The Roman baths

In keeping with the best imperial spa tradition

Around 20km from Vienna and only a few minutes’ walk from the “Badener Bahn” railway terminus, the Römertherme offers the best of Baden’s spa tradition on an area of around 3,500m². Baden’s sulphuric spring water with a natural temperature of up to 36˚C bubbles to the surface from a depth of around 1,000m and is mainly used to treat chronic complaints of the musculoskeletal system as well as rheumatic problems.

The healing effects of the sulphuric thermal waters are already prized by the Romans nearly 2,000 years ago. They build a spa above the spring originating under Baden’s Summer Arena today. In the Middle Ages people believe in the existence of mysterious fountains of youth.

Once Baden has established itself as a fashionable cure resort in the mid-19th century, the most famous architects of the time not only build villas and houses but numerous baths too. Including a mineral pool in 1847, for which the architects of the Vienna State Opera, August Sicard von Sicardsburg and Eduard van der Nüll, are responsible. Today the mineral pool represents the listed part of the Roman baths structure.

The Römertherme is the largest baths complex in Europe to be full air-conditioned and covered by a roof construction. Alongside age-old cures such as sulphuric baths and mudpacks there are spa and sauna areas as well as a treatment centre and a gym on offer.

Image: Römertherme, Baden Photo by Rainer Mirau © Rainer Mirau, Wolf Photos, GG Tourism Baden