Photos: Sportzentrum Herisau, used with permission.
Sportzentrum Herisau
Herisau (AR), Switzerland · from CHF 19
About
A sports centre in Herisau with an indoor pool, a summer outdoor pool and a textile-free sauna area with Finnish and bio saunas and a steam bath. There's always a women-only area, men-only times on weekdays and a mixed area.
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.
Cooling down
- Rain and mood showers
Warm showers with changing temperature, light, scent or rain patterns.
Pools and baths
- Indoor pool
An indoor pool to relax or swim in.
- Outdoor pool (seasonal)
An outdoor pool open in the warmer months only.
- 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.
- Water slides
Slides that end in a pool.
Relaxing
- Indoor rest area
A quiet room with loungers to rest between sauna rounds.
- 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.
- Aqua gym
Exercise classes in the water.
- Solarium
Sunbeds for tanning.
Food and extras
- Restaurant or bistro
Somewhere to eat or have a drink, often one you can visit in your bathrobe.
The place
- Setting
- Town or village
- Type of place
- Public pool or lido
- Practical
- No time limit
Getting there
Kasernenstrasse 71, 9100 Herisau (AR), Switzerland
Herisau, Sportzentrum · about 1 min walk (20 m)
Also nearby
- ACTIV FITNESS Herisau
Herisau · 0.6 km away
- Infinity Spa
St. Gallen · 3.1 km away
- Säntispark Freizeit
Abtwil · 3.7 km away