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Originally Posted by Medioman
Sure. South tyrol is full of wellness hotels with large spa facilities, usually multiple saunas, steam room and cold/warm pools. Aufguss also are very common. The hotels tend to be quite pricey as the area is very nice and has a beautiful mix of austrian and italian traits (always had amazing meals). In all of them you are basically sure that the spa will be nude, as long as you are in the province of Bolzano/Bozen which is the german-speaking part of Italy. The spa area is generally adult only or 16+ (i have seen families with teens in the sauna a couple of times).
I have been to three different wellness hotels in South Tyrol/Alto Adige and in all of them the spa was nude and strictly enforced with clear signs at the entrance. People generally walked around nude also in between saunas and steam room etc.
After aufguss everyone rushes out nude in the open air, take cold plunges and the staff brings out fruits and little treats. It’s amazing.
They cater for tourists which are generally locals, Austrians and Germans and the average age is I would say 40/45 given they tend to be quite expensive. You do have though many couples in their 30s like us. Never seen groups of young girls. You do get the odd italian (let’s say Italians not from south tyrol lol) couple or family that is very uncomfortable with nudity and is always funny to see them getting accustomed to it. Last year when we were there there was an Italian family with 2 teenager kids and clearly they were not comfortable and kept being wrapped in towels in the sauna. But the dad kept looking at my gf boobs which I think even the wife noticed. I loved it.
You then have a couple of large spas that are not attached to hotels and are open to the public, you just have to pay an entrance fee. I have never been in one of these but for example one of the most famous is the Merano Terme and there sauna is also naked (you can read the reviews on google maps of the Italians, again the ones not from south tyrol, complaining about it lol).
I can put the name of the hotels although everyone seems a bit paranoid about it…
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Will be going to that region in a few months in a hotel with wellness but no aufguss.
I noticed a lot of hotels close their spa-area at 19.00 though.
Can you send me the hotels in a pm?