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Adventure World Austria
A resort of another dimension Modernity and innovation meet tradition, regionality meets internationality and activity meets relaxation – the four star superior resort hotel TAUERN SPA with a thermal water spring in Kaprun near Austria’s Salzburg impresses with a comprehensive range of offers from wellness and relaxation programmes to sweat-inducing activities. TEXT: NANE STEINHOFF | PHOTOS: TAUERN SPA
“We are more than the usual classical hotel; we are a resort of another dimension,”Karl Berghammer, general manager, says. Established in 2010, TAUERN SPA, a resort of VAMED Vitality World, seeks to impress its guests with a glassy and modern, semicircular façade which reveals spectacular views of the mountains from every perspective of the hotel and its 160 luxurious rooms. An interior design based on traditional Austrian elements, such as wooden features, caters for a special cosiness. Being located in the middle of a beautiful valley with close proximity to a glacier, the hotel poses as the perfect place for exploring the nearby mountains. “Many visitors come here because of the many possibilities to get active. There is no sport which isn’t possible here,” Karl Berghammer smiles. Whether you opt to play golf in summer, hike the mountains
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or seek to go skiing, the beautiful nature will please every activity holiday lover. “We bank on constant development and offer highest quality, the most comprehensive offer for our guests and an exciting combination: After an active day in nature, you can enjoy our wellness and spa area,” Karl Berghammer says. Eleven indoor and outdoor pools over 20,000 square metres present water in its multifaceted ways: pleasantly warm or refreshingly cool, as a bubbling massage, on a rushing slide or health-giving, enriched with salt. Take a step back in the relaxpool with grotto or in the high pool with waterfall. Get active in the outdoor sports pool or visit the impressive skyline pool on the resort’s third floor. Water slides, a cinema, a karaoke room and a kindergarten also make the TAUERN SPA
a popular destination for families. Relax in the spacious sauna village in the Finnish sauna, the salt laconium, in the garden’s infusion sauna or in one of the panoramic saunas. Calm down in the ‘Mountain Idyll’ steam bath or book an “Alpienne” back massage, a full body peeling or one of the many facial treatments. After an eventful day, the hotel’s five restaurants and bars will surely impress your taste buds with Austrian regional delicacies, which are combined with international specialities. www.tauernspakaprun.com/en Main image: Photo: Nikolaus Faistauer Photography Right: Photos: Rupert Steiner Below: Photo: Alexander Maria Lohmann