Kaprun Spa World Tauern update

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Tauern Spa Kaprun, due for  Completion  November 2010

Work continues apace in the construction of the new spa and wellness complex as it slowly rises up from the ground, will testify that the sighting of the spa is an excellent choice and it is starting to take pride of place in the valley bottom. It nestles between the village of Kaprun, in the other directions there is Kaprun castle, and in another direction the 36 hole championship golf course of Zell am See or to give its full title the golf club of Zell am See - Kaprun

Sallbach-Hinterglemm

Beyond the immediate landscape the spa centres its attention on the mighty Kitzsteinhorn 3000 metre+ mountain famous for its glacier, where it is possible to ski all year around.

Vamed Vitality World who will be the operating company for Tauern-Spa World, have produced a 3 page fact sheet on the new spa complex in Kaprun  and it gives further information on what the site will consist of.

Adjacent to the spa complex will be a new 4 * hotel, 160 room / 320 bed hotel, with the facility to host conferences / weddings of up to 200 people.

For the Kaprun spa it is planned that there will be 17 treatment rooms, 9 massage rooms and 5 beauty in addition to the Saunas, steam rooms and spas.

Along with additional facilities for children which will include children's play area and slides. The date for opening is scheduled for November 2010, ( brought forward from December)  and with the Austrian's thoroughness this is the expected earlier date.

Gastein Valley  Spas

For those who can't wait until then the Spa complexes in the nearby Gastein valley come highly recommended. There is the ski and Mountain spa Gastein in the interesting town Bad Gastein, which can be visited by train.

Alpentherme  in the  Gastein valley well  worth  a  visit

 Further down the Gastein valley there is the neighbouring sister spa of   Bad Hofgastein of Alpentherme    which  boasts the  following  facts: opening in December 2003,  the  Architect was Martin Kohlbauer, total area 32,000 sq. m  with  an  indoor area: 14,000 sq. m, outdoor area 18,000 sq. m, total water surface: 1,500 sq. m.  Consists  of  10 pools and basins  and  different  temperatures of 24°, 36° and 33°.  A  visit  visit to any  of  the  spas  will give you some indication for what is in store in Kaprun with the new Spa /Wellness complex.

If you are looking for somewhere to stay in the area,  please consider staying at:-Austria holiday apartment, it will sleep a family / group of  3-9 persons in luxury and comfort and has the benefit of 3 bath / shower rooms.

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