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Wellness
& Spas

E X PL ORE

The Ringkirche in
Wiesbaden is a
German national
monument
constructed by
Johannes Otzen.

A n energetic four-year-old boy
takes off his arm floats and
swims to his dad, who looks
at him proudly. Next to him, a small
girl splashes around. The nod of
approval from her grandmother, who
is relaxing on a sun deck in the indoor
swimming pool, is just the
encouragement the child needs to
swim with renewed gusto. I am a
silent spectator to these family
bonding moments at Thermalbad
Aukammtal—a thermal bath facility in
Wiesbaden, Germany.
Paying homage to Roman sweat
baths, Aukammtal has indoor and
outdoor pools, a variety of saunas,
and a spa. Well-being gets a fun twist
as you swim in 32° Celsius hot-spring
water, loaded with sodium, calcium,
potassium, magnesium, and hydrogen
carbonate. As I swim from the
indoor pool to the outdoor pool via
a channel, the cold air above and
GERMAN-STYLE the contrasting warm water below

WELLNESS welcome me.
Six massage recliners, which
Wiesbaden is one of the oldest spa centres of Europe. resemble a traditional jacuzzi where
KHURSHEED DINSHAW experiences its wellness history while you sleep and let the water spray SHUTTERSTOCK
sampling its famous chocolates and coffee. massage your body, are highly

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