Why visit Aix-les-Bains, France, a spa town on the shores of Lake Bourget? If you’re going to France, why not? It’s got water sports, a healing mineral-rich hot springs bathing complex and plenty of history. Call me the Countess of Balmoral – that’s the pseudonym Queen Victoria used when she used to visit Aix-les-Bains, one of the […]
The easy way to spa in Vichy, France – Hotel Les Celestins
Vichy is one of the most famous spa towns in France, but most mainstream tourists pass it by – which is all the more reason to go. While the spa culture of Vichy can be confusing, especially for a European spa novice, there is an easy way to spa in Vichy, France, and I’m going to tell you how […]
Travel guide for Vichy, France
Looking for a helpful travel guide for Vichy, France? Look no further. Here is everything you ever wanted to know about this famous French spa town in the Auvergne region of France. Who doesn’t want to visit an elegant town with a soup named after it? Yes, the town would be Vichy, France, and the soup […]
French spa: Vichy, France, and my social disaster
“Bonjour Monsieur et Madame,” said the elderly Frenchwoman in a singsong voice as she sat on a bench outside the drinking hall in the Parc des Sources. The park is the green heart of Vichy, France, a historic French spa town three hours south of Paris. “Bonjour,” my husband, Mark, and I replied, bobbing our heads like […]
Bad Ragaz – a luxury spa in Switzerland
If you’ve always wanted to go to a luxury spa in Switzerland, you crave an Alpine view and you think hot springs spas are the very best kind of spas there are, the Swiss spa town of Bad Ragaz should be high on your list. 6 Fun Facts about Bad Ragaz and luxury Swiss Spas […]
Leukerbad in Switzerland, an unsung alpine destination
If you’re travelling through Europe, Leukerbad in Switzerland makes a terrific mountain destination. Less touristy than Zermatt, this high altitude spa and ski town has hot springs, incredible mountain walks and – of course – the all important fondu. Somehow I never imagined that Leukerbad in Switzerland would be so high up. I know this […]
Terme di Saturnia in Tuscany: hot springs of the gods
I don’t care what anyone says, hot springs are mystical. And it’s no wonder that Terme di Saturnia in Tuscany is considered to the be the hot springs of the gods. Think about it, you’re connecting with a part of the earth you can’t see. That water streams along deep beneath the rock, soaking up minerals […]
Tuscany – when disaster strikes.
As I was bounding around our villa in Umbria, Italy, at 8 in the morning, Mark eyes me sleepily. “You are soooo excited, aren’t you?” “Yes!” I say. I love hot springs spas and we doing a road trip to Terme di Saturnia in the southern Tuscan hills. Terme di Saturnia has been on my […]
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