France boasts a total of more than 1,200 springs with therapeutic qualities recognised by the National Medical Academy.
The spa resorts in the Landes welcome thousands of visitors on a regular basis. This enables the Landes to maintain its position as the leading French spa département while the city of Dax is the leading spa resort in France.
The département of the Landes boasts five spa resorts, each specialising in its own therapeutic field due to the type of water.