West Coast Wellness is a smallish sauna complex located on a recreation park near the southwestern Flemish coastal town of Oostduinkerke / Nieuwpoort.
Two indoor sauna's, one outdoor, a steamroom and an outside pool, the lay-out is very orderly and easy to understand. There's also an empahtically called bistro. Quirky could be the coolish bath inside the steamroom (why?), while in the winter all the sunbeds are cramped indoors.
My own points would be just 6.5.
Gosh, why?
Well the bistro was very spartan like furnitured. While what was on offer matched the furniture style.
The sauna's were good though, so all was not lost.
The aufguss was without enthusiasm, such that this lack was in itself an attraction.
Other guests (i know not much can be done about this) were a bit iffy. Taking glass drinks into the pool, smoking directly after the door, using your phone in the changing rooms; maybe management might need to be a bit more hands-on.
Entrance was €27,50 a near-bargain in the current wellness / sauna market of Belgium. But not really worth it. Maybe in the summer, when you can also work on your tan, there's a nice field and the cooler outdoor swimming pool would be more welcoming.
Others visitors were mostly couples many with the need to address their shameful lack of bathing costumes: cover-ups are almost ubiquitous. Culture clash so near French border?
Other reviews from the internet:
* Relaxy.be notes 8.5 out of 10 (28 reviews); a Flemish wellness site, very optimistically rated.
* Facebook: 4.3 (from 50 reviews), many reviews in French (French speakers seem to often come here).
* Tripadvisor 3 stars (from 20 reviews), seems better atuned.
* Finally Google 3.9 (100+ reviews), though unclear whether what is reviewed is the wellness only.
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