In the main room of Les Bains Gourmands.
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David Phelippeau / 20 Minutes
On Saturday, Bains Gourmands, a Vendée swinger club based in La Roche-sur-Yon, opens its doors as part of Heritage Days.
A local artistic company will offer theatrical tours to discover the place and "the libertine philosophy".
The event was not selected by the city of La Roche-sur-Yon for its Heritage Days route this weekend.
However, Saturday, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., the only libertine club in the city of Vendée - Les Bains Gourmands - opens its doors to the general public.
The local artistic company Nejma offers a theatrical tour of this place, nestled in the heart of the historic district of the city.
The entrance to the Bains Gourmands in La Roche-sur-Yon.
- David Phelippeau / 20 Minutes
This original idea germinated a year ago during an artistic work carried out by the company at the level of the halls district of the city.
By respecting the sanitary measures (compulsory mask and hydroalcoholic gel at the start), visitors will be taken care of, on Saturday, at the top of the rue du Passage by two actors.
They will be accompanied to the door of the establishment and then guided inside.
There, after a welcome airlock, they will cross the cloakroom then a corridor will lead them to the bar where they will immediately be immersed in a sensual atmosphere, reinforced by a subdued light with predominantly red and by paintings of naked women.
"It is not easy to push the door of a libertine club, estimates Alice, manager of Bains Gourmands for seventeen years, who denies making" a hit ".
There are a lot of preconceptions around this type of place, a lot of fantasies, a lot of doubts, fears.
The idea is to desecrate the place, to make it accessible one day, once.
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Inside the Bains Gourmands ... - David Phelippeau / 20 Minutes
The establishment is camped
on a former shopping passage built at the beginning of the century in the spirit of the old halls and demolished in the 1960s. The walk will allow you to better understand the history of this place which often intrigues passers-by
The free visit of about twenty minutes, which is addressed "to the public and not only to the libertine public" (however prohibited for those under 18), will be "theatrical and on an erotic background", according to Alice.
It will leave "a great place to the imagination".
Julien, one of the two actors present on Saturday, clarifies the spirit of the walk: “We want to demystify and make the libertine philosophy understood.
We want to arouse people's curiosity.
"To reassure some," it will not be shocking and we will be more in the poetry and the sweetness ", concludes the actor.
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How to get there?
Les Bains Gourmands, 16, rue du Passage in La Roche-sur-Yon, Saturday, 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Free visit, compulsory mask and hydroalcoholic gel on site.
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