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Hotel wellness & spa at Altein
Indoor pool, lazy river and plunge pools
Hotel Altein is your wellness hotel in Arosa, with one of the largest wellness areas in the resort: over 950 sqm dedicated to relaxation and recovery. Float the world away in the indoor pool, drift along the lazy river, or take a dip in the cold plunge pool. Day spa access is available for external guests. Please contact us to check availability and book your visit.
Open to external guests according to availability. Day pass CHF 26 in summer and CHF 35 in winter, children 4 to 15 CHF 19 in summer and CHF 24 in winter.
Indoor pool
At 18 metres by 4.5, the indoor pool is built for lengths rather than lounging. The water sits at a steady 23 °C and the pool is 1.2 metres deep, so you can push off, find a rhythm and swim for as long as you like. Daylight does much of the work in here: tall windows run along the room, the water holds a clear turquoise, and rows of tiled columns with soft sconce lighting give the space a character of its own.
Lazy river
Step in and let the current do the work. The lazy river is a circular pool 4.5 metres across, running at the same steady 23 °C as the indoor pool and a uniform 1.2 metres deep, so there is no swimming to be done and no depth to think about. Drift one slow loop, then another, and an hour goes by without you noticing. It is the easiest place in the wellness area to stop thinking about the mountain you have just come down.
Outdoor pool
Open through the summer months, the outdoor pool measures 14 metres by 5 and sits at a steady 23 °C, with the depth running from 1.2 to 1.4 metres. Swim a few lengths under open sky, then take a lounger and let the Arosa sun and the thin mountain air finish the job. On a clear morning the water is still and the peaks are close enough to pick out by name. It is the one part of the spa that exists for only a few months of the year.
Saunas and steam bath
Two saunas at 90 °C, one textile and one textile free, sit alongside a steam bath at a gentler 60 °C and an infra-red cabin you can set anywhere between 30 and 60 °C. Children are welcome in the saunas and the steam bath when accompanied by an adult, and the heat area stays quiet enough to hear the building settle. Work through them in whatever order suits you, cool down properly in between, and give yourself longer than you think you need. Sauna infusions run through the winter and pause over the summer, though the saunas themselves stay open.
Cold plunge pool
At 18 °C, the cold plunge is the sharp end of the heat circuit and the reason the sauna works as well as it does. Three breaths in, shoulders under, and the shock gives way to something closer to clarity. Thirty seconds is plenty on the first attempt. Come back to it between rounds and you will find you stay longer each time, and walk out of the wellness area properly awake rather than merely warm.
Relaxation room
The relaxation area is where the heat circuit ends. Loungers face full height glazing, the light changes with the weather rather than with a thermostat, and the temperature follows the sun. Take a towel, take a glass of water, and give yourself twenty minutes with nothing at all to do. Reading is permitted. Conversation is possible but rarely necessary. It is the least demanding room in the building and, on a long afternoon, quietly the most useful one.
Massages and treatments
Treatments start at CHF 75 for a 25 minute back and neck massage and run to CHF 180 for 80 minutes of classic full body or hot stone. In between sit sport massage, aroma oil therapy and a foot massage with peeling. Sessions run from 25 to 80 minutes. Booking is by phone or email rather than online, so it is worth asking at reception on the day you arrive if you want a particular time.
Fitness
The fitness room is built for cardio: two treadmills, two indoor cycles, a cross trainer and a rowing machine. It is a compact room rather than a full gym, which suits the way most guests use it, twenty minutes before breakfast or a loosening session after a long day out. The equipment is straightforward and there is rarely a queue. Anything heavier than cardio is best left to the mountain outside.
Day spa for guests from outside
You do not have to be staying at Altein to use the wellness area. A day pass costs CHF 26 for adults in summer and CHF 35 in winter. Children aged 4 to 15 pay CHF 19 in summer and CHF 24 in winter, and from 16 the adult rate applies. The pass covers the pools, the saunas, the steam bath and the relaxation area. The spa is open to the public, but numbers are limited so that it stays calm for everyone in it. Call ahead before you set out and we will tell you what space there is on the day.
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