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Photos: Bad Schinznach, used with permission.
Bad Schinznach
Schinznach-Bad (AG), Switzerland · from CHF 32
About
A large thermal bath in the village of Schinznach-Bad, with indoor and outdoor pools of thermal spring water. The sauna area is textile-free and has Aufguss sessions, an outdoor sauna, a hammam, a salt inhalation room and an ice fountain.
Facilities
Saunas and steam
- Finnish sauna
The classic dry sauna, usually 80–100 °C.
- Bio sauna
A gentler sauna of about 50–60 °C with more humidity, also called sanarium.
- Steam bath
Around 45 °C with nearly 100 % humidity.
- Outdoor sauna
A sauna in its own cabin or with a door straight to the open air, so you step outside to cool off.
- Aufguss (sauna ritual)
A sauna master pours scented water on the hot stones and fans the heat through the room.
- Hammam (Turkish or Moroccan bath ritual)
The traditional ritual in stages: warm rooms or a heated marble slab, a body scrub with a kessa glove and a soap-foam wash, then rest.
Cooling down
- Cold plunge (under 20 °C)
A small pool of cold water, below 20 °C, to dip into after the heat.
- Rain and mood showers
Warm showers with changing temperature, light, scent or rain patterns.
- Ice fountain
Crushed ice to rub on your skin after the sauna.
Pools and baths
- Thermal spring water
A pool fed by natural thermal or mineral spring water.
- Whirlpool or jacuzzi
A warm pool with jets of air and water bubbling around you, usually for several people.
- Indoor pool
An indoor pool to relax or swim in.
- Outdoor pool (heated year round)
An outdoor pool heated enough to use in winter too.
- Pool for swimming lengths
A pool with lanes, usually 25 or 50 m long, indoors or outdoors.
- Water massage (jets and neck showers)
Underwater jets and strong streams of water that massage your neck, back or feet.
- Bubble loungers
Loungers under the water surface with bubbles rising from below.
- Water slides
Slides that end in a pool.
Relaxing
- Indoor rest area
A quiet room with loungers to rest between sauna rounds.
- Salt or brine inhalation room
A room with salt walls or salty air, for breathing and resting.
- Outdoor rest area (garden or terrace)
A garden, terrace or lawn with loungers, to cool down and rest in the fresh air.
- Foot baths
Basins of warm, or hot and cold, water for your feet, often used between sauna rounds.
Treatments and fitness
- Massages
Massages you can book, usually at extra cost.
- Beauty treatments
Facials, manicures and other beauty treatments, usually at extra cost.
- Spa day packages (with treatment or meal)
A day package that adds a treatment, a meal or both to your entry, at a higher price.
Food and extras
- Restaurant or bistro
Somewhere to eat or have a drink, often one you can visit in your bathrobe.
The place
- Setting
- Great views · Town or village
- Type of place
- Thermal bath or wellness park
- Practical
- No time limit · Towels included
Getting there
Badstrasse 50, 5116 Schinznach-Bad (AG), Switzerland
Schinznach Bad, Aquarena · about 2 min walk (90 m)
Also nearby
- Aarsports Wellness
Birrhard · 6.2 km away
- Impuls Fitnesscenter
Mägenwil · 6.8 km away
- LUX Private Spa "Art" Lenzburg
Lenzburg · 7.6 km away







