Nama Springs

Nama Springs is a bath house — the operator's own word is maison de bains — in the Résidence Eden at Arc 1800, in the commune of Bourg-Saint-Maurice in Savoie. Despite the name, the water is not thermal and not spring water. The operator names no source, borehole or mineral analysis; it presents the place as an Indian-inspired wellness concept, "Inspiré par la magie de l'Inde", and the only mineral content it mentions is Epsom salt added to one indoor pool. It is ordinary treated water, heated where the operator says so.

The house is built around a circuit of heat, water and alpine cold. The flotation pool is an Epsom-salt basin with underwater music and a lit floral mural, intended for sensory-isolation sessions. There is a traditional hammam built on the lotus image. The operator states that the house offers five different sauna experiences drawn from bathing traditions around the world: a panoramic sauna, an Aufgusstheater, a forest sauna, a salt-crystal sauna and an infrared cabin. Cold is handled by an ice fountain and a cold-water plunge pool, described by the operator under the heading of thermotherapy, and by an ice-water bath and an experience shower. A relaxation lounge with water mattresses and a herbal-tea room completes the circuit.

Outdoors there are two pools with a view over the mountains, fitted with counter-current swim jets, sheet-water fountains and underwater jets; the operator notes that these outdoor pools are not heated in winter. Massages and treatments are booked separately from the bathing entry.

The house is open every day of the week from 10:00. Entry is restricted to visitors aged 15 and over. The operator publishes no opening year; the house is run by Welness Resources SARL, registered at Fréjus.