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The free hot spring / thermal bath in the Pyrenees

Monday, 18 March, 2019, 1:59 PMAbout Vanlife, Spain, France
Vanlife Europe onlylifeweknow free hot spring thermal bath Pyrenees

We love this place! We have been to a few different free hot springs or thermal baths but this is by far the best one. Its a natural spring in the middle of the Pyreenese mountains, near the border between France and Spain and its so beautiful.

Vanlife Europe onlylifeweknow free hot spring thermal bath Pyrenees
Vanlife Europe onlylifeweknow free hot spring thermal bath Pyrenees

You go off the main road up a few hairpins and park by the road. There is a trail leading from there to the hot spring and only the road there is beautiful. From a distance you can see the steam from the hot water, like a picture from a fairy tale.

Vanlife Europe onlylifeweknow free hot spring thermal bath Pyrenees
Vanlife Europe onlylifeweknow free hot spring thermal bath Pyrenees
Vanlife Europe onlylifeweknow free hot spring thermal bath Pyrenees

A waterfall with different levels and pools, steaming hot in the cold mountain air. The water is around 60'C and the sourroundings is absolutely stunning. Montains with snowy tops and far away from the civilisation. Its hard to find this place but once you get there its worth the difficult way there.

Vanlife Europe onlylifeweknow free hot spring thermal bath Pyrenees
Vanlife Europe onlylifeweknow free hot spring thermal bath Pyrenees
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Hot spring in the French Pyrenees

Monday, 19 February, 2018, 6:16 PMFrance
Free hot spring / thermal bath in the Pyrenees mountains France. The fountain of youth

In the mountains in France, high up in the Pyrenees, we found the fountain of youth. A free hot spring/thermal bath far away from the civilization.

Free hot spring / thermal bath in the Pyrenees mountains France. The fountain of youth. Rainbow

We followed the rainbow

Free hot spring / thermal bath in the Pyrenees mountains France. The fountain of youth. Snow

In the snowy mountains

Free hot spring / thermal bath in the Pyrenees mountains France. The fountain of youth. Hairpin roads.

On hairpin roads.

After climbing the tough terrain and crossing rivers...

Free hot spring / thermal bath in the Pyrenees mountains France. The fountain of youth

We finally got to this spot. Nature is amazing. A waterfall with different levels, crazy hot water on the highest point and really wonderful temperatures a bit down. It felt like being in a spa, but better!

Free hot spring / thermal bath in the Pyrenees mountains France. The fountain of youth

There weren't many people there, just a few "hippies" that had their camp there, dream catchers hanging in the trees above. The sun was shining, the air was cold and made the water steam. Like a picture from a fairytale.

We did like the few others their, took our bathing clothes off and enjoyed those natural pools naked, like the true hippies we are ;)

Free hot spring / thermal bath in the Pyrenees mountains France. The fountain of youth

This is probably one of the best places we have visited and we are defiantly going back!

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Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer and Sara e kali

Sunday, 18 February, 2018, 8:01 PMMysteries, France

We ended up in an interesting town called Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. When we first arrived there were those white horses everywhere. A lot of horse ranges and all of them had the white horses, all the way from the countryside in to the small town by the sea.

This is the town that the Romani people do pilgrims to and the reason is a statue and the remains of Sara e Kali (Sara la Kali, Black Sara) which is standing in the church of this town. She is identified as one of the servant of the three Marys, not recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church but they celebrate her every year on may 24. At this time the streets of this town is full of Romani people celebrating their patron saint, they carries the statue down the streets back to the sea to re-enact her arrival to France.

She was said to arrive here after the death of Jesus, together with the three Marys (which the name of the town comes from, Saintes-Maries).

When visiting the church, which until 1912 only Romani people where allowed to visit, there are a lot of other people who wants to see the statue and light a candle.

As this wasn't enough interesting, this town is in a middle of a nature reserve with a lot of pink flamingos.

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