Camino Le Puy - Thermal baths in Lectoure

[Former member 104756]

Bonjour - for pilgrims planning to walk on the Le Puy Way (Via Podiensis) - letting you know that in the picturesque hilltop town of Lectoure there is a thermal spa.

Ressourcez-vous au Spa thermal | Hôtel Collège des Doctrinaires****

Le Spa thermal de Lectoure vous offrira un moment de détente unique pour vous ressourcer pendant votre séjour en Occitanie.

www.doctrinaires.fr

We are living in Lectoure for a while. This afternoon I treated myself. And while sitting in the steamy hammam had a great chat with 3 Canadian pilgrims, who had arrived that afternoon.

Entry price is 17 euros which gives you access to the swimming pool, sauna, jacuzzi and hammam. The spa is connected (including literally by a tunnel) with the Hotel College des Doctrinaires, but is open to all.

Could be just the thing for weary bodies.

 

[Lynn R Kelly]

Stayed an extra day in Lectoure especially for the thermal baths. Got a deal on a “pilgrim’s special” pool, special showers and gammas, plus a wonderful hour massage with especial care of my feet!!

Loved it!

 

[Lynn R Kelly]

Just make sure you have a swimming cap—it’s required!!

 

[Former member 104756]

Just make sure you have a swimming cap—it’s required!!

That’s interesting Lynn. I didn’t have a cap and didn’t see anyone else in the pool with one and there was always an attendant there. I was given instructions before entering, but no mention of caps. Maybe their rules have changed.

 

[Lynn R Kelly]

Maybe... In 2018, when I was in Lectoure finishing up the Le Puy way--everyone was required to have a bathing cap (I had to buy one!). Also HAD to have one when I booked a water spa "experience" in Acebo (on the Camino Frances) in 2019 and again in Ponte de Lima (Caminho Portugues Central) at a golf resort and spa in 2022. (Lost mine and had to buy another one for Ponte de Lima.) I seek out spas, massages and water wherever I walk and the little cap has become one of the things I will always bring with me.