Friedrichsbad
A neo-renaissance Roman-Irish bath from 1877 where the route through seventeen stations is the point.
Balnevia
- Bathing
- Indoor
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.
Balnevia view
Why visit
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.
The water
Thermal water
- Source
- Fettquelle and Murquelle
- Mineralisation
- Sodium chloride with lithium and fluoride
- Character
- Roman-era saline thermal water, cooled for the domed pool
Facilities
- Thermal pools
- Sauna
- Massage treatments
- Steam room
- Relaxation areas
History
Built on the site of the Roman soldiers' baths of Aquae Aureliae; Mark Twain famously wrote that here you forget time within ten minutes.
Practical information
Textile-free throughout; certain days are mixed and others single-sex. Allow three hours for the full circuit.
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Getting there
In the old town at Römerplatz, a short walk from Baden-Baden's Kurhaus and Lichtentaler Allee.
Location
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Friedrichsbad Roman-Irish bath
Three-hour circuit
The full seventeen-station route including soap-brush massage.
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