A day at the spa...in Spa (the town)

There really is a place in Belgium called Spa! In Spa, we went to Thermes de Spa which was a blast. Now, this CB girl has never been to a spa before, ever...and I loved it! Thermes de Spa is located at the top of a steep cliff overlooking the town of Spa.

It has 800 square metres of indoor and outdoor pools with bubbles, pressure things and spouts that you can lean against. We arrived around noon and stayed until about 7:30 pm and enjoyed every moment. I spent most of the day in the outdoor pools (pictured here). The indoor pools were nice too, but breathing in the cool air while swimming around in the heated pools was so nice - I have never done anything like that before! In the evening the steam coming off the outdoor pool was really pretty.

There is a sauna and a steam room, but I don't like to breath in hot air, so that didn't interest me too much. I tried the relaxation room which where lounge chairs in a room with black light with calming music above, but that didn't really do it for me either....I just wanted to get back into the huge bathtub!

Another thing that I did love was the heat lamps. There were lounge chairs set up with your own heat lamp above so you could dry off under the warm red light after getting out of the pool. That was really nice. They also had a little canal that you could float through as the jets would push you along - I did this over and over - it was fun - would be more fun with an inner tube though!:)

I literally spent about 6 of the 7 hours we were there swimming around in the pools and was a complete prune by the time we left last night! Anyone who comes to Belgium, this is a must! Thanks to our friends Andrew and Alison for taking us there on our last weekend in Belgium!