There are many ways to unwind in our Bavarian capital. The best way to do this, however, is during those relaxing and revitalizing moments in which physical well-being also receives a significant focus: When it comes to wellness in Munich, a wide range of relaxation and feel-good day spas await you.
Our Boutique Hotel Atrium Munich presents various day spas among the following recommendations for wellness experiences in Munich. These offer everything your body, mind, soul and heart need to switch off, recharge your batteries and relax:
Müllersches Volksbad
Relaxation meets tradition at this recreational baths. More than a century ago, the wealthy Munich citizen and namesake of the baths, Karl Müller, had them built as a gift for the residents of the surrounding poor districts. The architecturally impressive public baths were built in the neo-baroque Art Nouveau style and have earned the title of one of the most beautiful baths in Europe.
This literal temple of relaxation offers two indoor pools, a Roman-Irish steam bath with an open-air courtyard, a Roman-Irish sweat bath with warm and hot air rooms at different temperatures, a Finnish sauna with color installations, a warm pool and relaxation zones. There is also the opportunity to be pampered with a massage in the stylish ambience of the Volksbad.
Although it may not boast the greatest variety of offers, this wellness setting in Munich is sure to provide you with a unique visual and sensory experience. In which indoor pool can you swim more elegantly than in one with an imposing Art Nouveau barrel vault?
Hamam Mathilden
In this Ottoman spa and steam bath, you will feel like you are in 1001 Nights during your wellness in Munich: entry to this temple of well-being begins with a tasting of Turkish herbal tea or coffee and ayran in a traditional linen pestemal.
Enveloped by Ottoman sounds, the warmth of the marble stone can be used for various massages to relax tense muscles, stimulate healthy circulation and remove dead skin cells. The latter is particularly effective with the rubbing massage, which is based on an Ottoman custom and, in addition to deep cleansing stimulation, also strengthens your skin's defenses.
During the oil massage, pleasant oriental aromas caress your senses as your muscles are gently worked by hand.
During a soap massage, you can let the masseur's hands cleanse and massage you at the same time with a fragrant cloud of foam - a wonderfully intensive method of relaxation.
And if you want to indulge in a particularly decadent relaxation experience as part of your wellness experience in Munich, you can feel like a sultan with a four-handed massage experience.
SoVital Spa
Most people in need of relaxation experience deep inner peace and comfort at the latest when they get a whiff of the sea air at their vacation destination. As the SoVital Spa proves, a trip to Munich and a Mediterranean feeling of relaxation need not be mutually exclusive:
The salt caves of the SoVital Spa, whose walls and floors are made of 5 tons of Himalayan salt, offer you a heavenly revitalizing day by the sea. Wrap yourself in blankets in the salt bed or the cozy lounger and continue your moment of well-being while listening to relaxing music under an impressive starry sky. The fine brine mist also creates a wonderfully relaxing, regenerative ambience here, which, in addition to soothing the soul, also enhances physical well-being: with its high mineral content, the germ-free filtered and ionized air is a real treat for the respiratory tract and immune system.
In the Vaporium, an enhanced version of the classic steam bath with the addition of vitalizing aromatic essences, your body is subjected to a gentle yet intensive cleansing ritual.
In addition to loosened muscles and clean skin, the fine fragrance mist activates the circulation and clears the airways, helping to remove so-called waste products from the body.
On particularly cold and gray days, the two solariums at the SoVitalSpa provide relief.
In the SoVitalSpa you will also find the world's largest floating pool. The maximum sensory stimulation reduction during floating in silence and darkness allows you to surrender intensively to the state of weightlessness. This deeply relaxing wellness experience in Munich will allow you to let go of all your everyday stress during your trip.
White Bamboo Spa
How can you experience wellness in Munich in a more relaxing and regenerative way than with a massage, one of the oldest remedies of all?
This small, Asian-style wellness oasis on Josephsplatz is a treat for body, mind and soul with its wide range of treatments. From Ayurveda to hot stone and Thai massage: you are sure to find the feel-good massage to suit your individual needs among the five categories of treatments for vitality, care, relaxation, harmony and purity with various extension programs.
You can also pamper yourself with numerous cosmetic treatments or in togetherness with your partner or friend.
Erding thermal baths
If you are traveling with children Book a hotel in Munich and want to keep them busy during your extensive wellness time in Munich, a family trip to the Erdinger Therme is well worthwhile.
This combines your deep relaxation with a variety of entertainment for your children with slides and swimming fun. The latter offers a remarkable range of 27 water slides with 3 levels of difficulty, a current channel and bubble jets as well as a huge wave pool with 5 different wave levels of up to 3 meters.
Even more impressive, however, is the range of relaxation options on offer: With a range of 28 different saunas, you will find yourself in a heavenly relaxation paradise during your wellness experience in Munich: From salt stone rooms, tropical saunas or geyser caves to meditation saunas, brine places, herbal chambers or the rose pavilion - every relaxation dream comes true here.
In addition to the usual spa facilities with saunas, steam baths and relaxation areas, the Erdinger Therme also has a sulphur healing spring, three health pools and vitality springs containing health-promoting minerals such as selenium-iodine and calcium. You can also enjoy a Kneipp course as well as regular aromatic infusion programs and Ayurvedic treatments.
In the VitalOasis indoor pool, surrounded by palm trees and exotic plants, you can enjoy your cocktails directly in the water at the integrated pool bar. Various water sports programs (Good Morning Fit, water gymnastics, Family Fit, Aqua Workout, Hydro Power, Float & Relax) are also a great way to switch off.
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