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Bad Blumau Not Bad At All

We are big fans of Friedensreich Hundertwasser's funky design style, whether the artistic result is jewelry, art or architecture. Combine that with the luxury of a thermal bathing experience and a resort with no two windows alike and we're in some kind of heaven. Even if it is an expensive kind of heaven.

The Rogner Bad Blumau spa resort in south-eastern Austria is really a one-of-a-kind. Windy corridors with crazily irregular tiles (and hazardous lumps and bumps on the paths that would never pass safety regulations elsewhere) lead to a relaxing collection of baths and in particular the Vulkania hot spring, bubbling under the motto of "No spring is hotter or more mineralized". The symbolic volcano at the end of the lake is a tad on the tacky side, but usually you'll be too relaxed to care.

You can either visit the bath resort on a day ticket or stay at the hotel, but remember in keeping with the "wellness" theme, the huge buffet breakfast will be full of organic foods and anyone looking for colorful cereals will be frowned at: Those sometimes serious Austrians probably won't crack a smile at a "Lucky Charms, bitte?" request.

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