Thermes de Dax Splendid
- Location
- Dax, Landes, France
- Water type
- bicarbonate
- Temperature
- 35 °C
- pH
- 7.9
Water profile
Soothing — neither hot nor cold, perfect balance.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
The Thermes Splendid in Dax, one of France's most frequented thermal cities with over 50,000 visitors annually, channels the natural hot springs (52°C) and the renowned thermal mud (la boue de Dax) that have made this Landes capital a center of thermal tradition in France since Roman times—Julius Caesar's legions are said to have discovered the springs. The volcanic silted mud, formed from mineral water percolating through organic-rich alluvial sediments, is used in heated mud-wrap treatments within a long thermal heritage. The Splendid's Art Déco thermal palace, set on the banks of the Adour River amid Gascon farmland and Landes forest, gives every visit a grandeur worthy of Dax's 2,000-year thermal legacy.