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Spas, Wellness and Fitness

Wellness weekends, holidays and activities may be the latest rage around the world but is a long-established aspect of Mainz culture dating back to Roman times when spas, gymnasia, individual training and sport held sway. Corpore sano, mens sana – a healthy body and a healthy mind now as then are so important.And Mainz and environs offer a whole panoply of treatments, among the best in Europe.

Wellness Weekends

Directly in town, Mainz’s leading hotels such as the Atrium, Dorint, Favorite Parkhotel and the Hyatt Regency offer Wellness Weekends. These can be centrally booked by call the Mainz Central Tourist Office (TCM) hotline +49(0)6131 286 21 26. Just west of Mainz in Bad Kreuznach the „Baederhaus“ offers 4,000-sq. meters of Finnish saunas, Roman baths and Oriental massage treatments.

For Body, Soul and Sole

Bad Sobernheim offers a 3.5-km/2.2 miles path for barefoot stimulation through clay, loam, water and over roots and stone along side the River Nahe complete with hanging bridges and make-shift trails.Great for body, soul and sole-- kids love it, too!

Traditional Kur with spring waters can be found in Bad Ems, while neighboring Wiesbaden’s Kaiser-Friedrich-Therme minutes away cross Rhine offers the full Roman treatment: Tepidarium, Sudatorium, Sanarium and Lavacrum.

Rheinland-Pfalz, of which Mainz is the capital, offers hundreds of programs promoting health and fitness. Biking, hiking, running, fitness trails, inline skating, searching for specific curative herbs for homeopathic treatments, you name it.

For herbalistic information and hikes herb sites,see www.kraeuter-hexen.de.

All of Mainz gathers at the Dom for Skate Night, every Wednesday during the summer.

Proper nourishment and sound eating are well served at the Oeko (Ecological-) Market at the Hopfengarten, Thursday from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. and the Weekly Market at the Domplatz, Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

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Baederhaus Bad Kreuznach  Barefoot Stimulation Bad Sobernheim  Kaiser-Friedrich-Therme Wiesbaden  Skating  Herbalistic Information - Kraeuter Hexe