The Health Benefits of Thermal Water
"Thermal baths took their place among the most splendid buildings of Rome: people washed there in winter with warm water, and sometimes with scented water, or else they would just go to feel the hot steam of the water against their skin. During the winter, people would care for their body with expensive perfumes and oils, and during the summer, after leaving a warm bath, they would then go and cool themselves down in cold water."
Denis Diderot
Body care is featured in the Encyclopaedia, notably concerning an establishment of flotation baths, set up on the Seine in 1761. This illustration shows, for example, cut-sections of individual bathing cabins, a portable stove, a tap, mules, a bath...
Well-being, leisure and nature are the three main trumps of Bourbonne-les-Bains, Champagne-Ardenne's only thermal spa in Haute-Marne! Its fame dates back to Gallo-Roman times: Borvo, god of hot springs himself is at the origin of this site's heritage...
The waters load up on micro-nutrients through contact with the rocks, over a period of 40 years, before leaving them at a temperature of 66°C. This exceptional thermal water boasts many therapeutic benefits (it helps to treat rheumatism, arthritis, the ai
