- Source temperature
- 36.5°C
- Bathing temperature
- 34°C
- Bathing
- Indoor / Outdoor
- Established
- 1403
- Accommodation
- Hotel on site
Terme Dobrna occupies a small green valley north of Celje, its thermal water rising at around 36°C. The spa's historic core — Zdraviliški dom, the Empire-era bath house and the surrounding park — remains the centre of the resort.
Balnevia view
Why visit
It is the oldest continuously operating spa in Slovenia, and one of the few where the nineteenth-century architecture and the modern treatment offer still share the same park.
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The water
Thermal water
- Source
- Dobrna thermal spring
- Mineralisation
- Hypotonic hydrogen-carbonate water
- Character
- Gentle, low-mineral thermal water used in gynaecological and rehabilitation therapy
History
The springs are first mentioned in a document of 1403. The spa was formally developed from the eighteenth century and became a fashionable Habsburg-era resort, with its women's health tradition still reflected in the treatment programme.
Practical information
The complex is compact and walkable; day tickets for the thermal pools are sold separately from hotel stays.
Getting there
About twenty minutes by road from Celje, on the northern edge of the Slovenian Styria.
Location
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