Best Thermal Spas in Styria, From Bad Blumau On

By Best:in Editorial Team · Updated September 2026

As of September 2026, Rogner Bad Blumau leads Styria's thermal spas: a Hundertwasser-designed resort opened on 10 May 1997, with 14 pools and bathing from 09:00 to 23:00. Thermenresort Loipersdorf is far larger (35 pools, 4,429 m² of water), Heiltherme Bad Waltersdorf is the quiet adult option at EUR 39 midweek, Parktherme Bad Radkersburg the value pick, and H2O the family choice.

Best Thermal Spas in Styria, From Bad Blumau On, ranked

1.

Rogner Bad Blumau

4.7 / 5 out of 7563 Google Maps reviews

Opened 10 May 1997 to a Friedensreich Hundertwasser design after construction began in summer 1993, with around 600 beds in the first phase. Fourteen indoor and outdoor pools are fed by the Melchior spring (47.2 °C from 970 metres) and the 3,045-metre Vulkania drilling. Bathing runs 09:00 to 23:00, sauna 10:00 to 22:45 and included. The 2026 adult evening ticket is EUR 48.90.

Visitor note (Google Maps) "... have been coming back to Bad Blumau again and again for 20 years."

Best for: Architecture and adult soaking

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2.

Thermenresort Loipersdorf

4.3 / 5 out of 7794 Google Maps reviews

The largest of the group: 35 pools over 4,429 m² of water, 20 saunas, five slides totalling 529 metres and eight restaurants and bars across roughly 60,000 m² of wellness space. The adults-only Schaffelbad covers 15,000 m² and starts at EUR 61.00. A day ticket including the sauna village is EUR 46.00, or EUR 27.00 after 18:00. Day guests bathe from 08:30 to 21:00, Fridays to 23:00.

Visitor note (Google Maps) "I used to really like going to the Therme Loipersdorf and went very often."

Best for: Most pools for the money

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3.

Heiltherme Bad Waltersdorf

A declared quiet spa with no children's attractions. Seven thermal pools, three indoor and four outdoor, are held around 36 °C, alongside a 25-metre sports pool with underwater fitness bikes and a 16-metre pool at 27 to 29 °C. The sodium hydrogen carbonate chloride source yields 1.9 million litres daily at 62 °C from 1,200 to 1,400 metres. Adults pay EUR 39.00 midweek, EUR 48.00 with sauna.

Best for: Therapeutic quiet days

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4.

Parktherme Bad Radkersburg

4.4 / 5 out of 3211 Google Maps reviews

Its spring has flowed since 23 January 1978 at 80 °C, with roughly 8,000 mg of minerals per litre and 17 bar of pressure at the wellhead, equal to a 170-metre column. Six pools cover 2,700 m² of water, including a 50-metre outdoor sports pool guaranteed at 25 °C from April to September. An evening ticket from 18:00 is EUR 15.80 and Senior Thursday costs EUR 29.90, both listed valid to 30 September 2026.

Visitor note (Google Maps) "The Therme Bad Radkersburg is, by and large, a good spa."

Best for: Cheapest serious thermal water

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5.

H2O Hotel-Therme-Resort

Built around children rather than cure guests. More than 30,000 m² of water and leisure space includes a children's spa with over 1,000 m² of water surface, the wide double-tube "blauer Blitz" slide and the "Speedy" slide with hit display. A seven-cabin sauna world with a garden of more than 5,000 m² is kept separate from the fun zone. The 3-star superior hotel connects directly and opens seven days a week.

Best for: Families with young children

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What makes Rogner Bad Blumau different from the other Styrian thermal spas?

Rogner Bad Blumau is the only Austrian thermal spa built as a Hundertwasser artwork. Preliminary talks ran from 1989, construction started in summer 1993, and the resort opened on 10 May 1997 with roughly 600 beds in its first phase. A second stage, the Steinhaus, followed around the turn of 2000/2001, and the Vulkania healing lake was added in 2003. Bathing runs daily from 09:00 to 23:00, with the sauna area open 10:00 to 22:45 and included in the entry price.

The water is the second differentiator. The Melchior curative spring emerges at 47.2 °C from a depth of 970 metres as a sodium hydrogen carbonate source, while the Vulkania drilling reaches 3,045 metres and is classed as the most highly mineralised curative water in the Styrian spa region. Spent thermal water is reinjected, so the geological circuit stays closed. The sauna zone is textile free and restricted to guests aged 16 and over.

How much does a day at a Styrian thermal spa cost in 2026?

Prices split into two tiers. Bad Blumau sits at the top: its 2026 rate card lists an evening ticket (17:00 to 23:00) at EUR 48.90 for adults and EUR 38.90 for children, with children's day tickets at EUR 41.00 Monday to Friday and EUR 48.00 at weekends and on school holidays. Loipersdorf charges EUR 46.00 for a day ticket covering bathing and the sauna village, EUR 27.00 after 18:00, and from EUR 61.00 for the adults-only Schaffelbad.

