Les Thermes de Spa

Perched on the Colline d'Annette et Lubin above the town of Spa in Belgium's Liège province, Les Thermes de Spa carries on a bathing tradition rooted in the very place that gave the word "spa" to the world. The town's iron-rich mineral springs have drawn visitors for centuries, and in 2021 Spa was inscribed as part of the UNESCO World Heritage "Great Spa Towns of Europe." The present hilltop complex opened in 2004, taking over from the town-centre Thermes that had received bathers since 1868.

The mineral and thermal waters

The baths and treatments are fed by Spa's own natural mineral waters. The pools draw on the Clémentine spring, while the carbonic (carbo-gaseous) baths use water from the Marie-Henriette spring, a naturally ferruginous (iron-bearing) and carbonated water that sparkles gently at the surface.

Springs and "pouhons"

Spa's cold and lukewarm mineral springs are known locally as pouhons. These iron-rich waters can still be tasted at several drinking halls in the town below, among them the Pouhon Pierre-le-Grand, while the Thermes gently warm the mineral water for comfortable bathing.

Indoor and outdoor baths

The complex offers around 800 m² of indoor and outdoor thermal baths, kept at about 33 °C and fitted with more than a hundred hydromassage jets. The distinctive carbonic copper baths deliver microbubbles of carbon dioxide at around 36 °C in individual copper bathtubs, drawing on the Marie-Henriette spring.

• Indoor and outdoor thermal pools with hydromassage nozzles
• Carbonic copper baths (carbo-gaseous / "bains carbo-gazeux")
• Traditional balneotherapy care, including peat baths

Sauna, hammam and wellness

Beyond the pools, guests can move between saunas, hammams and relaxation areas, arranged as both textile (swimwear) spaces and a separate naturist zone. A full wellness and treatment menu includes facial care, body massages, endermology (LPG Cellu M6) slimming and firming, scar treatment, angiotherapy and weight-management programmes.

Hilltop setting and the funicular

The Thermes sit on a hilltop above the town centre, and a short funicular links the town below directly to the baths, sparing visitors the climb and delivering them straight to the modern spa on the summit.

Visiting

Entries to the baths and à la carte treatments can be booked in advance through the Thermes' 24/7 online reservation system, and the booking office is reachable daily.