Infrared saunas in Salzburg, Austria
Heiltherme Bad Vigaun
The Heiltherme in Bad Vigaun is the thermal bath of a medical spa centre in the Tennengau, about 17 km south of Salzburg. Its sauna area has Finnish saunas at 80 to 85 °C, a sanarium, aroma and brine steam baths and infrared cabins, plus an outdoor rock sauna at 90 to 95 °C with a cold-water pool and sauna garden facing the mountains. It opens 10 am to 10 pm on weekdays and to 9 pm at weekends; a day ticket for spa and sauna costs €39.50, and the sauna admits guests from age 13.
Paracelsus Bad & Kurhaus
The Paracelsus Bad & Kurhaus is the city of Salzburg's public bath and spa house beside the Mirabell gardens. Its rooftop sauna floor has a Festungsblick sauna, a bio sauna, the 90 °C Kurgarten and Aufguss saunas, a steam bath and a seven-person infrared cabin, with a cold plunge and a 33 °C brine infinity pool looking over the old town. Aufguss sessions run hourly from 11 am to 8 pm. The sauna is a nude area for ages 16 and up, open daily 10 am to 9 pm; a 4-hour ticket costs €25.
Genussdorf Gmachl
Genussdorf Gmachl in Bergheim, on Salzburg's northern edge, sells weekday day-spa packages for its 5,000 m² Dorf Spa. It spreads over three areas: a roof spa with a 90 °C panorama sauna facing the fortress, brine steam bath, infrared sauna, ice plunge and infinity pool; a garden spa with a pine sauna, family sauna, pools and a natural bathing pond; and a hillside spa with a pond sauna, outdoor sauna and peeling steam bath. Day-spa slots must be booked online and run 10 am to 9 pm.
Holznerwirt
The Holznerwirt is a country inn and hotel in Eugendorf, about 9 km north-east of Salzburg, whose 800 m² sauna and spa area also sells tickets to day guests. Its eight sauna and steam rooms include a Finnish old-wood sauna at 90 °C, a hay-flower bio sauna, a micro-salt sauna, two infrared cabins and brine, herbal and eucalyptus steam baths, with a cold-water walkway and ice fountain. A 4-hour ticket costs €18; the sauna opens 2 pm to 10 pm on weekdays and 10 am to 10 pm at weekends.
Hotel Gerl View Club
The View Club is the adults-only (21+) rooftop wellness floor of Hotel Gerl in Wals-Siezenheim, west of Salzburg. From September to May it runs as a spa with a Finnish panorama sauna, pine infrared swing loungers and a heated rooftop infinity pool, bookable by day guests from Sunday to Thursday, noon to 8 pm, for €60. In summer it becomes a beach club. The hotel also rents out its separate My Private Spa, with Finnish sauna and rasul steam bath, exclusively to couples and small groups.
Laschenskyhof
The Laschenskyhof is a four-star superior family hotel in Wals-Viehhausen, west of Salzburg below the Untersberg, whose spa sells day passes to outside guests. The sauna area has a 90 °C view sauna, a Finnish panorama sauna, a 60 °C pine-herb sauna, a steam bath and a salt grotto with infrared loungers, alongside a brine pool, natural swimming pond and cool-down pool. Sauna masters run themed Aufguss sessions daily. Saunas and pools open 10 am to 9 pm; day spa from €98, evening spa from €49.
Romantik Spa Hotel Elixhauser Wirt
The Romantik Spa Hotel Elixhauser Wirt in Elixhausen, 8 km north of Salzburg, opens its SPA Horizont to day guests aged 16 and over. The 1,500 m² area has a textile-free Finnish sauna, a bio sauna, a steam bath and infrared heat, an indoor infinity pool and panoramic relaxation rooms looking out to the Salzburg mountains. The saunas run from noon to 8 pm. A day spa with breakfast costs €98, and an after-work spa from Monday to Thursday, 5 to 10 pm, costs €40; booking is through reception.
MYGYM PRIME Salzburg West
MYGYM PRIME Salzburg West is a three-storey fitness club in Wals, at Salzburg's western edge, with strength, cardio and class areas, a club lounge and a roof terrace. Its wellness area has a sauna, an infrared cabin and a relaxation room for members. The club opens 6 am to 10:30 pm on weekdays and 8 am to 8 pm at weekends, but the sauna is switched off outside staffed service hours: 8 am to 10:30 pm on weekdays, and 9 am to 1:30 pm and 3 to 8 pm at weekends.
