Thalasso de Hardelot

Thalasso de Hardelot in Neufchâtel-Hardelot, Pas-de-Calais, France, offers iodine-rich North Sea thalassotherapy on the Opal Coast where a 500-hectare maritime pine forest descends directly to one of the most beautiful beaches of the Channel coast—a landscape reminiscent of the Landes pine forest of southwestern France transplanted to the northern coast, where the pines' fragrant resin mingles with the iodine-rich sea air to create a particularly invigorating coastal atmosphere. The iodine-rich North Sea waters used in the treatments carry the exceptional mineral concentration of the Channel's southern shore, whose strong tidal currents and productive marine environment create seawater of great mineral density and therapeutic efficacy. The Hardelot castle ruins, the pine forest beach landscape, and the North Sea thalassotherapy tradition create a Hardelot experience that combines the atmospheric beauty of an unusual northern pine-and-sea landscape with the therapeutic mineral richness of the most productive marine waters in France.