Tauern Spa Update

 Tauern Spa Kaprun update  (Spa now open)

 The new 80 million euro spa Tauern Spa, is located in the Austrian Alps,  in the valley bottom between Kaprun and Zell am See, it is scheduled to open in November 2010.

The operator will be Vamed Vitality World which is creating Tauern Spa in Kaprun in the Salzburg, Pinzgau  area of Austria. It will create a brand new new spa and wellness resort for the area.



Tauern Spa Kaprun under construction Summer 2010

It is expected that beneficiaries include people from the region and tourists she went on to say that with the Kitzsteinhorn, in the south the snow-capped peaks of the Hohe Tauern, the Pinzgauer Grass Mountains to the north to Zell am See, the view ideal location  for a spa.  .
Initial plans for a spa in Kaprun were considered in 2000. On 4th September 2008 the start of the project came to fruition. It is expected  for the region, this project will create over 200 year-round jobs and training courses and also an  increase in quality of year-round tourism. In the summer the Tauern Spa World to the interesting focus for the walking and wellness and in winter visitors to the Base Station for the ski tourism in the region.
More than 2,100 square meters of water, outdoor & indoor, plus seven different  pools with beautiful mountain views as a backdrop will be on offer. There are also plans for panoramic saunas, steam rooms and rest areas, to add to the experience a lobby with library, hotel bar with live music, restaurant and parlour, beautiful terraces, spacious seminar and conference facilities and a playground. 17 rooms for wellness pampering body and facial treatments,  massages, massage with herbs, wrap packages and spa care available. 

The international health care group Vamed have engaged since 1995 in the spa and wellness area, the group founded  11 years later in 2006 Vamed Vitality World (VVW), the group currently operates six spas / wellness complexes in Austria.

• i)  Aqua Dome - Tirol Therme Langenfeld,  
• ii) Geinberg, the Therme Laa - Hotel and Spa, 
• iii) St. Martin's Lodge Spa,  
• iv) The spa Vienna and 
• v) Health-Oberlaa Bad Sauerbrunn.   

 Around two million visitors annually visit the spas of Vamed Vitality World, making Vitality Austria's largest spa operators.

Looking for somewhere to stay in close to Tauern Spa World Kaprun, for a group from 3-9 persons? then please consider consider staying at Austria-Holiday-Apartment.

Tauern Spa Kaprun facilities

 Tauern Spa Kaprun due to open in November 2010

 Legend

After  an investment of eithty five million Euros the planned spa and wellness facilities include:-



1) Hotel **** superior consisting of 160 rooms and suites, all with panoramic balcony, lobby with library facilities, hotel bar with live music, restaurant and parlour, terraces,  seminar rooms with conference facilities and children's playground.

2)  Hotel Spa consists of  indoor pool, outdoor pool glazed, sauna with panoramic views, steam baths, relaxation and adventure areas, fireplace-lounge

3) Spa Water World Indoor,  activity pool, relaxaxation pool, slide with water cascade.

4)   Spa World of Water outdoor, solo quiet pool, activity pool, 25-meter sport pool.

5)  Spa Kidstein consists of  indoor and outdoor pools, children's pool, 2 slides, games, creative and multi-media room, outdoor water park and volleyball court.

6)  Spa cuisine  market restaurant, sauna-bistro, summer bar, a café in the foyer with wholesome and fresh food.

7)  Spa Sauna area:- finnish sauna, oven-sauna, herbal bath, bio sauna, brine Laconium, aroma steam bath, spacious relaxation areas, saunas Liquor in the garden. In addition, private sauna area with sauna various productions for guests.

8) Spa Treatment areas :- 17 rooms for pampering body and facial treatments such as beauty treatments, massages, massage with herbs, wrap packages and treatment baths.

9)  Sports and Fitness Spa, Gym Tauern-Spa-kaprun.area with cardio and strength equipment

If you are looking for somewhere to stay in the area? for a group from 3-9 persons? then please consider consider staying at Austria-Holiday-Apartment.

Tauern-Spa-Kaprun with views across the valley to Kaprun and the Kitzsteinhorn complete with glacier

Tauern Spa Kaprun - Austria location overview

The new spa and wellness complex of Tauern Spa Kaprun is scheduled to open its doors in November 2010. At 85 million plus euros it promises to be something very special.

It is located in the Alps, between Salzburg and Innsbruck.  About one and quarter hours away from Salzburg, around  one and a half hours away from Innsbruck and with Munich airport about a two and a half hour away, with a scenic drive to enhance the journey!  There are regular flights to all three city locations throughout the year, with  alternative Austrian flights destinations available.
 
For those who travel by train there is  the Austrian railway service - OBB, offering a punctual and frequent service around Austria. With the excellent Austrian road network all in all getting to and from the Kaprun and Zell am See is made very easy.

The spa complex is located just to the north of the village of Kaprun close  to Zell am See. It sits in the valley bottom adjacent to the 36 hole championship golf course of the  Zellamsee-Kaprun club.  Views directly across the valley of the 3000+ metre plus mighty Kitzsteinhorn  famous for its glacier are bound to impress.

Across the valley to the south can be seen  Kaprun castle / Burg commanding views up and down the valley, where it is even possible to get married at!

The medieval market town of Zell am See is also just a few minutes away, nestling between the mountain and lake.

Tauern Spa Kaprun under construction and due to open in November 2010