Heiltherme Bad Vigaun
The Heiltherme in Bad Vigaun is the thermal bath of a medical spa centre in the Tennengau, about 17 km south of Salzburg. Its sauna area has Finnish saunas at 80 to 85 °C, a sanarium, aroma and brine steam baths and infrared cabins, plus an outdoor rock sauna at 90 to 95 °C with a cold-water pool and sauna garden facing the mountains. It opens 10 am to 10 pm on weekdays and to 9 pm at weekends; a day ticket for spa and sauna costs €39.50, and the sauna admits guests from age 13.
Paracelsus Bad & Kurhaus
The Paracelsus Bad & Kurhaus is the city of Salzburg's public bath and spa house beside the Mirabell gardens. Its rooftop sauna floor has a Festungsblick sauna, a bio sauna, the 90 °C Kurgarten and Aufguss saunas, a steam bath and a seven-person infrared cabin, with a cold plunge and a 33 °C brine infinity pool looking over the old town. Aufguss sessions run hourly from 11 am to 8 pm. The sauna is a nude area for ages 16 and up, open daily 10 am to 9 pm; a 4-hour ticket costs €25.
Genussdorf Gmachl
Genussdorf Gmachl in Bergheim, on Salzburg's northern edge, sells weekday day-spa packages for its 5,000 m² Dorf Spa. It spreads over three areas: a roof spa with a 90 °C panorama sauna facing the fortress, brine steam bath, infrared sauna, ice plunge and infinity pool; a garden spa with a pine sauna, family sauna, pools and a natural bathing pond; and a hillside spa with a pond sauna, outdoor sauna and peeling steam bath. Day-spa slots must be booked online and run 10 am to 9 pm.
Holznerwirt
The Holznerwirt is a country inn and hotel in Eugendorf, about 9 km north-east of Salzburg, whose 800 m² sauna and spa area also sells tickets to day guests. Its eight sauna and steam rooms include a Finnish old-wood sauna at 90 °C, a hay-flower bio sauna, a micro-salt sauna, two infrared cabins and brine, herbal and eucalyptus steam baths, with a cold-water walkway and ice fountain. A 4-hour ticket costs €18; the sauna opens 2 pm to 10 pm on weekdays and 10 am to 10 pm at weekends.
Hotel Gerl View Club
The View Club is the adults-only (21+) rooftop wellness floor of Hotel Gerl in Wals-Siezenheim, west of Salzburg. From September to May it runs as a spa with a Finnish panorama sauna, pine infrared swing loungers and a heated rooftop infinity pool, bookable by day guests from Sunday to Thursday, noon to 8 pm, for €60. In summer it becomes a beach club. The hotel also rents out its separate My Private Spa, with Finnish sauna and rasul steam bath, exclusively to couples and small groups.
Laschenskyhof
The Laschenskyhof is a four-star superior family hotel in Wals-Viehhausen, west of Salzburg below the Untersberg, whose spa sells day passes to outside guests. The sauna area has a 90 °C view sauna, a Finnish panorama sauna, a 60 °C pine-herb sauna, a steam bath and a salt grotto with infrared loungers, alongside a brine pool, natural swimming pond and cool-down pool. Sauna masters run themed Aufguss sessions daily. Saunas and pools open 10 am to 9 pm; day spa from €98, evening spa from €49.
Romantik Spa Hotel Elixhauser Wirt
The Romantik Spa Hotel Elixhauser Wirt in Elixhausen, 8 km north of Salzburg, opens its SPA Horizont to day guests aged 16 and over. The 1,500 m² area has a textile-free Finnish sauna, a bio sauna, a steam bath and infrared heat, an indoor infinity pool and panoramic relaxation rooms looking out to the Salzburg mountains. The saunas run from noon to 8 pm. A day spa with breakfast costs €98, and an after-work spa from Monday to Thursday, 5 to 10 pm, costs €40; booking is through reception.
MYGYM PRIME Salzburg West
MYGYM PRIME Salzburg West is a three-storey fitness club in Wals, at Salzburg's western edge, with strength, cardio and class areas, a club lounge and a roof terrace. Its wellness area has a sauna, an infrared cabin and a relaxation room for members. The club opens 6 am to 10:30 pm on weekdays and 8 am to 8 pm at weekends, but the sauna is switched off outside staffed service hours: 8 am to 10:30 pm on weekdays, and 9 am to 1:30 pm and 3 to 8 pm at weekends.