Spa of Premia: a relax day!

After many ski on Neveazzurra slopes, and before realizing other reportages in other ski stations of the area, Wednesday, March 4th Giancarlo and I, decided to take a relaxing break and live the experience of an outdoor spa bath , surrounded by snow.

Our destination is Premia, in Antigorio valley. It’s in the village of Cadarese, 800 meters of altitude, which just under a year ago opened the spa, surrounded by mountains and natural parks. A structure with indoor and outdoor pools where you can dive into the water naturally warm thanks to the thermal source, and where, in a few months, a real health club will open: it can offer treatment, care, and hours of simple relax. Reaching Premia is very simple: you have to take the highway 33 of Sempione, exit to Crodo, take the road 659 to Valle Antigorio, pass Premia and, within few minutes, you reach Cadarese. A half hour from Domodossola, little more than an hour from Milan.

We arrive at the Spa in the early afternoon and it snows. We are lucky because we can experience the thrill of being immersed in hot water and feel the snowflakes settle on our faces.
The Spa of Premia is a modern building but perfectly integrated into the surrounding environment. The source of hot water was found in the area Longia in the early nineties, during a geological survey for the study of a new hydropower plant, but the presence of this source of hot water is documented by a bull of the Pope Paul IV in 1556.
Hyperthermal new source of water flow at a temperature above 40 °: they are particularly suitable for the treatment of bronchitis, in inflammatory diseases of the upper air-ways than in diseases of gynecology, in articular diseases and especially in care of dermatology.
The internal and external tanks, where the water temperature is 36 °, however, offer the opportunity to spend a few hours of pure pleasure and relax, just spoiled by the warmth of the water, or the Jacuzzi.

We go to the reception to meet Linda, who provides us with the electronic bracelet with which we can access to the pools, enter and exit from the area, perhaps to bring us to the bar for a snack or a coffee. But first of our bathroom, we meet the director Daniela Rossi, who shows us the plan of the Wellness Center.

The Center, which will be inaugurated by the end of June, will be located on the ground floor of the structure. There will be a dry, a wet and a therapeutic area.

In the dry area you can relax with Herbal baths, emotional showers, micronized showers, waterfalls, turkish bath with thalassotherapy, steam baths. The atmosphere is very cozy and relaxing, with soft lights and mosaics on the floor and walls.
In the wet area, you can experience the Kneipp hot, the hay bath, experience showers and many saunas: finnish and bio sauna with light therapy. The entire path may be carried out in two hours, but it will be possible, depending on your needs, access to only one of two areas, or both.

I book for trialling experience in the new Wellness Center and, after saying goodbye to Giovanna, one of the spa employer, I reach the female changing rooms

The rooms are quite big, well equipped and also allow a degree of privacy.
From there, there is a direct access to indoor pool, which offer different opportunities.
The recreational pool for adults has a depth of 120 cm and a temperature of about 30 ° C. in winter and 28 ° C. summer.

This is the pool connected with the external tank, where you can enjoy a hot bath outside even in winter. And that's what I want to do now, so I reach out.

It’s truly fascinating! The water is warm and gives off fumes of steam that warms the head and do not feel the cold.

It snows more abundant and is delightful to perceive the flakes that melt on the face. The girls at the desk advised me to remain immersed in the water as possible and I follow their directions. The surrounding landscape is truly amazing.

The tank is equipped with four positions for the vertical massage jets to wall and three positions for cervical jets. I wait for my turn and I also relaxes me under the jet of hot water.

I'll be back in the indoor pool, and I devote myself to the vascular path. These are two parallel rectangular tanks six meters long and 75 cm deep for the cold area (18 ° C) and 90 cm for the hot zone (at 36 ° C).

The tanks are equipped with 14 whirlpool jets to enjoy the benefits of this path, you need to move alternately in the two pools for at least 20 minutes. This way you can download the lower limbs by reducing the swelling and the sensation of heaviness. A blessing for us women!

After the vascular path, immerse myself in the hot tub, 102 cm deep with water at a temperature of 36 °. There are 5 beds jet and two thermal jets, 2 jets spa area with massage chairs and 8 at high pressure.

The whirlpool, it is known, creates a relaxing and soothing action, and favours the relax of nerves and muscles helping to reduce anxiety and stress.

In addition to these tanks, there is also one used for the practice of gymnastic exercises, and one for the free swimming (both with a depth of about 120 cm and water temperature of 28 °), plus a pool reserved for children 60 cm deep with water at 30 degrees.

These tanks are used for courses for children and for courses in water gymnastics aimed at adults and the elderly.
In hot water, to avoid the risk of blood pressure to drop, you can remain submerged for no more than twenty-five minutes and, after another twenty minutes spent out of the tub, you can return to bathe with tranquillity.

You can sit on one of the many beds available to the public, or go to the bar for a snack break.

Our afternoon of relax is complete, but we would certainly have been to let us pamper you, including a whirlpool and the other.

We give our electronic bracelet to Linda (two Linda at the Spa!), drink a coffee at the bar, and return to the valley.

Premia Spa is open daily except Monday, and for friends of Neveazzurra there is a special promotion: show the ski-pass to one of our stations to get an immediate discount of 10% off.

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