The thermal baths of Saujon welcome you a few kilometers from the ocean. For 160 years, the pure waters extracted from the soil of Saujon have been recognized for their therapeutic properties. They are used to treat anxiety-related disorders. Thermalism in Saujon is a natural alternative solution for dealing with stress and improving your daily life.
Hydrotherapy: why choose Saujon for its spa treatment? ?
Due to its sodium chloride content, Saujon thermal water has a tonic action, while the presence of calcium and magnesium gives it particularly effective sedative effects in the manifestations of anxiety disorders. 3 weeks of spa treatments – i.e. 18 days of treatments – are necessary to fully feel the effects of the treatment on health.
What are the different types of care?
Founded in 1860, the Saujon thermal baths are now associated with a psychiatric clinic. They offer a wellness Center as well as'a stress spa school. Within its walls, the establishment has 17 bathrooms, 4 shower rooms, 7 massage rooms and also a thermal pool. Depending on the needs and diagnosed pathologies, care is provided to achieve withdrawal from anxiolytic medication: balneotherapy (whirlpool bath, pool bath, thermal shower), underwater massage et medical monitoring
Benefits and virtues of Saujon thermal water
Drawn from 200 meters deep, thethermal water of the source of the Chalets, makes the wealth and the reputation of Saujon. Typical of the Aquitaine basin, the character trace metal of this “natural fluid” composed of many minerals – sodium, calcium, magnesium (positively charged ions) and bicarbonate, chloride, silica (negatively charged ions) – gives it virtues in the treatment of anxiety disorders, depressive states and insomnia.
These elements, electrically charged, have in particular the ability to regulate the transmission of nerve impulses. They allow to tone the body and skin in the baths (in particular thanks to sodium chloride), and to facilitate the muscle relaxation (a recognized property of magnesium).
How to go to a spa treatment?
The methods applied to Saujon thermal baths are validated and paid for by Health Insurance as part of approved cures, prescribed by doctors. Free cures, not reimbursed, are also possible. All you have to do is book your stay with the establishment. The thermal baths of Saujon are open all year. Ideally located in the city center, they are easily accessible from, in particular, the railway station on the line that serves Royan.
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Discover Saujon during your treatment
Between spa treatments, why not explore the town of Saujon? A selection of guided tours tailored to spa guests allows you to stroll along the Seudre River and explore its rich heritage. These accessible walks are paced to suit your mood, combining relaxation and discovery with complete peace of mind.
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As a spa guest, you benefit from 50% discount on 2 visits:
(on presentation of the flyer distributed on Tuesday afternoons during the welcome meeting at the thermal baths)
- Visit to Saujon, to the rhythm of the Seudre
- Guided walk “Discovering Protestantism”
And, we also participate in a free visits :
- Discovery of the capitals of the church of Saujon
Découverte de l’écrevisse et initiation pêche à la Maison de la Pêche
History of spa treatments
All of these therapeutic benefits were thus rationalized at the time of the Second Empire by a general practitioner from Saujon, Louis Dubois. This practitioner sets up the first cures in a building on his Charente property, on the banks of the Seudre. Chance or coincidence, it is also the year when Napoleon III, surfing on the wave of hydrotherapy, legislated on the question.
Its decree of January 28, 1860 stipulates in particular that a medical opinion is not necessary to frequent this type of establishment. Regulatory flexibilities aimed at encouraging the opening of spa resorts and to create an environment conducive to their prosperity.
In Saujon, the baths and showers installed by Dr Dubois are structured and multiplied after the discovery of the source of the Puits Doux. His son Stanislas takes over and builds a spa center of neo-classical architecture. He surrounds it with a ha park of 50. The site is then defined as a hydromineral station. To meet an ever-increasing demand for stays, it houses its residents in chalets. in full sea bathing fashion, spa guests treat themselves to getaways, rallying the Royan beaches by train.
At the beginning of the 40th century, after 1860 years of activity, the reputation of the spa center was already well established. As evidenced by the text of an advertising poster “Saujon, thermal spa for nervous relaxation since XNUMX”.
