Wellness Hotels in Germany: These 11 Have Their Own Spa

A particularly relaxing getaway can be experienced in hotels with a spa. If you want to unwind for a few days without much travel hassle, you'll find comfort in one of the many spa hotels in Germany, Austria, or Switzerland.

Especially convenient is the direct bathrobe access that some wellness hotels with their own spa offer to vacationers. In just a few steps, you can go from your room to the spa including the sauna.

Here are our favorites in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

In the renowned spa region 'Bavarian Golf and Spa Land', Bad Füssing together with Bad Birnbach and Bad Griesbach form the 'Lower Bavarian Spa Triangle'.

Strengthen your immune system and dive in at the Wellness Hotel Wittelsbach in Bad Füssing. The healing water for the hotel's own thermal pools comes from the Bad Füssing spring.

The composition of hot spring water, sulfur, and fluoride is said to help strengthen the immune system. Combined with sauna sessions, massages, or a visit to the hotel's fitness area, you'll be well-prepared for a return to everyday life.

A unique feature is the Sky Sauna on the sixth floor with a view over nature. For relaxation and cooling off, you can, for example, head to the spa garden with an outdoor pool.

You can sleep in one of the 65 rooms and suites of the boutique hotel. The Hotel Wittelsbach underwent extensive modernization for three years, with renovations completed at the beginning of 2025.

With the Allgäu Alps at your doorstep and a soothing indoor wellness experience, the Feelmoor Hotel & Resort offers both. Since 12,000 years ago, Bad Wurzach's thermal water has surfaced at 34 degrees Celsius and is believed to strengthen muscles, joints, the immune system, and the autonomic nervous system with its minerals like fluoride and sodium.

In total, you'll find nine pools in the spa area, filled not only with thermal water but also saltwater or pH-neutral pearl water. There's also an outdoor pool, a whirlpool, and additional wellness offerings such as massages or moor packs to give you a fresh complexion.

In the Brandenburgian Spreewald, you can treat yourself to a break from the hectic everyday life. The eponymous Thermenhotel is connected directly to the spa by a bathrobe corridor, so you can leisurely stroll to the eight bathing pools, four saunas, steam bath, or extensive wellness area.

The healing water springs from a depth of 1,350 meters and, with its high salt content (23.9 percent), is one of the richest brines. It can be experienced in various forms in the bath. Six bathing pools and a warm outdoor pool with a current channel with temperatures between 18 and 38 degrees and different brine concentrations are available. Additionally, there's a steam bath and brine inhalation over cucumber barrels.

Sweat in the sauna while viewing the dunes and the North Sea: This is possible during a vacation at the Strandgut Resort in St. Peter Ording. The hotel has 98 rooms and suites (starting at 199 euros per night), some with sea or dune views.

There's direct access for guests to the 6,500 square meter Dunes Spa. It features various saunas like the 70-degree stilt sauna, the 80-degree birch sauna, or the hot block sauna, where temperatures can reach up to 100 degrees. For cooling down, head to a beach chair, the lounger in the dune garden, or the relaxation oasis. However, there is no thermal water in the spa.

There are also various treatments from scrubs to seaweed packs to Hammam ceremonies. The hotel stay can be combined with yoga courses, retreats, and fasting weeks.

Guests at the Sante Royale Hotel & Health Resort in Bad Langensalza can reach the Friederikentherme via a bathrobe corridor. There, you can relax in brine water as warm as 34 degrees, filling a total of four pools (with a salt content between 3 and 5 percent).

Visitors can sweat in one of the seven saunas, including a rose sauna, steam baths, a Finnish sauna, and an earth sauna. Special infusions take place regularly. Cosmetic and other wellness treatments are also bookable.

The four-star Sante Royale Hotel opened in 2017 and has 130 rooms. Those who want to explore the area a little during their rest will be satisfied in Bad Langensalza. The city in the Unstrut-Hainich district of Thuringia boasts the third-largest old town in the state. The Friederiken Palace is a sight to behold, and several gardens and parks invite relaxing walks, including a rose garden and a Japanese garden.

