Thermes de Roquemaure

The Thermes de Roquemaure draw upon calcic mineral springs in the Gard department on the left bank of the Rhône river, in the heart of the southern Côtes du Rhône wine appellation where the Châteauneuf-du-Pape vineyards begin just across the river and the Lirac and Tavel appellations produce exceptional rosé wines on the Gard side. The calcic waters from the limestone formations of the Rhône left bank are applied in wellness and therapeutic bathing programs in a spa town whose river position and wine-country setting give it a distinctly southern French character shaped equally by the Mistral wind, garrigue scrubland, and the culture of viticulture. Roquemaure holds the unusual historical distinction of being the place where Phylloxera — the devastating aphid blight that destroyed European viticulture in the 1860s — was first officially identified in France in 1863, and the surrounding wine history adds cultural depth to a thermal stay in this Rhône wine village. Guests can combine therapeutic bathing with visits to the Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation, the medieval Papal city of Avignon across the Rhône, and the Pont du Gard aqueduct just 20 kilometers east.