Healing pools and spas in Hesse
Freshly spiced air
Even the ancient Greeks knew that certain places promote health. This means that there is always a slight breeze in the conveniently located health-conditioned refrigerators. Fresh winds drop down the gentle hills of the central mountains and bring their invigorating effect to life in the highlands, Gersfeld in the Rhön, Königstein in the Taunus or Lindenfels in the Odenwald. "Anyone looking for peace and quiet is well kept in the smaller towns," advises Almut Boller, Managing Director of the Hessian Association of Healing Baths. "The hiking trails into the wooded surroundings just outside the front door of the hotels and pensions also start here. The larger course cities score points with a wider range of options. "
Bath in Moor and Forest
Where herbs, grasses, flowers and mosses work together over thousands of years, a powerful connection is created in moss, healing clay, clay or peat. When mixed with brine or mineral water, it becomes a pleasantly weightless bog bath. Natural halibut, mild stimulus climate and carbonated mineral water are, for example, the strengths of Bad Schwalbach am Taunus. Nature can be discovered in the spa park, on hiking trails, in the Nordic walking park and on the Kneipp footpath. Hessen's oldest Kneipp swimming pool, Bad Camberg, invites you to a stroll in the well-kept spa, in the old town and in the city forest, Taunus and Western Forest attract you over the mountains and valley.And Bad Karlshafen, the white baroque city on the northernmost peak of Hesse, impresses with a harbour in the middle of the city and is an ideal starting point for cycling and hiking tours through Weserbergland.
