramic and pebbles from the gave, framing indoor and outdoor pools fed by this Pyrenean sulfurous water.