Bains de Meyras
- Location
- Meyras, Ardèche, France
- Water type
- bicarbonate
- Temperature
- 35 °C
- pH
- 8
Water profile
Soothing — neither hot nor cold, perfect balance.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
Bains de Meyras in the volcanic Ardèche region of southern France offers bicarbonate mineral spring bathing amid the extraordinary geological landscape of the Ardèche's ancient volcanic heritage, where the basaltic lava flows of the Mézenc and Gerbier-de-Jonc volcanoes have created dramatic columns of black rock and cliff formations visible throughout the Fontaulière gorges surrounding the spring. The bicarbonate mineral character of the waters reflects the volcanic geological substrate of the Ardèche highlands, where the same ancient volcanic activity that shaped the landscape also mineralizes the groundwater that emerges as therapeutic spring water. The gorges of the Fontaulière River, carved through basaltic and volcanic rock into a landscape of spectacular columns and black cliffs, provide a natural setting of volcanic grandeur that makes Bains de Meyras one of the most geologically evocative thermal spring experiences in central France.