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Columned thermal hall with a domed skylight in Baden-Baden

Baden-Baden/Germany

Caracalla Therme

Baden-Baden's modern thermal bath, opposite the historic Friedrichsbad.

Bathing
Indoor / Outdoor

Caracalla is the swimsuit half of Baden-Baden bathing: 3,500 square metres of indoor and outdoor thermal pools fed by the same springs the Romans used, with a first-floor sauna world above.

Balnevia view

Why visit

It gives you Baden-Baden's thermal water without the fixed sequence and nudity of the Friedrichsbad ritual.

The water

Thermal water

Source
Friedrichsquelle and Murquelle
Mineralisation
Sodium chloride, fluoride-bearing
Character
Springs rising at 68°C beneath the Florentine hill and cooled for the pools.

Facilities

  • Outdoor pools
  • Indoor pools
  • Sauna
  • Steam room
  • Café

History

The springs under the Florentine hill have been used since the Romans; the modern bath opened in 1985 on the Römerplatz.

Practical information

Swimsuits required downstairs; the upper sauna floor is textile-free. Tickets are by duration.

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Getting there

A short walk from Baden-Baden centre; the town is fifteen minutes from Baden-Baden Bahnhof by bus.

Location

Baden-Baden, Germany48.7628, 8.2411View on Balnevia map

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Caracalla Therme ticket

Two hours to full day

Thermal pools downstairs, sauna world upstairs.

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Baden-Baden old town walk

Kurhaus, casino and Lichtentaler Allee

A guided hour through the 19th-century resort.

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Minutes from the Römerplatz

From guesthouses to the grand houses on the Lichtentaler Allee.

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