Saunas with aufguss in Switzerland

Scuol, Switzerland

Bogn Engiadina Scuol is a mineral-water bath house in the Lower Engadine. Its sauna landscape holds an Aufguss sauna, a fireplace sauna with an open fire, a mild warm-air sauna, a women's sauna and a steam room. Aufguss rounds run hourly, and an outdoor pool and Kneipp basin handle the cooling.

Pont-en-Ogoz, Switzerland

Frisauna is a wood-fired sauna trailer parked on the shore of Lac de la Gruyère, at the campsite in Gumefens. Guests swim in the lake to cool down and rest in a heated tipi. Aufguss ceremonies and Finnish ritual evenings run through the winter season.

Lavey-Morcles, Switzerland

Les Bains de Lavey draws on the hottest thermal spring in Switzerland, which surfaces at 65 degrees. Indoor and outdoor pools sit below the Dents de Morcles, and the sauna wing holds nordic, naturist, bio and salt-air cabins. Five themed hammams and an Aufguss ceremony run alongside them.

Schaffhausen, Switzerland

A volunteer-built sauna village on Schaffhausen's former gasworks site, run by the Lindlisauna association. Eight saunas range from a 40-person Aufguss yurt to a converted horse cart and a cable-car gondola. A wooden hot tub, a sauna garden and a beer garden sit between them, with the Rhine for cooling off.

Schaffhausen, Switzerland

RhySauna is a sauna village in the Rhybadi on the Rhine at Schaffhausen, run by a volunteer association. A yurt seating about forty, a Swiss pine cabin and two barrel saunas run through the winter season. Cooling is a swim in the river, and further yurts hold the rest room, lounge and bistro.

Brugg, Switzerland

Bad Schinznach pairs a family thermal bath with a textile-free sauna floor above it. The sauna side runs Finnish, bio and outdoor panorama cabins, two steam rooms and a brine graduation house. A rimless cold pool and an ice fountain sit outside, and infusion rituals run on a fixed rota.

Zürich, Switzerland

Sauna am Fluss is a seasonal sauna village on the Limmat in Zürich's Industriequartier. Four cabins run Finnish heat and milder bio sessions, with cold plunges and outdoor showers on the river terrace. Guests pour their own löyly, and a bistro and bar sit alongside the relaxation rooms.

Basel, Switzerland

Two saunas sit on the Rheinbad Breite, a bathing platform on the Rhine in Basel. Regular Aufguss rounds run through the session, and cooling down means a jump into the river. Wood-stove yurts alongside serve as rest, lounge and coffee rooms.

Bern, Switzerland

Bernaqua's sauna landscape sits inside the Westside complex on the western edge of Bern. Five saunas and two steam rooms surround an alpine lounge with a fireplace, and a roof terrace sits above. Aufguss ceremonies run to a published programme, and one zone is for women only.

Fribourg, Switzerland

Sauna de la Motta is a winter pop-up in the grounds of Fribourg's open-air Bains de la Motta. Two Mongolian yurts hold the saunas, with two cold plunges, a hot pot, a relaxation yurt and a camp fire. One yurt requires a swimsuit and the other allows nudity.

Urtenen-Schönbühl, Switzerland

Solbad Schönbühl is a brine bath and sauna floor in the Bernese Mittelland, run by Aqua Spa Resorts. Five heat rooms sit beside the water: Finnish, bio, earth-fire and panorama cabins plus a herbal steam bath. Infusions run hourly, and the sauna garden opens onto a plunge basin.

Bad Ragaz, Switzerland

Bad Ragaz draws thermal water from the Tamina Gorge, and the public Therme holds eight pools indoors and out. Its sauna world runs Finnish, Kelo, bio and infrared cabins with a steam bath and an ice fountain. Infusion rounds are timetabled through the season.

Locarno, Switzerland

Termali Salini Locarno pairs salt-water bathing pools with a sauna world above Lago Maggiore. A candlelit bio sauna, a Finnish sauna with daily Aufguss ceremonies, a herbal Turkish bath and a Kneipp circuit make up the sauna area. Three private spa suites upstairs have their own whirlpool and terrace.

Brig-Glis, Switzerland

Brigerbad taps the warm springs of the Valais into indoor and outdoor pools, with a thermal grotto cut into the rock. The spa floor holds a bio sauna, a wood sauna and a salt-stone sauna, with steam rooms at three temperatures. Scrubs and Aufguss rounds run to a posted programme.

Zurzach, Switzerland

Eight saunas and steam rooms fill three levels of a former thermal drilling tower. The sauna floors run textile free for over-16s, with a women-only room, a cold plunge, a sheltered garden and a bar. An Aufguss schedule and regular sauna events sit alongside the thermal pools next door.

St. Gallen, Switzerland

Weiere Sauna sits in the old bathhouse at the Drei Weihern, on the hillside above St. Gallen. Two sauna rooms at different temperatures share a rest room facing the woods, and the swimming pond does the cooling. Aufguss ceremonies use natural oils and plant infusions, and the sauna runs a winter season.