Best in Austria Therme Geinberg: Prices, Pools and Opening Hours
Therme Geinberg, branded Spa Resort Geinberg, is a thermal spa resort in the Innviertel that opened on 4 May 1998 and covers 102,000 m2. As of September 2026 the operator lists a day ticket from EUR 38 midweek and EUR 42 at weekends, with bathing daily from 08:00 to 22:00. The draw is 3,000 m2 of water fed by a well that surfaces near 100 degrees Celsius.
What exactly is Therme Geinberg?
Therme Geinberg trades as Spa Resort Geinberg and sits at Thermenplatz 1 in Geinberg, a village in the Innviertel of Upper Austria. VAMED began project development in 1991, finished planning in 1996 and broke ground in July 1996. The resort opened on 4 May 1998 with an investment of EUR 54.4 million on a 102,000 m2 site, which makes it the largest thermal spa in Upper Austria.
The water has an industrial origin. In 1974 the oil company RAG drilled for crude and hit hot sodium hydrogen carbonate chloride mineral sulphur water at 1,234 m. The spring reaches the surface at close to 100 degrees Celsius and is recognised as healing water. Between 1,000 and 2,000 guests come on an average day, and around eight million have visited since 1998.
How much does a visit cost in 2026?
The operator price list, valid from 1 October 2025, sets the full-day thermal ticket at EUR 42 weekend and EUR 38 midweek. A four-hour ticket costs from EUR 30 weekend and EUR 26 midweek, valid until 22:00 with check-in at any time. The Sunset evening ticket is from EUR 26 weekend and EUR 22 midweek, with check-in only between 17:00 and 18:00.
Two other tariffs are worth knowing. The short ticket bills adults EUR 9 per hour, and Best-Ager Thursday costs from EUR 38 for guests aged 50 and over with the sauna included. A family ticket starts at one adult plus one child. Holders of a disability pass get 20 percent off at the till Monday to Sunday, and a necessary companion enters free. Weekend and public-holiday tariffs also apply during school holidays and bridge days.
When is it open and how do you avoid queues?
Bathing runs daily from 08:00 to 22:00. The sauna opens at 10:00 midweek and at 09:00 at weekends, holidays and during school holidays, closing at 22:00. The Vitality Spa runs daily from 09:00 to 17:45. Bathing ends 20 minutes before closing time, so a 22:00 close means leaving the water at 21:40.
Only an online ticket gives guaranteed entry, and it also lets you reserve your preferred lounger. Online guests use the on-site fast lane ahead of walk-ins, though the operator warns that waiting times still occur on busy days. Day tickets check in from 08:00. Tickets are not refundable in cash and cannot be partly refunded.
What is in the water and sauna areas?
The resort lists 3,000 m2 of water surface and claims the largest thermal water area per guest in Austria. There are five pools across three water types: thermal, fresh and salt. Pool temperatures range from 26 to 36 degrees Celsius, and every pool is open year-round.
The layout grew in stages. Cascade pools with a panorama hall and bar plus the sauna world arrived in 2000, and the Caribbean saltwater lagoon, quiet rooms and a Caribbean restaurant followed in 2005. Indoor and outdoor thermal pools, a sports pool, whirlpools, a cold plunge pool and water loungers round out the offer. The sauna world and the Oriental World are open to children from age 10 only, which keeps those zones adult-leaning.
How does it compare with other big Austrian thermal spas?
| Therme Geinberg | Thermenresort Loipersdorf | AQUA DOME Tirol Therme Längenfeld | Therme Amadé | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region | Innviertel, Upper Austria | South-East Styria | Ötztal, Tyrol | Altenmarkt im Pongau, Salzburg |
| Pools | 5 pools, 3,000 m2 water surface | 35 pools | 12 pools | Wave, sports and brine pools indoors and outdoors |
| Sauna set-up | Sauna world plus Oriental World, from age 10 | 20 saunas in a sauna village | Sauna area with up to 12 infusions a day | 5 themed saunas, not included in the bathing ticket |
| Slides and family draw | No slide park; saltwater lagoon and sports pool | 5 slides totalling 529 m in the Fun Park | Alpen Arche Noah children's world with a large slide | Looping slide, black hole slide and funnel slide |
| Adults-only or quiet zone | Premium quiet area and Vitality Spa, 09:00 to 17:45 | Schaffelbad, 15,000 m2, adults only | SPA 3000 sauna and relaxation area | Sauna world only; under-12s need an adult in the spa |
| Published entry price | Day ticket from EUR 38 midweek, EUR 42 weekend | Schaffelbad from EUR 61, evening from EUR 38 | Day Spa package listed at EUR 89 in a third-party price database | Sauna charged on top of the bathing ticket; summer guest-card discount |
Which mistakes do first-time visitors make?
The first is arriving without a ticket. Only the online ticket guarantees entry, and on peak days the till closes once capacity is reached. The second is misreading the calendar: weekend and holiday rates apply on bridge days and in school holidays, so a Tuesday in February can cost the EUR 42 weekend rate rather than EUR 38.
The third is the sauna clock. Midweek the sauna opens two hours after the pools, at 10:00 rather than 08:00, so an early start is pool time only. Families should also note the age-10 limit for the sauna world and Oriental World. During the Christmas holidays separate tariffs apply and are published day by day in the online shop, so check the date you want before booking.
Is Geinberg worth a trip if you live outside Upper Austria?
It depends on what you want from a spa day. Geinberg is a bathing and relaxation resort rather than a slide park, so families chasing rides get more from Loipersdorf, where five slides run to 529 m in total, or from Therme Amadé with its looping and funnel slides.
For quiet bathing the maths works differently. A midweek day ticket from EUR 38 against 3,000 m2 of water, pools between 26 and 36 degrees Celsius and a 14-hour operating window from 08:00 to 22:00 gives a long day per euro. Alpine-view bathing is a different product: the AQUA DOME in the Ötztal runs 12 pools on a 50,000 m2 resort site. If the deciding factor is genuine hot mineral water, the Geinberg well at close to 100 degrees Celsius is among the hottest in the country.
How is this ranking computed?
- Thermal water source and temperature: 25%
- Water area and pool variety: 25%
- Sauna and adults-only facilities: 20%
- Published price transparency: 15%
- Family versus quiet-time balance: 15%
Entity references
Full factual profiles for each entity on this page:
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- https://www.sparesortgeinberg.at/de/therme/oeffnungszeiten-preise
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