Steam saunas in Karlsruhe, Germany
Albtherme Waldbronn
A thermal spa in Waldbronn in the Albtal hills south-east of Karlsruhe, with a 2,300 m² textile-free sauna world for adults from 16. The mixed area has a panorama sauna for about 45 with daily hand Aufguss, a light sauna, the 'Hexenhäusle', a glass steam bath and a warm-air room; the garden house adds a 95 °C sauna and herb bath. A separate women's sauna area has its own Finnish log sauna. Cooling comes from a 22 °C cold pool with plunge basin. Open daily; a sauna day ticket costs 31.50 euros.
Europabad Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe's municipal leisure pool, with nine slides and a separate textile-free sauna world. Its eight cabins include the medieval Excalibur and Druiden herbal saunas, the 100 °C Arena sauna with Gladiator Aufguss, the sociable Kalevala sauna in a Karelian sauna village, and a Vihta ritual sauna for birch-whisk rituals and private Rent-a-Sauna hire. A plunge pool, 16 °C cold pool and Ice Lounge cool you down. Open daily; a weekday sauna day ticket costs 30 euros.
Fächerbad Karlsruhe
A sports and family pool from 1982 in Hagsfeld with a 50 m pool and a separate sauna world. The textile-free area has a 90 °C Aufguss sauna for 75 people, where staff fan the infusions with large hand fans several times a day, plus a Himalayan salt sauna, a 60 °C sanarium, a steam bath, infrared seats and a 12 °C cold pool. Swimmers who prefer to stay dressed can use a separate textile sauna and steam bath. Sauna world with pool costs 22.50 euros for a day.
Therme Vierordtbad
A historic bathhouse opened in 1873 as a spa, in the heart of the city, with columns, arches and a domed roof. The whole therme is textile-free, except that swimwear is optional in the Badehaus pool. It has the 90 °C Fächer Aufguss sauna, the 80 °C Markgrafen sauna, a 55 °C Vital sauna and the tiled Majolika steam bath, plus indoor cold and warm pools and outdoor brine and lithium pools. Wednesday is women's day; 4 hours cost 24.50 euros.
Weiherhofbad
A neighbourhood indoor pool in Durlach, built in 1975, with a small sauna area and a rest house in the sauna garden. It has a 90 °C Finnish sauna and a 45 °C Kota sauna, with an herbal steam bath included in the sauna ticket and an infrared cabin for a small surcharge. Monday is women's sauna day, the other days are mixed. Sauna with pool costs 12.20 euros.
Albtherme Waldbronn
A thermal spa in Waldbronn in the Albtal hills south-east of Karlsruhe, with a 2,300 m² textile-free sauna world for adults from 16. The mixed area has a panorama sauna for about 45 with daily hand Aufguss, a light sauna, the 'Hexenhäusle', a glass steam bath and a warm-air room; the garden house adds a 95 °C sauna and herb bath. A separate women's sauna area has its own Finnish log sauna. Cooling comes from a 22 °C cold pool with plunge basin. Open daily; a sauna day ticket costs 31.50 euros.
Europabad Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe's municipal leisure pool, with nine slides and a separate textile-free sauna world. Its eight cabins include the medieval Excalibur and Druiden herbal saunas, the 100 °C Arena sauna with Gladiator Aufguss, the sociable Kalevala sauna in a Karelian sauna village, and a Vihta ritual sauna for birch-whisk rituals and private Rent-a-Sauna hire. A plunge pool, 16 °C cold pool and Ice Lounge cool you down. Open daily; a weekday sauna day ticket costs 30 euros.
Fächerbad Karlsruhe
A sports and family pool from 1982 in Hagsfeld with a 50 m pool and a separate sauna world. The textile-free area has a 90 °C Aufguss sauna for 75 people, where staff fan the infusions with large hand fans several times a day, plus a Himalayan salt sauna, a 60 °C sanarium, a steam bath, infrared seats and a 12 °C cold pool. Swimmers who prefer to stay dressed can use a separate textile sauna and steam bath. Sauna world with pool costs 22.50 euros for a day.
Therme Vierordtbad
A historic bathhouse opened in 1873 as a spa, in the heart of the city, with columns, arches and a domed roof. The whole therme is textile-free, except that swimwear is optional in the Badehaus pool. It has the 90 °C Fächer Aufguss sauna, the 80 °C Markgrafen sauna, a 55 °C Vital sauna and the tiled Majolika steam bath, plus indoor cold and warm pools and outdoor brine and lithium pools. Wednesday is women's day; 4 hours cost 24.50 euros.
Weiherhofbad
A neighbourhood indoor pool in Durlach, built in 1975, with a small sauna area and a rest house in the sauna garden. It has a 90 °C Finnish sauna and a 45 °C Kota sauna, with an herbal steam bath included in the sauna ticket and an infrared cabin for a small surcharge. Monday is women's sauna day, the other days are mixed. Sauna with pool costs 12.20 euros.