Isolated, confined, contaminated ... The year 2020 will have made rhyme all these unpleasant qualifiers.
As 2021 starts under uncertain auspices - curfews, tests and quarantine should once again punctuate our dailies, according to the Prime Minister's announcements on Thursday - let's bet on taking care of yourself, whatever the circumstances.
And what could be better than a spa break to catch your breath after these gloomy months?
If the centers keep, for the moment, the curtain down, it is the moment or never to book your stay to go and relax there as soon as possible.
The establishments that we have selected are, in any case, in the starting blocks to welcome visitors.
Are you more Finnish sauna and forest baths than salt water jets and mud baths?
We have concocted a Scandinavian weekend in the Vosges for you.
Because 2021 will be
hygge
or it will not be.
Our selection of cocoon hotels will make your nights more beautiful than your days.
Finally, for a great breath of natural air, head for rural France, that of our villages which have never seemed so beautiful.
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Our decompression bubbles to start 2021 on the right foot
In this vast complex established on the shores of Lake Constance, curists learn to eat less in order to live better.
Winfried Heinze SDP
Stress, fatigue, depression… We have never needed so much to recharge our batteries.
That's good, the thalassotherapy centers have imagined innovative cures, to be discovered from January 21 to 24 at the virtual thermalies fair.
Our selection.
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Ten cocoon hotels where to take refuge after confinement
The Relais de Chambord is the ideal place to spend the night on the road to the châteaux of the Loire.
Relais de Chambord / Press photo
The good news: dreaming of the very first post-containment getaway is not only allowed, it couldn't be more recommended.
Overview of the most charming hotels to take to the open sea.
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Nights in a hytte, forest baths and spa: Scandinavian-style weekend in the Vosges
Equipped with private saunas and jacuzzis, these huts are planted on a Natura 2000 classified site at an altitude of 500 meters.
Yvan Moreau
With its fir forests and snow-covered resorts, the Grand Est in winter looks like Scandinavia.
To play on this resemblance, a selection of Zen activities to relax Nordic style.
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Read the file: Nordic skiing, snowshoeing ... our advice for this winter
Why French villages are on the rise
The medieval village of Charroux, in the Allier.
Luc Olivier
No need for PCR to go to Charroux, in the Allier!
Symbol of the sweetness of life rediscovered, between nostalgia and good local products, small pastoral communities are popular, and holidays in the shadow of the bell tower too.
Our good reasons to go.
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