there's nothing i do better than a soak. so the final stop of the Bad Gastein adventure was the hot…read moresprings at Felsentherme, a public bath close to the rail station. the modern spa houses indoor/outdoor thermal pools with awesome views of the snow-capped ski slopes, as well as saunas, steam baths and salt grotto for the "Gastein Cure", where saline and radon filled vapeur was thought to promote the bodies ability to heal. whatevs, friends and i sure felt unbelievably healthy after...for just 20€.
trivia: spa is acronym for Latin "salus per aquae" or "health through water."