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07.04.2011

A SEA OF WELLNESS

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Seaweeds, sodium, sun and seawater. These are the simple ingredients of thalassotherapy, or sea therapy, a …

Seaweeds, sodium, sun and seawater. These are the simple ingredients of thalassotherapy, or sea therapy, a natural remedy dating back to ancient Greece that came back into fashion in France during the 19th century and is now widly used in the spas ofthe world. Combining the benefits of seawater with those of the marine climate, thalassotherapy betters the skin and reduces bone and muscular pains.

To begin with, you might want to take a look at the criteria established by the Fédération Internationale de Thalassotherapie. To be authentic, thalassotherapy needs to follow some basic rules: the water should not be carried from somehwhere else; it should be extracted locally from the open sea, where its properties are unaltered.
That’s why a thalassotherapy spa should always be located at the sea, allowing its visitors to enjoy the marine climate. Once extracted, the water can be used for several beauty and wellness treatments such as warm baths and body wraps with fresh or dried seaweeds.

WHERE?

France
Regarded as the homeland of thalassotherapy, France is crowded with spas offering treatmens with seawater and seaweeds. Here are some of the most reputed.
Thermes Marins de St-Malò
Overlooking a long beach in Brittany, the Thermes Marins take advantage of Europe’s most impressive tide to extract seawater for  their treatments. There are many spa packages, ranging from one day to a whole week.
Thalazur
The Thalazur brand includes five spas in Normandy, Côte D’Azur and on the Atlantic coast. To their hosts choosing the six-day packet, they offer a special treatment menu with organic beauty products.

Italy
Marino Wellness Club, Jesolo (VE)
Inside a huge holiday park on the Cavallino coast, this spa offers a 9 heated outdoor pools for thalassotherapy and an internal pool for seaweed therapy.
Tombolo Talasso Resort, Marina di Castagneto Carducci (LI)
The awarded waters of Costa degli Etruschi, along with seaweeds, salt and sea muds, are the ingredients of Tombolo’s treatments, hydro-massages, jet showers and horizontal sea rain showers.
Kalidria Grand Hotel & Thalasso Spa, Castellaneta Marina (TA)
A huge thalassotherapy spa overlooking the Ionian sea offering body wraps, massages, hydrotherapy and balneotherapy treatments, as well as a heated internal and external seawater pool.
Delphina Hotels & Resorts, Sardegna
A hotel group including four thalassotherapy spas in northern Sardinia. The treatments employ local seawater mixed with essential oils extracted from autochtonous aromatic plants.
Forte Village, Santa Margherita di Pula (CA)
A thalassotherapy spa surrounded by a huge park inside a luxury resort, just a few miles away from Cagliari. Check out their trademark “olio di mare” (sea oil) with concentrated magnesium salts.

 

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