LA BOURBOULE is just 7km down the road from Le Mont-Dore. Known as the sister to Le Mont-Dore, it is another traditional spa - the "capital of allergies" - but with a more open feel and, because of its lower altitude, temperatures a degree or two warmer. The big casino , the domed Grands Thermes baths and several other Belle Époque buildings which once housed privately run baths are ornate, gilded and wonderfully vulgar, with a faded, ... [More]