7132 Therme
Peter Zumthor's quartzite baths, a modern classic of thermal architecture in the Swiss Alps.
Balnevia
- Baño
- Interior / Exterior
- Alojamiento
- Hotel en el recinto
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.
Mirada Balnevia
Por qué visitarlo
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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El agua
Agua termal
- Manantial
- St Peter spring
- Mineralización
- Calcium sulphate mineral water
- Carácter
- Alpine mineral water from 1,000 metres below the Valser valley
Instalaciones
- Thermal pools
- Outdoor pools
- Indoor pools
- Sauna
- Relaxation areas
- Hotel
Historia
Vals' St Peter spring has been used since the eighteenth century; the 1996 bath is a listed monument, unusual for a building so young.
Información práctica
Access is limited and often reserved for hotel guests; day tickets sell out. Silence is enforced in the bath.
Cómo llegar
Train to Ilanz, then postbus to Vals — around two hours from Chur.
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