Thalasso de Berck-sur-Mer

Thalasso de Berck-sur-Mer in Pas-de-Calais, France, offers iodine-rich North Sea thalassotherapy on the widest and wildest beach of the Opal Coast—the expansive sand flats of Berck's beach, where low tides expose kilometers of flat sand that have made the town the world capital of kite flying, celebrated each April at the International Kite Festival that draws over 500,000 visitors and thousands of kite enthusiasts from across the world to fly their elaborate creations in the powerful Channel winds above the vast North Sea beach. The iodine-rich North Sea waters used in the treatments reflect the exceptional mineral concentration of the southern North Sea, whose shallow, tidal, and highly productive marine environment creates a particularly mineral-dense seawater of great therapeutic efficacy for respiratory and immune system conditions. The International Kite Festival, the vast Channel beach, and the North Sea thalassotherapy tradition create a Berck experience of exceptional sporting spectacle and therapeutic marine richness.