- Bathing
- Indoor / Outdoor
- Established
- 2012
- Accommodation
- Hotel on site
Emser Therme opened in 2012 on the bank of the river Lahn, a glass-and-timber bathing house set among the historic Kurhaus architecture of Bad Ems. Its indoor and outdoor pools are fed by the town's warm, mineral-rich sodium chloride springs.
Balnevia view
Why visit
The combination is unusual: a modern, light-filled bathhouse in a UNESCO-listed Great Spa Town, with river views from the outdoor pool and an extensive sauna landscape above.
The water
Thermal water
- Source
- Bad Ems thermal springs
- Mineralisation
- Sodium chloride and bicarbonate thermal water
- Character
- Bad Ems' springs emerge between about 27 and 57 °C; the bath pools are held in the low 30s.
History
Bad Ems has been a bathing resort since the Roman period and became a fashionable 19th-century destination for European royalty. It was inscribed as part of the UNESCO "Great Spa Towns of Europe" in 2021.
Practical information
Bathing tickets are timed; the sauna area is separately priced. Towels and robes can be hired on site.
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Getting there
Bad Ems has its own station on the Lahntalbahn, around 15 minutes from Koblenz; the baths are a short walk from the station along the river.
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