Balnevia
Domed circular pool hall with majolica tiles at Friedrichsbad, Baden-Baden

Baden-Baden/Germany

Friedrichsbad

A neo-renaissance Roman-Irish bath from 1877 where the route through seventeen stations is the point.

Balnevia

Balneazione
Vasca interna

The Friedrichsbad was built over Roman foundations and opened in 1877 as the most modern bath in Europe. Its seventeen-station Roman-Irish circuit — warm air, steam, soap-brush massage, cold plunge, domed thermal pool — is followed in strict order.

Lo sguardo di Balnevia

Perché visitarlo

For the domed central pool under blue and white majolica, and for a bathing ritual that has barely changed in a century and a half.

Raccomandazioni

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L'acqua

Acqua termale

Sorgente
Fettquelle and Murquelle
Mineralizzazione
Sodium chloride with lithium and fluoride
Carattere
Roman-era saline thermal water, cooled for the domed pool

Servizi

  • Thermal pools
  • Sauna
  • Massage treatments
  • Steam room
  • Relaxation areas

Storia

Built on the site of the Roman soldiers' baths of Aquae Aureliae; Mark Twain famously wrote that here you forget time within ten minutes.

Informazioni pratiche

Textile-free throughout; certain days are mixed and others single-sex. Allow three hours for the full circuit.

Sito ufficiale

Come arrivare

In the old town at Römerplatz, a short walk from Baden-Baden's Kurhaus and Lichtentaler Allee.

Posizione

Baden-Baden, Germany48.7625, 8.2411Vedi sulla mappa di Balnevia

Luoghi correlati

Altri bagni termali in Germany