Balnevia
Stacked quartzite stone walls and still dark water at the thermal baths in Vals

Vals/Switzerland

7132 Therme

Peter Zumthor's quartzite baths, a modern classic of thermal architecture in the Swiss Alps.

Balnevia

Baden
Innen / Außen
Unterkunft
Hotel vor Ort

Completed in 1996 from 60,000 slabs of local Valser quartzite, Zumthor's bath is a sequence of stone chambers — fire, ice, flower, sound — lit through narrow slots, with an outdoor pool facing the valley.

Balnevia-Sicht

Warum hingehen

This is the building that changed how thermal baths are designed. Bathing here is closer to visiting a cathedral than a leisure centre.

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Das Wasser

Thermalwasser

Quelle
St Peter spring
Mineralisierung
Calcium sulphate mineral water
Charakter
Alpine mineral water from 1,000 metres below the Valser valley

Einrichtungen

  • Thermal pools
  • Outdoor pools
  • Indoor pools
  • Sauna
  • Relaxation areas
  • Hotel

Geschichte

Vals' St Peter spring has been used since the eighteenth century; the 1996 bath is a listed monument, unusual for a building so young.

Praktische Informationen

Access is limited and often reserved for hotel guests; day tickets sell out. Silence is enforced in the bath.

Offizielle Website

Anreise

Train to Ilanz, then postbus to Vals — around two hours from Chur.

Lage

Vals, Switzerland46.6186, 9.1817Auf der Balnevia-Karte ansehen

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