Home » Activities » Swimming. If you buy something through a link here, we may earn a commission. See our disclosure policy. Note that p rices and opening times may change without notice. Thermal baths are spa facilities with heated pools, often with water from underground springs. They typically have steam baths, sauna rooms, heated pools with massage jets and other features.
In general, you can expect to find a few indoor and outdoor heated pools typically C with a variety of massage jets, bubble beds, and waterfalls. Most thermal baths have a separate adults-only zone for sauna often nude and spa treatments, which may cost extra to enter.
Most have a dry lounge area, often with a view. Usually there is an attached restaurant, often connected to the pool area, so you can visit without changing back into your regular clothes. Thermal baths cost much more than regular indoor pools. But winter is long and sometimes you need something a little special to break up the monotony of gray skies.
You should try it at least once. But kids are almost always welcome at thermal baths and some even have specific family and kiddie pools. It can be a very fun outing for the whole family if you have the right expectations. We usually visit a Thermalbad while traveling. Most resort towns in Switzerland, Austria and Germany have at least one thermalbad. We also like the Roman-Irish spa ritual, in which you visit a series of rooms including steam baths, pools with massage jets, quiet lounge rooms, and more.
No family area or splash pool. Our favorite thermal bath is Sole Uno near Basel. We go a couple times a year, often as a treat when we have visitors.
