Enjoy a thalasso in Provence
The Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur region has 11 thalassotherapy centres, all located in seaside towns. You can combine fitness, wellbeing and seaside tourism with all the pleasures of the coast and the beach.
Thalasso is a combination of hydrotherapy treatments (whirlpool or hydromassage bath, jet shower, etc.) combining the benefits of seawater and marine products with massages (seaweed or marine mud wraps, affusion massages and modelling, etc.) Thalasso centres offer weekly, weekend or daily packages for fitness and wellness breaks, anti-stress, slimming and post-natal treatments...
Treatments usually take place over half a day, with 4 or 5 treatments a day depending on the treatment and the centre.
Treatments :
- individual marine hydrotherapy treatments :
seaweed or sea mud wrap, hydromassage or bubble bath, jet shower, hydrojet, seawater ramp massage (affusion modelling)...
- individual "dry" treatments :
essential oil massage, pressotherapy, hydrojet, foot reflexology, cryotherapy......
- Group treatments in the pool or indoors:
stretching, aquagym, underwater jet, kine-balneo, back gym, relaxation therapy...
- A la carte treatments at extra charge :
general massage, shiatsu, lymphatic drainage, body and face beauty treatments, anti-cellulite treatments...
Please note: Treatments vary from one thalasso centre to another and are not all offered: please confirm the treatments for your cure before booking.
The best thalasso centres in Provence
THALASSO LES ISSAMBRES THALGO - Les Issambres (Var)
Location :Facing the sea and next to a sandy beach. 1.5 km from the town centre
Treatments: Modelling, beauty treatments, hydrotherapy treatments, aquagym, aquabike.
Full-day and half-day packages. Membership cards. Cures.FacilitiesA 700 m2 centre: 1 160 m2 seawater pool with jacuzzi and aquatic course, 1 hammam, 1 relaxation room with herbal tea room and 1 solarium.9 beauty/modelling rooms, 10 hydrotherapy rooms, 1 Thalgo boutique.
On-site accommodation with optional Pierre & Vacances Residences
Restaurant: Provencal, traditional or dietetic cuisine
Closed from mid-November to early December
CENTRE THALAZUR (HÔTEL ILE ROUSSE) - Bandol (Var)
Location: Direct access to the seafront with its fine sandy beach, 500m from the town centre and port.
Treatments: Well-being cure - Slimming - Toned legs - Backache - Anti-stress - Serenity - Post-natal - Toned male beauty
A la carte: all hydrotherapy treatments - beauty treatments - relaxation
Weekly, daily or weekend packages with or without accommodationEquipment- 1 Heated outdoor seawater swimming pool
Jaccuzi - Hammam - Cardio Fitness - Spa area dedicated to massage & relaxation - Integrated accommodation: 67 rooms (including 12 suites) in a 5* Hotel (Hôtel Ile Rousse)
1 gastronomic restaurant, 1 brasserie de la mer (dietetic), 2 beach restaurants
Open all year round - 7 days a week
MERCURE THALASSA ET SPA PORT FREJUS - Fréjus (Var)
Location: Fréjus marina, direct access to private sandy beach (in season)
Treatments: Tonic-Harmony cure - World massages - Legs - Back clinic - Slimming - Post-natal.
- A la carte: hydrotherapy - massage - relaxation therapy - drainage - beauty treatments
- Weekly, weekend or full-day packagesEquipment- 1 heated indoor seawater pool
- 1 unheated outdoor freshwater pool
- Hammam - Integrated accommodation: 4* hotel on site with direct access. Private beach
- Restaurant with Provencal, traditional or dietetic cuisine
- Closed in January
IBIS THALASSA HYERES PLAGE - Hyères les Palmiers (Var)
Location: Presqu'ile de Giens, seafront, private beach. 6 km from the town centre.
Treatments: Fitness and beauty cure - Anti-stress NB: Massage only with supplement, on reservation and subject to availability.
- A la carte: massage à la carte only - beauty treatments
- Weekly, daily or weekend packagesFacilities- 1 Heated indoor seawater swimming pool
- Hammam - Fitness roomn - Integrated accommodation: 95 rooms in a 2* Ibis Hotel
- Restaurant serving Provencal, traditional or dietetic cuisine - Beach snack bar in summer
- Closed in January
CENTRE THALAZUR D’ANTIBES - Antibes (Alpes Maritimes)
Location :1km from the seaside and 4km from the town centre
Treatments: Well-being, anti-stress, back pain, young mother, slimming, circulatory cures
- A la carte: all hydrotherapy treatments, osteopathy, shiatsu, foot reflexology, beauty treatments...
- Weekly, weekend or daily packagesEquipment
- 2 indoor seawater pools (1 leisure pool with jaccuzzi + 1 treatment pool)
- 2 outdoor pools from April to Nov (1 heated freshwater pool + 1 seawater pool)
- Hammam, sauna, jacuzzi, cardio training room.
- On-site: 164 4* hotel rooms or 100 flats in residence
- Provençal restaurant on site (dietetic menus available at extra cost)
- Closed in December
THALASSOLEIL ET SPA Villeneuve Loubet (Alpes Maritimes)
Location : On the seafront in the Baie des Anges marina. 4 km from the centre
Treatments - Cures: vitality, health, special back, slimming, special for men, thalasso-flight (cure + 3 half-day introductory flights), thalasso-sailing (cure + 2 days at sea)
- A la carte: massages, anti-cellulite drainage, Cellu M6, beauty treatments, etc.
- Weekly, weekend or day packages. Facilities- 1 heated indoor seawater swimming pool
- Private beach, direct sea access
- Sauna - On-site: hotel residence flats. Nearby: 4-star hotel
- No restaurant in the centre
- Open all year round
THERMES MARINS - PROMICEA - Marseille (Bouches du Rhône)
Location: Facing the sea - 5-minute walk from the Prophète beach, 6km from the town centre.
Treatments - Cures: Well-being - Anti-stress - Slimming - Toned legs - Post-natal balance
- A la carte: Hydrotherapy - Massages - Shiatsu - Fitness - beauty treatments
- 1/2 day, full day, 3 day or weekly packagesEquipment- 1 indoor heated seawater course with 8 activities (including jacuzzi)
- Hammam - Fitness room - Marine circuit - Phlebological circuit - Accommodation: partnership with hotels.
- No restaurant, but lunch available by prior arrangement
- Closed on Sundays - Open all year round
THALACAP CAMARGUE - Les Saintes Maries de la Mer (Bouches du Rhône)
Location : In the Camargue, facing the sea, direct access to a sandy beach. 500m from the town centre
Treatments - Cures : Relaxation/vitality - Beauty - Young mother - Slimming - Anti-stress - Escape
- A la carte: all hydrotherapy treatments - Beauty treatments
- Packages: week (treatments from Monday to Friday), weekend, dayFacilities- 2 heated indoor seawater pools (1 treatment pool + 1 leisure pool) - 1 unheated outdoor seawater pool
- Hammam - sauna - jacuzzi - fitness room - Accommodation: 3-star hotel residence with 65 rooms and 35 flats.
- Restaurant serving Provencal, traditional or health food.
- Annual closure from mid-November to mid-December