7132 Therme
Peter Zumthor's quartzite baths, a modern classic of thermal architecture in the Swiss Alps.
Balnevia
- Banho
- Piscina interior / Piscina exterior
- Alojamento
- Hotel no local
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.
Olhar Balnevia
Por que visitar
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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A água
Água termal
- Nascente
- St Peter spring
- Mineralização
- Calcium sulphate mineral water
- Carácter
- Alpine mineral water from 1,000 metres below the Valser valley
Instalações
- Thermal pools
- Outdoor pools
- Indoor pools
- Sauna
- Relaxation areas
- Hotel
História
Vals' St Peter spring has been used since the eighteenth century; the 1996 bath is a listed monument, unusual for a building so young.
Informações práticas
Access is limited and often reserved for hotel guests; day tickets sell out. Silence is enforced in the bath.
Como chegar
Train to Ilanz, then postbus to Vals — around two hours from Chur.
Localização
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