After our morning and afternoon perambulations in Baden, we were ready for some serious rest and relaxation. Turns out, 5 minutes from our hotel, there is a modern iteration of a baths facility fed by the hot, mineral-rich springs for which Baden is famous -Forty-seven Therme which opened a few years ago. It didn’t seem like a place for cameras so the pictures that follow are from the website for You won’t recognize the people, but maybe it will convey a sense of the place.
There are a series of pools with different temperature water from 32 to 38 degrees as well as a cold plunge pool for the strong of heart (none of us had the guts/interest). Some have jets or overhead streams while others are still, more like Japanese baths. There’s also an outside “infinity pool” that communicates with an indoors one so you can paddle back and forth.
There’s a women-only sauna where clothing is optional and a coed one where suits are worn.
We tried out a number of the warm to hot pools, lounged in the chaise-longs, sipping fruit beverages by the edges and then tried out the Kosmos room where you lie on your towel on a warmed glass platform and look up at a visual display of stars, forests, and seascapes with New Age music in the background. I found the music a bit hokey, but the overall experience was pleasant.
Our ticket was good for 3 hours. Just about right and a good way to shake off the remaining jet lag cobwebs before heading back to our hotel for dinner and on to Basel the next day. So far no miraculous cures from the allegedly medicinal waters, but definitely deep relaxation. Maybe if we pass this way again, we’ll explore the body work services that are also on offer.