I have about 5 days after a bike/boat tour on the Danube and was hoping to visit a couple of spa towns before flying home from Munich. Can anyone recommend any? I don’t need fancy, I love nature, good food and a nice soak and massage.
Posted by
Schwerin
4032 posts
Spa town Bad Tölz is located 50 km South of Munich (summer activities).
Therme Erding is a large spa venue North-West of Munich.
Use trains: https://int.bahn.de/en
Posted by
Germany
292 posts
Dont know where your Danube river trip ends but see
Bad Füssing 30 min from Passau towards Munich with
Europa Therme https://www.europatherme.de/
and
Therme eins https://www.thermeeins.de/
Following the roads to Munich see towns like
Burghausen (largest castle of Germany)
https://www.burg-burghausen.de/englisch/tourist/index.htm
Altötting (church)
https://www.gnadenort-altoetting.de/kirchen-kultur/gnadenkapelle
Wasserburg am Inn
https://www.wasserburg.de/en/sightseeing/impressions
and more
Posted by
Arctophilia, Northamptonshire, England
35592 posts
Erding is the biggest anywhere, on a weekend it attracts a lot of children because of the wave pool and all the water slides.
We don't do any of that yet we like it very much there. Easy by train, easy by car. It is so huge it is easy to leave the kids behind and find quieter areas. I highlight the "er" for a reason.
Erding is north-east not northwest of central Munich at the end of the S-Bahn.
Posted by
Alsenborn, Germany
2206 posts
I often recommend Therme Erding for people who have kids, but a quiet place close to nature it is not.
Bad Tolz is very nice, and there used to be a large US military presence in the town.
I'll add to the list so far with Seebad Starnberg, which has a nice view of the See, and Therme Bad Aibling.
If you want to try something else there's Kristall Palm Beach an hour north in Nuremberg. I have not been there in many years, but it used to be a very good place to spend a day.
Posted by
Northwest Arkansas
975 posts
visit a couple of spa towns before flying home from Munich
Please clarify. Where does your Danube trip end? And, you are planning to visit these towns over night or just daytrip from Munich. I try to visit at least one therme each week when in Germay. My favorite is in Berlin (Vabali), so probably not convenient.
Have to ask, you are familiar and comfortable with the textile free environment of German thermes?
Posted by
OP
San Jose, CA, USA (Bath, UK for 2010)
82 posts
Thank you for all the replies. I am comfortable with the “textile free environment”. Just adults, no children this trip.
I should clarify, we will be coming from Passau and plan to spend a night or two in these cities but will spend our last night in Munich before we fly out.
Posted by
Northwest Arkansas
975 posts
Thanks for clarifying. Most of my spa expereince have been further west and north than you will want to go.
As suggsted, have you looked at Bad Fussing? Just south of Passau. Never been there and I'm not sure how charming the town is or if the mega therme is what you are looking for.
Posted by
Schwerin
4032 posts
Bad Tölz has been mentioned twice now. Even though it has "Bad" (bath) in its name, there's no longer a spa (thermal bath).
Mignon, Bad Tölz never had thermal water sources but healing water sources (natural iodine). The prefix "Bad" (spa) was used in German for all kinds of curing, some tows were climatic spas (e. g. North Sea) or salt spas moor spas. And OP was asking for spa towns in general.