Spa hotels
Spa hotels at a glance
Every house from our editorial selection, grouped by country — from Alpine spa resorts and health-climate houses in the Bavarian Forest to the thalasso addresses on the coast.
Germany
Bavaria / Schönau am Königssee / Germany
Alm- & Wellnesshotel Alpenhof
4*S spa hotel with a panoramic pool at the Königssee
Bavaria / Oberstaufen / Germany
Alpin & Wellness Resort Ludwig Royal
Alpine wellness with an indoor & outdoor pool in the Allgäu
Lower Saxony / Cuxhaven / Germany
Badhotel Sternhagen
Certified five-star thalasso hotel on the beach
Bavaria / Munich / Germany
Bayerpost Sofitel Munich
Five-star city wellness in the Bavarian main post office
NRW / Düsseldorf / Germany
Breidenbacher Hof
Grand hotel since 1812 with a spa & pool on the Königsallee
Bavaria / Bad Griesbach / Germany
Das Ludwig
Sports resort with the Tower of Power & Quellness
Baden-Württemberg / Donaueschingen / Germany
Der Öschberghof
5,500 m² spa & gym
North Rhine-Westphalia / Hallenberg / Germany
DIEDRICH Wellnesshotel & Spa
Adults-only spa hotel with a four-storey spa
Hamburg / Germany
Fairmont Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Hamburg
Grande dame since 1897 with a spa & the two-star Haerlin
Lower Saxony / Bad Sachsa / Germany
Göbel's Vital Hotel
Four-star-plus spa hotel at the spa park in the southern Harz
Hamburg / Hamburg / Germany
Grand Elysée Hamburg
Germany's largest five-star private hotel
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania / Heiligendamm / Germany
Grand Hotel Heiligendamm
“White town by the sea” — a 3,000 m² spa on the Baltic beach
Berlin / Potsdamer Platz / Germany
Grand Hyatt Berlin
Club Olympus on the 8th floor — pool & roof terrace with a skyline view
Berlin / Mitte / Germany
Hotel Adlon Kempinski
Grand hotel at the Brandenburg Gate with the Adlon Spa by Resense
Bavaria / Ruhstorf an der Rott / Germany
Hotel Antoniushof
1,000 m² GartenSpa & fasting programmes
Hamburg / Germany
Hotel Atlantic Hamburg
“White castle” of 1909 with a spa & indoor pool
Bavaria / Munich / Germany
Hotel Bayerischer Hof
Grand hotel since 1841 with Andrée Putman's Blue Spa
Bavaria / Bad Wörishofen / Germany
Hotel Der Sonnenhof
Five-star wellness in Kneipp's home town
Hesse / Fulda / Germany
Hotel Esperanto
The best location in Fulda
Bavaria / Bad Griesbach / Germany
Hotel Maximilian
Five-star wellness & golf in the Rottal
Bavaria / Bodenmais / Germany
Hotel Mooshof
5,000 m² wellness landscape on the Bavarian Forest
Lower Saxony / Norddeich / Germany
Hotel Regina Maris
Spa hotel on the spa promenade of Norddeich
Bavaria / Bad Füssing / Germany
Hotel Schweizer Hof Thermal und Vital Resort
Adults-only thermal resort with its own healing-water pool
Bavaria / Bad Birnbach / Germany
Hotel Sonnengut
Wellness in the Lower Bavarian Tuscany
Bavaria / Munich / Germany
Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski Munich
Luxury house since 1858 with a rooftop pool on the Maximilianstraße
Bavaria / Frauenau / Germany
Hotel Waidlerei St. Florian
Pools, saunas, steam bath, massages
Bavaria / Balderschwang / Germany
HUBERTUS Mountain Refugio Allgäu
Mountain Spring Spa at 1,044 m in the Allgäu
NRW / Cologne / Germany
Hyatt Regency Cologne
Swimming pool with a cathedral view on the Deutz bank of the Rhine
NRW / Düsseldorf / Germany
Hyatt Regency Düsseldorf
