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Sulphurized waters warm sodiques got by the hydropathic establishment of Vernet les Bains arrive directly from the heart of Canigou which distils them generously in more than 60°. They are real one benefaction for the persons having hydrotherapy with whom they treat the rheumatic disorders or respiratory.
But Vernet les Bains is also classified health resort. The period of sunshine, the absence of wind, the pure air bound to the average height are major trump cards which allow those who are confronted with the stress and with the pollution to get fresh ideas all the year round.
It benefits from the label "Green Station of Holidays". The first one "Villages-arboretums" of France, its raised spaces, where every tree is numbered and listed, and its landscape of low mountain range are the object of particular attentions to protect what the nature gave us of better: the living environment.
From the heart of the resort to the top of Canigou, a very wide range of leisure activities is proposed to you. Vernet les Bains provides you with its infrastructures : swimming pools, tennis, riding school, petanque grounds, sports hall, casino and suggests you of numerous animations alternating entertainments, culture, relaxation or traditions.
Village in the authentic charm, Vernet les Bains offers to its visitors the grand entertainment of the quite close mountain, the picturesque character of its flowery alleys.
Here the walkers are privileged. Easy walks in the winter garden or towards the English Waterfall, the hikes on average mountain or hiking of the peak of Canigou, numerous marked paths allow each to evolve according to the tastes or hislevel and welcomes you for a tonic or restful stay.
The beginning of the century pulled Vernet les Bains in the luxurious whirlwind of "Belle Epque". That is why every year in the Ascension Day Vernet les Bains organize its Feast of "Belle Epqoue" in a quite particular atmosphere. Come to dress up there and to relive this period splendor.
Nearly discover not the remarkable collection of mineral crystallizations and maritime animals fossilized to the Geologic museum of Vernet les Bains. Through more than 10 000 details are represented all the geologic floors. Going of 550 million years (the beginning of the Primary era) to 2 million years (the dawn of the Humanity).
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