Tamina Therme
A light-filled modern thermal bath fed by the Tamina Gorge spring.
- Bathing
- Indoor / Outdoor
- Accommodation
- Hotel on site
Tamina Therme takes water from the Tamina Gorge, discovered in 1242, into a calm modern building of pale concrete, glass and long sightlines to the Alps.
Balnevia view
Why visit
It is the most architecturally restrained large thermal bath in Switzerland, and the water arrives unmodified from the gorge.
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The water
Thermal water
- Source
- Tamina Gorge spring
- Mineralisation
- Low-mineral, near body temperature
- Character
- Arrives from the gorge at bathing temperature and needs neither heating nor cooling.
Facilities
- Outdoor pools
- Indoor pools
- Sauna
- Relaxation areas
- Restaurant
History
Monks discovered the spring in the gorge in 1242; bathers were lowered into it by rope until a village bath was built downstream.
Practical information
The sauna world is textile-free and separate from the pool ticket.
Getting there
Direct trains from Zurich to Bad Ragaz in about an hour, then a ten-minute walk.
Location
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