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Photos: Bellavita Erlebnisbad und Spa, used with permission.
Bellavita Erlebnisbad und Spa
Pontresina (GR), Switzerland · from CHF 30
About
A large leisure pool and spa in Pontresina in the Engadine, with indoor and outdoor pools, slides and mountain views. The textile-free sauna area has Aufguss sessions, a cold plunge and Kneipp path, and set women-only times.
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.
- Aufguss (sauna ritual)
A sauna master pours scented water on the hot stones and fans the heat through the room.
Cooling down
- Cold plunge (under 20 °C)
A small pool of cold water, below 20 °C, to dip into after the heat.
- Cold bucket shower or waterfall
A gush of cold water from above, or a bucket you tip over yourself.
- Rain and mood showers
Warm showers with changing temperature, light, scent or rain patterns.
- Kneipp path
Walking barefoot through cold and warm water or over pebbles, after the method of Sebastian Kneipp.
Pools and baths
- Outdoor pool (heated year round)
An outdoor pool heated enough to use in winter too.
- 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.
- 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.
- Outdoor rest area (garden or terrace)
A garden, terrace or lawn with loungers, to cool down and rest in the fresh air.
Treatments and fitness
- Massages
Massages you can book, usually at extra cost.
- 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
- Great views · Mountains
- Type of place
- Public pool or lido
- Practical
- No time limit
Getting there
Via Maistra 178, 7504 Pontresina (GR), Switzerland
Pontresina (Sesselb. Languard) · about 3 min walk (180 m)
Also nearby
- Maistra Spa – Hotel Maistra 160
Pontresina · under 100 m away
- Spa° Montana, Hotel Rosatsch Pontresina
Pontresina · 0.1 km away
Hotel Saratz PontresinaPontresina · 0.3 km away





