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Kaiserbad Ellmau (Kaiseroase Sauna)

Ellmau, Austria · from EUR 25

About

Leisure centre with indoor and outdoor pools, climbing and tennis in Ellmau below the Wilder Kaiser. Its sauna area has a pine panorama sauna, an outdoor log sauna with hourly Aufguss, two steam baths, a warm pool and a nude garden; it closes for some weeks in late autumn.

Facilities

Saunas and steam

  • Finnish sauna
    The classic dry sauna, usually 80–100 °C.
  • Steam bath
    Around 45 °C with nearly 100 % humidity.
  • Infrared sauna
    Infrared heaters warm the body directly while the air stays cooler.
  • 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.

Cooling down

  • Cold plunge (under 20 °C)
    A small pool of cold water, below 20 °C, to dip into after the heat.
  • Ice fountain
    Crushed ice to rub on your skin after the sauna.

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.

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

  • 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
Mountains
Type of place
Public pool or lido

Getting there

Wimm 1, 6352 Ellmau, Austria

Ellmau Kaiserbad · about 3 min walk (140 m)

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