Splash e Spa Tamaro

Rivera-Monteceneri (TI), Switzerland · from CHF 48

About

A water park and spa in Rivera-Monteceneri in Ticino, with slides, indoor and outdoor pools and mountain views. The large spa has many saunas including an outdoor and a salt sauna, Aufguss, a hammam, snow room and brine pool; swimwear is worn throughout.

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.
Salt or mineral sauna
A sauna with salt or mineral walls or salty air to breathe.
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.
Hammam (Turkish or Moroccan bath ritual)
The traditional ritual in stages: warm rooms or a heated marble slab, a body scrub with a kessa glove and a soap-foam wash, then 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.
Snow room
A cold room with snow or ice, below freezing, for a quick cool-down.
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).
Hot pool (38 °C and more)
A pool or tub of very warm water, 38 °C or more, often outdoors and sometimes heated with wood.
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.
Gym
A gym with equipment for training.

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 Campagnole 1, 6802 Rivera-Monteceneri (TI), Switzerland

Rivera, Caslaccio · about 2 min walk (90 m)

Also nearby

ACTIV FITNESS Riazzino
Riazzino · 5.6 km away
Dorint Resort & Spa Locarno/Riazzino
Riazzino · 5.9 km away
ACTIV FITNESS Giubiasco
Giubiasco · 7.8 km away

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