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Therme Meran

The Merano Hot Springs offers South Tyrol residents and guests an oasis of well being and health, right in the heart of the city. The ancient tradition of hot springs and health care in Merano is revisited and interpreted in a new way. Nature and South Tyrol culture play a role of fundamental importance in the Merano Hot Springs’ offer of health and well being; the hot springs cover an area of 7,650 m2.

Matteo Thun’s objective was to create a “natural oasis” in the centre of the city and to “reawaken the memory of the force of water, which is millions of years old, through materials and forms”. The Merano Hot Springs must represent something unique in Europe and elsewhere, because no similar natural oasis exists, in the very heart of the city, in any other place. In shaping the cube of glass designed by the team of Berlin architects, Baumann, Zillich, Müller and Wehberg, Matteo Thun did not take into consideration only the extraordinary park on the south side of the springs and the cedar garden, with its generations-old trees, but extended his gaze to the immediate surroundings and beyond. The unique position and microclimate of the city, with its celebrated flora, is worthy of occupying an outstanding space. Guests will be able to gaze through the windows in their bathrobes, freely surveying the northern chain of the Tessa group; they will have the unique sensation of seeing flowers and snow at the same time. Materials such as wood and stone are dominant in the interiors. The stone is treated to create the impression that the water has flowed over it for centuries, while the water is harmoniously combined with the precious glass mosaics by Trend. “We have created an environment here for the guest of the XXI century, who seeks relaxation and well being at the Merano Hot Springs, through the element of water”, declares Matteo Thun.