Saint-Gervais-les-Bains

Saint-Gervais-les-Bains in the Haute-Savoie département at the foot of Mont Blanc draws from oligomineral springs in a celebrated Alpine spa town that combines a deep thermal tradition in the Pays du Mont Blanc with France's highest mountain railway, the Tramway du Mont Blanc, which climbs from Saint-Gervais toward the Nid d'Aigle at 2372 metres, providing access to the glaciated grandeur of the Mont Blanc massif from the spa town's elegant Belle Époque thermal park. The lightly mineralised spring water is appreciated for skin comfort and relaxation at an accredited establishment whose position in the Val Montjoie below the highest mountain in the Alps creates a thermal environment of incomparable alpine grandeur, where the glaciers of the Mont Blanc group are visible from the thermal park on clear days and the town serves simultaneously as a spa destination, a ski resort, and a mountaineering base camp. The extraordinary natural monument of Mont Blanc, the challenging alpine terrain of the surrounding massif, and the cultured Savoyard spa tradition make Saint-Gervais one of the most ambitiously positioned of all French thermal destinations.