After writing about lovely and sustainable wellness motels in Northern and Central Germany in final week’s first half, we now flip our consideration to Southern Germany. In case you didn’t know, Southern Germany is among the most well-known wellness locations in Europe. This is because of its pure thermal springs and wonderful air high quality. You’ll find a number of licensed climatic well being resorts and spas right here, such because the city Unhealthy Herrenalb within the Black Forest.
SCHWARZWALD PANORAMA, Unhealthy Herrenalb, Black Forest | Baden-Württemberg
Unhealthy Herrenalb is a climatic well being resort identified for its therapeutic waters. The SCHWARZWALD PANORAMA has its personal thermal swimming pool. Right here, the mineralized groundwater comes out of the bottom at over 20°C. As a “Bioland Gold Accomplice”, greater than 90 % of the meals is organically grown.
Highlights
- 1000 sq. meter spa space with saunas, steam bathtub and solar terrace
- Indoor mineralized thermal swimming pool
- Selfness Heart with meditation, yoga, forest bathing and TCM remedy
- Fasting cures
Lodge Das Rübezahl, Schwangau | Bavaria
The Das Rübezahl Romantic Hideaway & Spa is positioned within the romantic environment of Neuschwanstein Citadel and different royal castles. If you’re planning a wellness trip as a pair, that is the proper tackle. A brand new spa backyard has simply opened within the spring of 2023.
Highlights
- 2,500 sq. meter spa backyard
- Pure swimming pond
- Therapeutic massage tent
- Heated outside pool
- Bavarian Salt Grotto
HUBERTUS Mountain Refugio Allgäu, Balderschwang | Bavaria
At 1044 meters above sea stage within the foothills of the Alps, you can find an architectural gem on the HUBERTUS Mountain Refugio Allgäu. Right here a holistic strategy to bodily and psychological well-being is taken.
Highlights
- “Mountain Spring Spa” with numerous saunas
- Infinity pool with a improbable view of the Alps
- Yoga platform and yoga retreats (together with particular provides for males)
- Tai Chi, Qi Gong, Ayurveda
- Magnificence and therapeutic massage therapies
Klosterhof • Alpine Hideaway & Spa, Bayerisch Gmain | Bavaria
On this household lodge, you can find a particular well being idea. Proprietor and hotelier Dr. Andreas Färber runs the Artemacur Well being Heart, which is immediately related to the Klosterhof – Alpine Hideaway & Spa. The main target right here is on diagnostics and a holistic strategy that additionally consists of vitamin and the psyche.
Highlights
- 1,500 sq. meter spa space
- Heated outside pool, sauna space
- Indoor pool with fire
- Brine bathtub (saltwater) for floating
- Artemacur Well being Heart
Naturresort Gerbehof, Friedrichshafen | Baden-Württemberg
Situated within the lovely Lake Constance area, you can find each a sustainable nation lodge and trip residences at Naturresort Gerbehof. The particular provide consists of bioenergetic meditation in keeping with Viktor Philippi. This meditation is claimed to have bodily results (e.g. stimulation of the immune system and metabolism) along with psychological leisure.
Highlights
- Indoor spa with sauna, sanarium and brine grotto
- Out of doors spa with sauna, Kneipp pool, sunbathing space
- Magnificence therapies with pure cosmetics
- Bioenergetic meditation
- Forest meditation and meditation walks
STURM, Mellrichstadt | Bavaria
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Situated in the course of the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve within the Rhön area, the STURM provides a great place to unwind. Outdoors, there’s a 30,000 sq. meter nature park with a snack backyard, fruit timber and herb beds. The fruits are used within the kitchen and friends are welcome to style them immediately from the tree or bush.
Highlights
- RHÖN-SPA with sauna, steam bathtub and contemporary air grotto
- Beauty therapies with pure cosmetics
- Therapeutic massage therapies
- Barefoot path
- Pure swimming pond and huge backyard panorama
Sustainable wellness motels – a contradiction?
At first look, sustainability and wellness don’t go collectively. Certain, pool and sauna eat a variety of power. And power not solely consumes sources – it additionally prices cash. As hotelier Marc Traubel of HUBERTUS Mountain Refugio tells us in an interview, the motivation for saving electrical energy was purely monetary: “Now it’s saving sources, earlier than it was saving cash.” Again then, when his father began implementing numerous measures within the lodge to avoid wasting power, Greta Thurnberg was not but born.
The German Wellness Affiliation or the German Lodge and Restaurant Affiliation (DEHOGA) additionally entice their members, particularly with the cash financial savings that include switching to LED gentle bulbs, economical bathroom flushing, much less towel washing and fewer meals waste.
However whereas saving cash could have been the beginning (or nonetheless be an excellent motivator), it’s gone being the one issue. Quite the opposite, many people are even prepared to spend more cash – for instance, on inexperienced electrical energy as an alternative of coal energy.
The German Wellness Affiliation has the next tips about how wellness could be made more healthy, extra environmentally pleasant and cheaper:
- Already throughout development, consideration is paid to environmentally pleasant development strategies (insulating supplies, PVC-free pipes, ecological paints, joint adhesives, and so forth.).
- For wooden and furnishings, pure supplies from the area or with the FSC seal are used.
- Technical methods for warmth restoration
- Technical methods for water restoration
- Use of daylight and LEDs
- Vitality provide by way of renewable energies
- Discount of laundry
- Environmentally pleasant cleansing
- Licensed pure cosmetics
What we additionally discover vital: The well being thought will not be restricted to a spa space, however is additional pursued in any respect the above-mentioned companions in southern Germany. The optimum is that you simply get in concord with your self and nature and thereupon typically grow to be extra acutely aware in your on a regular basis life. What do you suppose?
Missed the primary half? Right here yow will discover the most beautiful sustainable wellness hotels in Northern and Central Germany.
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