This, the largest “well-being” resort in Switzerland, lies in a circle formed by the surrounding Torrent mountains. Nearly 4 million cubic metres of water, heated to 51 degrees centigrade, gush from the neighbouring springs daily to supply the public and private thermal baths of the resort. In fact, nearly every hotel has its own fitness centre with a pool. Two other large centres are available to visitors. The “Linder Alpentherme” thermal centre has both indoor and outdoor swimming pools and also its famous “romano-irlandais” baths. As for the Bains de la Bourgeoisie, they offer swimming pools, saunas, underwater massages and a toboggan in the form of a snail! With 22 open air and covered pools, Loèche-les-Bains is the largest fitness resort in the Alps.

 

Only 10 km from the motorway, on a 1,350 metre plateau at the foot of the Muverans, the holiday resort of Ovronnaz delights in a warm yet stimulating environment. The site is truly exceptional: south-facing with the chain of the Alps spread out before it; this is one of the most stunning holiday resorts in the country. Thermalp les Bains d’Ovronnaz proposes a comprehensive fitness programme and covers all the services generally available in a thermal centre. There is a large inside swimming pool and two outside pools heated to 35 degrees centigrade, a jaccuzzi, an ultramodern care centre and a lawn where you can bask in the sun facing the extraordinary alpine mountain range.

 

On the holiday road in the valley where the Rhone River flows, a land of almond trees and figs, Saillon is a town steeped in history, as may be seen from the Vieux-Bourg perched high up on the hill-top. Benefiting not only from the first grape vines they planted, the Romans must also have taken advantage of the qualities of the hot water springs that gushed close to Saillon. The ultramodern thermal centre was built in 1983, both as a health resort for locomotor and rheumatic complaints and also for general care. Four thermal baths (heated to between 28 and 34 degrees centigrade) are available to those there for a health cure and to other visitors. There is an area dedicated simply to general well-being “Carpe Diem” where the various care programmes available have been given Latin titles: laconicum, caldarium, trepidarium – a care centre which offers, for example, massages and treatments using sea-weed. There is a fitness and aerobic area and a summer toboggan run.