The four-star Hotel Chrysantihof in the Bavarian spa town of Bad Birnbach is surrounded by forests and rolling green hills. A wellness stay here can be nicely combined with hiking and biking tours.

A unique feature of the accommodation is that guests can walk from their hotel room to the Rottal Spa in their bathrobe. In this state-approved healing spring operation, they bathe in water that comes from a depth of 1,618 meters. It springs from the Chrysanti Spring and Konrad Spring, among the warmest thermal mineral springs in Central Europe at up to 70 degrees.

The water contains a fluoride sodium bicarbonate chloride mixture, which is said to support the circulatory system, as well as healing for venous and orthopedic conditions. You can swim in a 105-meter-long spa stream, one of the longest in Europe.

Additionally, the spa has eight saunas, a salt stone grotto, two relaxation rooms, a fireplace room, and an infrared chamber.

In this hotel, too, the surrounding nature plays a big role: The Hotel an der Therme Bad Orb is located in Hesse, surrounded by the forested mountains of the Spessart Nature Park.

The property features 112 rooms and suites, and guests staying there have direct access to the Toskana Therme. You can swim in 35-degree warm brine or one of the other six thermal pools or sweat in one of the seven saunas. Spa treatments are also available for booking.

For a light walk after your wellness activities, you can stroll through the spa garden right outside the hotel.

In the heart of Styria's spa region in Austria, you'll find a wellness hotel for your well-deserved break. Der Steirerhof in Bad Waltersdorf has thermal healing water sourced from a depth of 1,200 meters directly through the hotel's own pipeline. It is suitable for relaxation and is also used as an aid in treating numerous conditions and for regeneration after injuries and surgeries.

In total, you'll find nine pools in the spa area, filled not only with thermal water but also with saltwater or pH-neutral pearl water. A visit to the sauna or massage area is also possible. Sports enthusiasts can enjoy Qigong, Pilates, and fascia training.

On the piles of a former vineyard in Austria's Burgenland, stands the Hotel Larimar. The design of the house in Stegersbach is special: it was built in the shape of an egg, which is meant to exude a sense of security.

A new wing opened in the summer of 2021 was designed by hotelier Johann Haberl according to the golden ratio. The wellness area was enlarged to 6,500 square meters, now featuring an infinity pool. Additionally, a freshwater pool has been converted into a seawater pool with a 0.9 percent salt content and a bubble bench.

For health, the hotel's own spa offers mineral thermal water from Stegersbach, flowing from a depth of 1,200 meters into eight pools. Visitors can also treat themselves to treatments in the wellness area. In Larimar, Ayurveda, detox, interval fasting, and therapeutic fasting are also offered.

An elaborately designed hotel with a fitting spa is the 7132 Hotel in Switzerland. The spa was built from 60,000 pieces of Valser quartzite and even placed under heritage protection. The healing water comes from the St. Peter's spring and provides deep relaxation with its high mineral content and a pleasant temperature of around 30 degrees Celsius.

In addition to the indoor bath, you can also expect a warm outdoor area and unique baths such as the fire, ice, or flower bath. An extensive wellness offering and an in-house hair salon complete your break.

In the rustic Bad Ragaz in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen, you'll find a charming hotel with a thermal spring. In 2019, the Grand Hotel Quellenhof was completely renovated. You'll enjoy relaxing hours in the thermal spa.

The 7,300-square-meter pool landscape of the Tamina Therme offers numerous health benefits: the thermal water comes directly from the Tamina Gorge. The healing thermal spring was discovered in 1242. The 36.5-degree warm water is said to positively impact the entire body.

Sports enthusiasts will find a sports pool here, families can explore the Family-Spa, and the garden pool provides a stunning view of the mountains.

Water is not only referred to as the source of life. Special thermal water even has therapeutic effects, can reduce stress, and restore energy. The ancient Romans already appreciated the healing water of warm springs.

The slightly mineralized, fluoride- and sulfate-containing water is said to help with circulatory disorders, rheumatism, or metabolic diseases and has a calming effect on body and mind.

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