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Activities at the Villa du Lac :

The Spa area, a new holiday experience :

You want to spend time on relaxation and wellbeing and feel that you are the centre of attention.
With top quality comfort and personalised services the Spa can offer you a wide variety of treatments to recharge your batteries...

The Villa du Lac is equipped with a magnificent 500m2 Spa area

The wellbeing area is equipped with : aquatic fitness trail, Jacuzzis, jets with hydrotonics course, (this centre is reserved for adults over 16 years), an attractive treatment area including balneotherapy, Turkish Bath and also a fitness and weight training room.
7 cubicles for treatments and massages, a multitude of treatments for the face, body and personalised massages are on offer to give a complete and highly personal service in an atmosphere which is sensual, musical and deliciously scented.

All facial and body treatments, body massages, hand and foot beauty treatments and hydrotherapy treatments are carried out using Décléor natural products based on essential oils.

Activities at Divonne les Bains :

The town of Divonne and the surrounding area are particularly well equipped for sporting activities. The central position of the Villa du Lac will allow you to discover the region and its cultural treasures:

Geneva and its museums, Martigny (Gianadda Foundation), Lausanne, Gruyère, Yvoire or Chamonix.

In Summer :

• The town of Divonne and its surroundings are particularly well equipped for sporting activities within a radius of 500 metres around the hotel: Pitch and Putt, Divonne has 2 golf courses: the Hippodrome Golf Course (9 holes) and the Domaine de Divonne golf course (18 holes).
• Less than 5 minutes’ walk from the Villa du Lac, open from May to September, the swimming pool with its shady lawn with volleyball court and table tennis, has quality equipment: heated 50 metre pool, diving pool, water slide, pool and paddling pool for children.
•  Water Sports: The Water Sports Centre at Divonne les Bains allows you to practise: surfboarding, canoeing, dinghy sailing. Sailing courses run in July/August ..
• Divonne has 2 golf courses: the 9 hole Hippodrome and the 18 hole Domaine de Divonne
•  Hiking in medium range mountains: The Villa du Lac can let you have itineraries so that you can discover the nature reserve of the High Jura and also Vaudois (in Switzerland)

And also :
Divonne les Bains has a wide range of communal facilities: 2 golf courses, mini-golf, skate park, tennis courts, swimming pool, thermal baths, casino, concert hall ..

In Winter :

You can benefit from neighbouring Jura (Switzerland and France) to practise cross country skiing or alpine skiing, walking in snowshoes or initiation into the art of driving sleigh dogs.

Several family-friendly ski resorts in both the French and Swiss high Jura are within a short distance from the hotel:

• Monts Jura (900 – 1680 metres, 15 minutes away), the latest of the French winter sports resorts with two Alpine ski domains covering 60 kilometres of ski slopes with 30 ski lifts ( 3 cable cars, 7 chair lifts ...) on the largest skiable area of the Jura mountains.
• Les Rousses (1120 – 1680 metres, 30 minutes away): 220 kilometres of cross-country and Alpine skiing, snowboarding and snowshoe walking.
• La Vattay (1000 – 1450 metres, 20 minutes away): 120 kilometres of cross-country skiing.
• St-Cergue (1047 – 1678 metres, 20 minutes away): Swiss resort with 23 Alpine ski slopes.

Dog sleigh Initiation Courses.

NEARBY

Situated in the north east of the Ain department, the town of Divonne les Bains in the Gex country backs onto the highest secondary chain of the Jura mountains. Right at the gates of the Upper Jura Nature Reserve, Divonne les Bains benefits from an exceptional and unique environment. Lake Léman and the great forests of the Jura confer upon the town its unique climate, at once restful yet bracing.
Splendid panoramic views over Mont-Blanc, the enjoyment of unspoiled nature, many and varied leisure pursuits and a rich cultural life all join forces to create the gentle symphony of the seasons at Divonne les Bains.

In Switzerland :

• Geneva, Lausanne, the Museum of the Red Cross
• The Swiss National Museum at Prangins
• The Museum of Léman in Nyon
• Fribourg and the lower slopes of the Fribourg Alps
• The route of the Vaudois vineyards, Lake Joux and the valley of the clocks
• The Foundation “Pierre Gianadda” at Martigny

In France :

• The southern bank of Lake Léman
• The Nordic Skiing areas of the high Jura
• The region of the Jura lakes
• The plateau of Glières, the Lake of Annecy
• The “Abondance” Valley and the “Portes du Soleil”
• Chamonix
• The Pipe Museum and the diamond at St-Claude
•  Evian and Thonon, the castle of Menthon, the sea of ice at Chamonix