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Saunologist

Posthotel Achenkirch – spa

Achenkirch, Austria

About

Large adults-only wellness hotel in Achenkirch with year-round indoor and outdoor pools, brine pools, many saunas (including an outdoor sauna with Aufguss and an underground temple sauna area), steam bath and ice grotto. Some areas are textile-free. No day ticket on its website.

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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Ice fountain
    Crushed ice to rub on your skin after the sauna.
  • Kneipp path
    Walking barefoot through cold and warm water or over pebbles, after the method of Sebastian Kneipp.

Pools and baths

  • 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.

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.
  • 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.

The place

Setting
Mountains
Type of place
Hotel spa
Practical
Towels included

Getting there

Obere Dorfstraße 382, 6215 Achenkirch, Austria

Achenkirch, Bäckerei · about 2 min walk (70 m)

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