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| BALNEOLOGY
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| Thermes of Digne-Les-Bains |
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PRESENTATION |
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  Located
at the limit between the Alps and Provence, this is the prefecture
of the 04, the only department in France which has a rate
of zero out of a thousand asthmatic children. An exceptional
climate. Digne-les-Bains has nearly 300 days of sun per year
and has all of the advantages of pure mountain air. Everything
is laid on to make an agreeable visit for patients and tourists.
The reputation of the thermal waters that gush out
in the Vallon des Eaux Chaudes at Dignes-les-Bains dates back
to Antiquity. They were mentioned by Pliny the Elder, and
examined by scientists as early as the 17th century.
Gassendi himself praised their healing virtues.
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the following century the town became a popular spa with the
military. Today, ultra modern buildings equipped with the
latest technology have been added to the hydropathic establishment
built in 1930.
The Digne-les-Bains thermal baths are open 10 months a year,
and more than 10,000 people come to take the waters every
year. Specially qualified staff welcome them and attend to
the needs of patients in a friendly atmosphere. Digne-les-Bains
is easy to get to from the A51 motorway, via the N85 national
highway.
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THERAPEUTIC
INFORMATION |
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The waters of Digne-les-Bains emerge into the open air at a
temperature of nearly 40°. They contain sulphur, sodium
and chlorine, and are recommended for respiratory complaints
and rheumatology. Underwater massage and mud treatment are two
techniques in daily use.
The establishment is particularly suitable for children, and
is highly recommended for asthmatic children, because the Digne
air is exceptionally pure and contains very little humidity.
Anti-stress cures, comprising less medical treatment, can also
be arranged.
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FITNESS
CURE |
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To take
a fitness cure, all you need is a certificate from your usual
doctor certifying it will not endanger your health. You are
then free to choose the duration of your cure, usually one
to three weeks out of seven. An hour and a half of daily treatment:
underwater massage, application of thermal mud, aquagym, sweating
cubicle, etc. will soon bring you back to full fitness again.
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| HEALTH
(3-week medical treatment) |
| The Tourist Office
has combined with the spa to offer its clientele a choice
of interesting activities :
Things to do : Initiation to golf, dances guided tours
of the town, guided tours of the botanical gardens,
slide evening, games afternoons...
Outings : excursions in a minibus with a regional guide
on a half-day basis, outings to observe mouflons with
a forestry guide, walks with a middle-mountain guide.
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| FITNESS |
| The holidays are a
very good opportunity to look after one’s health
and body and the spas are turning towards fitness. At
the spa, packages allow you to choose between aqua gym,
baths with underwater jets and essential oils, water-jet
shower, body-modelling with essential oils, face-modelling,
heavy legs package, all services made available to the
customer who wants above all to feel good. |
| WELL-BEING "A LA CARTE" |
| This formula enables
everyone to make the most of the properties of a bath
with underwater jets and essential oils, a heavy legs
package, one session of aqua gym, and a free access to
the swimming pool. Just what you need to feel good fast! |
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| ”MORE"
FOR CHILDREN |
| The spa is remarkably
equipped to cater for children from a very early age.
They can take a personalized treatment adapted to their
needs. Les Lutins is a medicalised children’s residence
which can accommodate and take charge of children from
3 to 18 during their treatment. Group leaders organize
a number of activities in a 6000 sq. m. park. Teaching
needs are also catered for. |
| LEISURE |
The Digne les Bains
golf course : in exceptional surroundings 6 km from the
town centre, it offers an 18-hole homologated golf-course
and practice areas, club house, hotel, restaurant swimming
pool, tennis courts, billiard tables. All you need to
occupy your free time.
The Alexandra David-Néel Foundation : an explorer-writer,
known especially for her Tibetan expeditions, she came
to live in Digne-les-Bains at the end of her life. Her
house " Samten Dzong " (meditation fortress)
has been made into a museum that had the extreme honour
of being visited by his Holiness the Dalai-Lama in 1982
and 1986. Tours with commentaries are organized. Change
of scene guaranteed. |
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