Have you ever tried to take a bath in the algae ... in a barrel?

With its more than 2 thousand kilometers, from the Iniishowen peninsula in the County of Donagal to Kinsale in the County of Cork, the Wild Atlantic Way It is the longest coastal road in the world. We are in Irelandalong the west coast, and here you really have a great effort not to stop at every stretch. In front of your eyes you explain a landscape that changes continuously, between land and clouds, and the only imperative you have to give yourself is: stop and enjoy that moment of peace.

In Ireland, on the other hand, an instant first you are immersed in admiring on the solitary cliffs peakly in the waves of the Atlantic and an instant after you are fascinated by the locals, who never stop smiling and explaining things. Admire, listen, surprise.

As with that deviation that you must do from WAW: from the Wild Atlantic Way, in fact, stop in the picturesque village of Sneemin the suggestive scenario of the ring of Kerry, and seeks Brandon they Sneem Seaweed Baths. What are they? Something that you really don’t expect.

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Because a bathroom with algae

Not everyone knows, in fact, that the baths at algae are quite popular in Ireland and are not even such a recent phenomenon. In the Edoardian era, in fact, there were bathrooms in most large seaside cities, such as Salsillin the county of Galway, e Howthin the County of Dublin.

They seem repulsive and can have a horrible smell, but nothing is relaxing as a deep oily soaking (and the smell disappears after a subsequent cold shower), wrote Geoff Wallis on the Irish Sunday Tribune in 2006.

Actually, rich in minerals, vitamins, protein And beneficial ingredients, algae are a cure -all for skin and health in general.

It is a very pleasant draining and smooth dive: algae immersed in hot water they favor cellular metabolism and act on the hydration of the skinalso facilitating the elimination of toxins.

But not only skin: in addition to being relaxing, they have a great therapeutic power thanks to the large concentration of iodine (generally, it is sea water). A hot bath in the algae, for example, is recommended to those who suffer from rheumatism And arthritis. Sue to silky oils, extracted from algae naturally without any chemical process and the concentration of iodine are precious natural therapeutic elements.

Our experience at Sneem Seaweed Baths

It is precisely a Sneemin the County of Kerrythat I can take a bath in relaxing hot water between marine algaeone of the funniest ways to immerse yourself in the beautiful Kerry countryside along the banks of the Atlantic, in the bay of Kenmare.

With the Irish tourism body, we experienced the experience of a real therapeutic immersion within beautiful wooden barrelsoverlooking the mountains of the South Kerry and on the Sneem summer.

The vitamins that the algae rich in minerals have to offer united towater at 42 ° make the skin soft and the mind is clear from any thoughts. And we touch the fact that the algae bathrooms help a Reduce body stressin addition to representing a good treatment for skin diseases such as eczema, psoriasis or acne.