The middle and value tiers are cheaper. Heiltherme Bad Waltersdorf asks EUR 39.00 for an adult day ticket Monday to Friday and EUR 41.50 at weekends and on public holidays, rising to EUR 48.00 or EUR 50.50 with the sauna surcharge. Parktherme Bad Radkersburg runs an evening ticket from 18:00 at EUR 15.80 and a Senior Thursday day ticket without sauna at EUR 29.90, with that tariff published as valid until 30 September 2026.

Which Styrian spa suits families, and which is effectively adults only?

Heiltherme Bad Waltersdorf defines itself as a quiet spa and deliberately has no children's attractions. Loipersdorf runs both models on one site: a 15,000 m² adults-only Schaffelbad sits beside a main bath with five slides totalling 529 metres, and the resort schedules a Family Summer tariff from 4 July to 13 September 2026.

H2O in Sebersdorf is the clearest family choice, with a children's spa covering more than 1,000 m² of water, the wide double-tube "blauer Blitz" slide, the "Speedy" slide and daily supervised programmes. Parktherme Bad Radkersburg splits the difference: a 50-metre outdoor sports pool held at a guaranteed 25 °C from April to September and a family slide, but its 36 °C Quellbecken is reserved for guests aged 16 and over because of the high mineral load.

How do you plan a visit to Bad Blumau without getting caught out?

  1. Reserve the spa card online before you travel

    Rogner Bad Blumau moved day-visitor entry to an online reservation system, so walk-up capacity is not guaranteed. Reserved day tickets are held until 10:00 and reserved evening tickets until 18:00, with admission for a reserved evening ticket from 16:45. Guests staying in Bad Blumau village book through their host, which draws on a separate allocation.

  2. Pick the right ticket window

    Bathing runs 09:00 to 23:00 daily. The evening ticket covers 17:00 to 23:00 at EUR 48.90 for adults, and in summer an extra three-hour ticket is sold. Booking a treatment of at least 30 minutes in the health and beauty area brings evening entry forward to 16:00 instead of 17:00. On 24 and 31 December the spa closes at 17:00.

  3. Budget for the sauna and the family mix

    The sauna world is included in the entry price and runs 10:00 to 22:45, but it is textile free and limited to ages 16 and up, so families with younger children split their day. Children pay EUR 41.00 midweek and EUR 48.00 at weekends, school holidays, public holidays and bridge days under the 2026 rates.

  4. Sort the arrival logistics

    The site lies in Bad Blumau in south-eastern Styria, about 60 kilometres from Graz Thalerhof airport. Day visitors park next to the André Heller water goddess sculpture and enter through the Spa Reception. The resort has been certified under the Austrian Ecolabel for Tourism since 1997 and generates its heat from the thermal source.

What do people get wrong when comparing Bad Blumau and Loipersdorf?

The common mistake is treating them as interchangeable because both sit in the same corner of Styria. On scale they are not close. Loipersdorf counts 35 pools across 4,429 m² of water, 20 saunas, five slides of 529 metres combined and eight restaurants and bars, spread over roughly 60,000 m² of wellness space. Bad Blumau works with 14 indoor and outdoor pools and no slide park.

The second mistake is price anchoring. Loipersdorf's EUR 46.00 day ticket already covers the sauna village, while Bad Blumau's EUR 48.90 buys only the six-hour evening slot. If you want water volume per euro, Loipersdorf wins. If you are paying for Hundertwasser architecture, a 3,045-metre drilling and a calmer crowd, Bad Blumau is the one with no substitute in Austria.

How do you get to these spas and how do the springs differ?

Access is straightforward by car. H2O sits at the Bad Waltersdorf exit of the A2 motorway with free parking, and Heiltherme Bad Waltersdorf is a few kilometres away at Thermenstrasse 111. Loipersdorf is at Thermenstraße 152 in Bad Loipersdorf near Fürstenfeld, and Bad Radkersburg lies on the Slovenian border in the far south-east. Bad Blumau is about 60 kilometres from Graz Thalerhof airport.

The springs are genuinely different. Bad Waltersdorf delivers 1.9 million litres a day at 62 °C from 1,200 to 1,400 metres. Bad Radkersburg has been flowing since 23 January 1978 at 80 °C, with about 8,000 mg of minerals per litre and 17 bar of wellhead pressure, equivalent to a 170-metre water column. Both are cooled to between 27 °C and 36 °C in the pools.

How is this ranking computed?

  • Thermal water source and quality: 25%
  • Pool and sauna scale: 20%
  • Value per day ticket: 20%
  • Atmosphere fit (adults vs family): 20%
  • Access and logistics: 15%

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