ThermaSalina (Thermes de Salins-les-Bains)
The public bath of the Salins-les-Bains thermes in the Jura, where a pool of nearly 200 m² with massage jets and a counter-current lane is fed with salt water from the Muyre well; the saltier water of the Cordeliers well, drawn from about 150 m down, is kept for the cure. The single-storey building of 2,800 m² opens onto a terrace facing Fort Saint-André, with two saunas, a hammam and a caldarium for over-18s.
Getting in
- Parking
- Free car park at the entrance
- Public transport
- Nearest station Mouchard, about 10 minutes from Salins-les-Bains; Besançon Viotte and Dole about 50 minutes.
- Address
- Place Barbarine, 39110 Salins-les-Bains
Entry, hours and rules
- Entry
- Entrée adulte (adult entry)€16
- Ado (de 13 à 17 ans) et étudiant (teens 13 to 17 and students) (Students with valid proof)€12
- Afterwork (after-work entry) (Monday to Friday, 17:00 to 18:30)€10
- Salinois (residents of Salins-les-Bains) (With a utility bill and ID)€8
- Hours
- Mon14:30-18:30
- Tue14:30-18:30
- Wed14:30-18:30
- Thu14:30-18:30
- Fri14:30-18:30
- Sat14:30-18:30
- Sun09:30-11:45, 14:00-17:30
- Swimwear and rules
- Swimsuit and swim cap compulsory. Suits no longer than the knee (shorts, one or two-piece) are allowed; Bermudas and burkinis are not.
- Children
- 12 and over. The sauna, hammam and caldarium area is for over-18s.
- Tickets
- Day ticket, no time slot
- Official site
- thermes-salins.com
- Facilities
- Indoor poolSaunaSteam roomShowersLockersParkingTowel hire
About ThermaSalina (Thermes de Salins-les-Bains)
Some 200 million years ago a sea covered this part of the Jura, and as it dried out it left a bed of rock salt that was slowly buried under sediment. Faults opened when the Alps were folded let water seep down and run through that salt, which is where the brine here gets its sodium chloride and its potassium, magnesium and calcium. The thermes date from 1854. From the pool, the big windows look out over greenery and the pink roofs of old Salins.