Vichy Célestins Spa Hôtel

Vichy, Auvergne, France

Location: Vichy, Auvergne, France
Water type: bicarbonate, sodium chloride, carbonated
Temperature: 38 °C
pH: 6.3

Water profile

Thermicity

Neutral

38 °C

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Soothing — neither hot nor cold, perfect balance.

Mineralisation

Restorative

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Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).

Buoyancy

Effortless float

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Dense, salty water — you float without effort.

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Set on the shores of Lake Allier, at the edge of the Napoleon III park with its century-old trees, the Vichy Célestins Spa Hôtel carries forward the story of a town whose waters were already known in Celtic times and which Madame de Sévigné helped revive from 1676 onward. It was Napoleon III, however, who during his stays in Vichy between 1861 and 1866 turned the town into Europe's leading spa capital, endowing it with a lake, a railway station and a casino — a legacy now UNESCO-listed.

Linked to the Célestins thermal spa by a bathrobe walkway, the hotel pairs a 1930s Art Deco-inspired setting with a 7,500 m² space devoted to wellbeing, where Vichy's thermal water anchors signature treatments and a dermo-cosmetic institute.

Insider tip — The Vichy Célestins Spa Hôtel stands at the heart of France's most storied spa city, where Napoleon III famously took the cure and Belle Époque opera houses still overlook the Allier promenade. The Célestins source delivers naturally carbonated, sodium-bicarbonate water at around 20°C, reheated for baths and drinking cures following the classical Vichy spa traditions. The hotel pairs the rigor of the thermal tradition with five-star elegance — request a room overlooking the thermal park for the full Vichy experience.

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