Hell-Bourg

Hot springs found in the 1830s turned this spot in Réunion's Cirque de Salazie into a fashionable spa, where wealthy coastal families built Creole villas with carved lambrequins and shady verandas. A cyclone landslide buried the baths in 1948, and the village's decline kept those houses intact. Today it is a base for hikes to the Piton d'Anchaing and the Piton des Neiges.

Highlights

• Villa Folio, an 1860 Creole house listed as a historic monument
• The flower-filled cemetery, opened in 1864 and ringed by bamboo
• Ruins of the old thermal baths
• Museum of music and instruments of the Indian Ocean in the Maison Morange
• Hikes to the Piton d'Anchaing and up the Piton des Neiges

Summary based on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.