485 m² Rive Spa with a Rhine view at the Medienhafen
Bavaria / Bad Füssing / Germany
Johannesbad Thermalhotel Ludwig Thoma
Thermal hotel with a healing-water pool & thermal-bath admission
Bavaria / Bodenmais / Germany
Kristall- & Vitalhotel Bergknappenhof
Four-star spa hotel at the Silberberg in Bodenmais
Bavaria / Bad Wörishofen / Germany
Kurhotel Fontenay
Five-star private hotel in Kneipp's home town
Bavaria / Kaikenried / Germany
Landromantik Hotel Oswald
4,000 m² spa and sauna landscape
Bavaria / Munich / Germany
Mandarin Oriental, Munich
Boutique luxury with a 360° rooftop pool in the old town
Baden-Württemberg / Langenburg / Germany
Mawell Resort
Large spa resort with five pools above Hohenlohe
Bavaria / Donaustauf / Germany
Posthotel Walhalla
Wellness at the foot of the Walhalla
Bavaria / Bad Kissingen / Germany
Residence von Dapper
Cure hotel in the state spa of Bad Kissingen
Bavaria / Bad Füssing / Germany
Richstein's Posthotel
Family-run cure hotel near the Europatherme
Berlin / Mitte / Germany
Rocco Forte Hotel de Rome
Spa in the bank vault of 1889 with Berlin's longest hotel pool
Lower Saxony / Juist / Germany
Romantik Hotel Achterdiek
Island wellness with a salt-water pool on car-free Juist
Lower Saxony / Bad Sachsa / Germany
Romantischer Winkel RoLigio & Wellness Resort
Five-star wellness resort with a 3,800 m² spa in the southern Harz
Hesse / Frankfurt / Germany
Roomers Frankfurt
Design hotel with a skyline spa & an award-winning bar
NRW / Cologne / Germany
Savoy Hotel Cologne
Design hotel with a hammam spa & sky lounge near the cathedral
Bavaria / Krün / Germany
Schloss Elmau Luxury Spa Retreat & Cultural Hideaway
Luxury refuge with six spas & its own concert hall
North Rhine-Westphalia / Geldern / Germany
See Park Janssen
Spa hotel by the lake with more than 8,000 m² of spa
Berlin / Tiergarten / Germany
SO/ Berlin Das Stue
Design hotel at the Tiergarten with a Susanne Kaufmann spa
Lower Saxony / Bad Harzburg / Germany
Sonnenresort Ettershaus
Spa hotel in a historic villa at the national park
Thuringia / Blankenhain / Germany
Spa & GolfResort Weimarer Land
Five-star wellness + 45 holes of golf in the Weimarer Land
Thuringia / Wingerode / Germany
Spa Villa Beauty & Wellness Resort
In-room whirlpool and a herb kitchen in the Eichsfeld
Hesse / Frankfurt / Germany
Steigenberger Icon Frankfurter Hof
Grand hotel since 1876 with the largest hotel spa in the city
Lower Saxony / Cuxhaven / Germany
Strandhotel Duhnen
Spa hotel directly on the beach of Cuxhaven-Duhnen
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania / Dierhagen / Germany
Strandhotel Dünenmeer
Adults-only beach hotel with a dune spa on the Darß
Hamburg / Germany
The Fontenay
Architectural icon with a 1,000 m² rooftop spa on the Alster
NRW / Schmallenberg / Germany
Waldhaus Ohlenbach
Infinity pool with a panoramic forest view
North Rhine-Westphalia / Olsberg / Germany
Waldhotel Schinkenwirt
Quiet nature hotel with a sauna house above Olsberg
Berlin / City West / Germany
Waldorf Astoria Berlin
City West tower with a 1,000 m² Guerlain Spa
Bavaria / Wegscheid / Germany
Wellness & Naturresort Reischlhof
5,000 m² bathing world with a natural lake & a rooftop brine pool
Bavaria / Hauzenberg / Germany
Wellnessresort Romantika
Romantic wellness in Tuscan villa style
Bavaria / Bad Füssing / Germany
Wunsch Hotel Mürz
Adults-only cure hotel with Bad Füssing healing water
