Top 10 ski resorts where you can relax

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Saint Gervais

The ski area of Saint Gervais is a bathing place that is known for its thermal baths and its advantages since the 19th century. It offers relaxation and body care. In the Mont Blanc, the Saint Gervais baths make sure you enjoy quiet moments with modern facilities and specialized personnel. The baths attract thousands of guests per year to ease their skin or breathing conditions in waters naturally heated to 39 °C.

Peyragudes

The ski resort of Peyragudes, also a spa, has two relaxation centers: one in the resort and the other in the valley. Balnea, situated in the valley, is in an extraordinary location, at the riverbanks of lake Loudenvielle. The thermal water baths in Balnes is naturally warm and sulphurous and the resort offer all baths of the world: Indian, Roman, Japanese, Tibetan … and recently Incan. In the resort, Spassio is a space of 700 m² situated on the slopes and offers a breathtaking view on the ski area. There is an indoor swimming pool where you can swim, massage, geysers and bubble beds. A cocooning area has a hamam, a sauna and a Jacuzzi with a panoramic view, ideal to relax after a day skiing. A selection of treatments is also available in the complex.

Ax 3 Domaines (Ax-les-Thermes)

Ax-les-Thermes combines sport and relaxation for a perfect stay for people who want to relax. The thermal waters of Ax-les-Thermes have been in use since the 13th century for therapeutic purposes, they are the hottest in the Pyrenees (77 °C). To satisfy you, the spa offers various formulas: relaxation and wellbeing, health stays and thermal treatments.

Brides-les-Bains

Brides-les-Bains is both a ski resort as a spa and is known for its thermal waters and its advantages for more than a century. What is better than relaxing in one of the spas of the Grand Spa Thermal after a day skiing or to enjoy treatments and a massage? Let yourself go and enjoy a moment of grand relaxation in a special location and in the hands of trained and concerned personnel.

Saint-Lary-Soulan

Discover the wellness center Sensoria Spa by Nuxe and its thermal baths in Saint-Lary. In a park in the heart of the village, between rivers and mountains, you will find a space that is fully dedicated to the wellness of mind and body. You can relax with hydro massage baths, effusion showers, seaweed packing, affinity massages, and other treatments and massages. You can also relax in the thermal waters that are known for their therapeutic effects on rheumatology, ENT and the airways.

Cauterets

Forget stress and fatigue in the thermal waters of Cauterets. The Bains du Rocher complex is the perfect place to relax in the waters of 34 °C. In the city center, in a natural location, you can also find body and face treatments, massages, and hydro massage. The spa treatments of the resort, recognized for their advantages with regard to problems related to rheumatology, breathing, and ENT, are accessible for everyone to discover them.

Serre Chevalier

In Serre Chevalier Vallée there is almost 4500 m² dedicated to relaxation that welcome you in the Grands Bains du Monetier. The complex is exclusively designed in wood and glass and is being driven by a natural heated water source of 45 °C. The Grands Bains du Monetier (3 spaces) offers you the possibility to relax and to forget the worries of everyday life; the Grand Bains area, Romano-Irish area, and the Institut Beauté-Santé area.

La Rosière

This is a Savoyard resort that wants families, La Rosière has a real Japanese spa: the chalet Matsuzaka. In this atypical space you have the possibility to relax in two hot swimming pools, inside and outside. Treatments and massages are also offered to give you more relaxation. The resort has in addition 10 rooms and a restaurants with Japanese and Savoyard specialties.

La Clusaz

In the hotel in the heart of the village La Clusaz, the Crystal Spa promises rest and relaxation in a gorgeous location of woods and stone. In a space of 1200 m², you will be pampered by a professional team offering body and face treatments and you can enjoy the many facilities dedicated to your wellness. The hotel and the Crystal Spa welcome you to spend unique moments during your stay even if you do not stay in the hotel.

La Mongie (Bagnères de Bigorre)

In Bagnères de Bigorre, the city’s accommodation in the La Mongie ski area, the spa complex Aquensis offers a trip to rest and relaxation. In a wooden and marble décor, there are baths, swimming pools with thermal water, Jacuzzi, steam bath and saunas. For your biggest joy the center also offers a wide selection of treatments and massages by personnel that care for your wellbeing.