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Saunologist

Säntispark Freizeit

Abtwil (SG), Switzerland · from CHF 27

About

A large leisure pool and sauna complex in Abtwil, near St. Gallen, with water slides and a brine pool. The textile-free sauna area has an outdoor sauna, Aufguss, a steam bath and a hot and cold contrast bath, plus women-only time on Tuesdays.

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.
  • 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.
  • Roman-Irish bath
    A bathing ritual that leads through a series of warm and hot air and steam rooms and pools, often with a soap-brush massage, and ends with rest.

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.

Pools and baths

  • Brine pool (Sole)
    A pool with salty brine water (Sole).
  • Hot and cold contrast bath
    Two pools side by side, one hot and one cold, to switch between.
  • 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.
  • Water slides
    Slides that end in a pool.

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.
  • 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.
  • Beauty treatments
    Facials, manicures and other beauty treatments, usually at extra cost.
  • Spa day packages (with treatment or meal)
    A day package that adds a treatment, a meal or both to your entry, at a higher price.
  • 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
Private
Can be rented privately

Getting there

Wiesenbachstrasse 9, 9030 Abtwil (SG), Switzerland

Abtwil SG, Säntispark · about 3 min walk (130 m)

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