Austria
Salzburg / St. Margarethen im Lungau / Austria
Almgut – Mountain Wellness Hotel
4*S spa hotel with nine saunas in the Lungau
Salzburg / Großarl / Austria
Das Edelweiss – Salzburg Mountain Resort
Five-star resort with adults & family spas in the Großarl valley
Salzburg / Hinterglemm / Austria
Designhotel Wiesergut
Boutique design hotel with spring-water pools & a rooftop spa
Salzburg / Maria Alm / Austria
Die Hochkönigin – Mountain Resort
Mountain resort with a sky infinity pool & an adults' spa
Salzburg / Leogang / Austria
Hotel Salzburger Hof Leogang
4*S spa hotel with a sky pool at the Asitz cable car
Salzburg / Leogang / Austria
Krallerhof
Longevity & wellness in the Salzburg region
Carinthia / Bodensdorf / Austria
Mountain Resort Feuerberg
Summit resort with an Alpine-lake spa above the Ossiacher See
Styria / Haus im Ennstal / Austria
Natur- und Wellnesshotel Höflehner
Longevity spa hotel with a 5,000 m² spa on the Dachstein
Tyrol / Längenfeld / Austria
Naturhotel Waldklause
Five-star timber design hotel with a NatureSPA in the Ötztal
Tyrol / Erl / Austria
Posthotel Erlerwirt
Family-run four-star spa hotel in the festival village of Erl
Lower Austria / Krems an der Donau / Austria
Steigenberger Hotel & Spa Krems
4*S spa hotel with a sky pool above the Wachau
Salzburg / Kaprun / Austria
Tauern Spa Zell am See–Kaprun
4*S resort with a large thermal bath & a Kitzsteinhorn view
Vorarlberg / Hirschegg / Austria
Travel Charme Ifen Hotel Kleinwalsertal
Five-star design spa hotel in the Kleinwalsertal
Tyrol / Pertisau / Austria
Verwöhnhotel Kristall
Adults-only spa hotel with a sky spa on the Achensee
Vorarlberg / Warth am Arlberg / Austria
Wellnesshotel Warther Hof
4*S spa hotel with a spa on the snow-sure Arlberg
Switzerland
Bern / Merligen / Switzerland
BEATUS Wellness- & Spa-Hotel
An open-air brine pool that flows into Lake Thun, on a 277 m shore
Bern / Schönried / Switzerland
ERMITAGE Wellness- & Spa-Hotel
Five-star chalet with a brine-pioneer spa above Gstaad
Grisons / Sils Maria / Switzerland
Hotel Waldhaus Sils
Family-run writers' grand hotel above the Silsersee
Glarus / Braunwald / Switzerland
Märchenhotel Bellevue
Family spa hotel in car-free Braunwald
Aargau / Meisterschwanden / Switzerland
Seerose Resort & Spa
Thai spa & rooftop whirlpools right on the Hallwilersee
Schwyz / Stoos / Switzerland
Wellness Hotel Stoos
Mountain wellness on the car-free Stoos plateau, 1,300 m
Italy
South Tyrol / Latsch / Italy
Das Paradies
A five-star family and spa hotel in the Vinschgau
South Tyrol / Dorf Tirol / Italy
Hotel Paradies Dorf Tirol
Family hotel with a garden pool & Adige valley view above Merano
South Tyrol / Tiers / Italy
Hotel Paradies Tiers am Rosengarten
Adults-only wellness with mountain spring water pools
South Tyrol / Brixen / Italy
My Arbor – Plose Wellness Hotel
Adults-only tree hotel with a 2,500 m² spa above Brixen
South Tyrol / Naturns / Italy
Preidlhof
Adults-only five-star wellness resort in the Vinschgau
South Tyrol / San Martino in Passiria / Italy
Quellenhof Luxury Resort Passeier
A sport and spa resort with its own medical centre
South Tyrol / Lana / Italy
Vigilius Mountain Resort
Car-free Matteo Thun design hotel at 1,500 m
South Tyrol / Santa Cristina in Val Gardena / Italy
Vitalhotel Dosses
Vitalpina spa hotel at the foot of the Langkofel