Thermes Bains les Bains

Thermes Bains-les-Bains is located in the small spa town of Bains-les-Bains in the southern Vosges foothills, one of France's oldest continuously operating thermal resorts, where calcic mineral springs have been used for thermal bathing since Roman times and whose tradition was recognized during the reign of Louis XIV, when the springs were placed under royal patronage as an official establishment of the French crown. The calcic mineral composition of Bains-les-Bains' thermal waters is associated with well-being and relaxation within the French thermal tradition, valued for the restful character of calcium-rich thermal bathing. The southern Vosges forested landscape surrounding Bains-les-Bains—with its rolling hills of fir and beech, the valleys of the Semois and Vair rivers, and the traditional villages of rural Lorraine—creates a setting of pastoral tranquillity that has drawn visitors to this quiet forest spa town for over two thousand years.