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Photos: Mineralheilbad St. Margrethen, used with permission.
Mineralheilbad St. Margrethen
St. Margrethen (SG), Switzerland · from CHF 55
About
A large mineral and thermal bath in St. Margrethen, with indoor and outdoor pools, spring water and a brine pool. The sauna area has Finnish and bio saunas, a steam bath and Aufguss sessions, with women-only times every other Tuesday.
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.
- Rain and mood showers
Warm showers with changing temperature, light, scent or rain patterns.
Pools and baths
- Thermal spring water
A pool fed by natural thermal or mineral spring water.
- Brine pool (Sole)
A pool with salty brine water (Sole).
- 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.
- 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.
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.
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
- Thermal bath or wellness park
- Practical
- No time limit
Getting there
Walzenhauserstrasse 2, 9430 St. Margrethen (SG), Switzerland
St. Margrethen SG, Mineralbad · about 1 min walk (40 m)
Also nearby
- Hotel Krönele – Sauna
Lustenau · 2.6 km away
- Panoramahaus Day Spa (Four Points by Sheraton Panoramahaus Dornbirn)
Dornbirn · 7.3 km away
Hotel Heiden – Wellness am BodenseeHeiden · 7.7 km away






