Sources de Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert
- Location
- Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, France
- Water type
- bicarbonate
- Temperature
- 14 °C
- pH
- 7.5
Water profile
Stimulating — wakes the body and boosts circulation.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
Sources de Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert in the Hérault Valley of Hérault, France, offers bicarbonate mineral spring waters in one of the most beautiful medieval villages in France—Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, whose tenth-century Gellone Abbey (founded by Guilhem of Gellone, a hero of the Carolingian epic tradition and cousin of Charlemagne) was a major stopping point on the Via Tolosana pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela, now recognized as UNESCO World Heritage. The Hérault River's transparent turquoise waters create the most popular natural swimming destination in Languedoc at the Pont du Diable (Devil's Bridge) gorge just below the village, where limestone cliffs and clear river pools provide a spectacular natural swimming landscape adjacent to the spring. The medieval pilgrimage heritage, the extraordinary clarity of Hérault River swimming, and the bicarbonate spring tradition together create a Saint-Guilhem visit of exceptional historical, natural, and mineral richness.