Taunus Therme — Attraction in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe

Having enjoyed the Sinsheim , Miramare and Odenwald-Therme spas, I can easily say that these in Thaunus are by far the worst. I'll go in order. The lockers in the locker rooms are really small. On average, a gym bag can hardly fit in there. The locker rooms (at least the men's) are very small. The showers (at least the men's) are also small and few. Once I got out of the locker room I tried several pools of “hot” water, and in all of them the water far colder than advertised in the various signs (in one pool they stated water temperature was 32 degrees, but believe me, the water was vaguely lukewarm). The only pool with really warm and pleasant water was the very small (a maximum of 6 or 6 adults could fit in) jacuzi at the entrance to the sauna area. All other pools were either cold or semi-cold. Okay, having abandoned the idea of being able to relax in hot water, I went in search of a sauna. ALL the saunas were packed, there was in no way a chance to lie down but only to be able to sit, inches from another person, of course. Why this? Simply because the spa management doesn't think it's useful to make a controlled entrance for users. If 3,000 people want to enter, they let them all in. With the net result that saunas become overcrowded, as do all public spaces. Okay, having abandoned the idea of having a sauna, I went in search of a place where I wanted to lie down and rest. In the relaxation areas ALL the loungers were occupied. Unfortunately, though, only a small part was occupied by people who were resting, the other half was occupied by beach towels from those very uncivilized customers who “hoard” the loungers at the beginning of the day and then keep them occupied all day for their use. Obviously, if there was an entrance control, this would most likely not happen; but if you decide to let in as many people as possible just to make a profit, then this is the result. With regret I leave my single star, and I will definitely never set foot in a facility like this again. As written at the beginning of the review, there are much nicer, bigger and...

In one word: awful.

We have been there early on a saturday morning, and only visited the SPA/SAUNA area.

First impression: 80s design everywhere. Everything looks like it is at least 30 years old - and unfortunately, the style did not age well. It is extremely tacky.

Changing rooms: Way too small and tight. The lockers are too narrow for a pair of shoes. There is no bench to put your stuff on while changing: You have change balancing on your feet. Due to the layout of the changing rooms, the floor is used barefeet and with shoes. Absolutely disgusting - no cleaning can fix that.

Changing room showers: Crowded, tight.

Spa area: The 80s continue. And not in a cool way. Nothing looks like it has been refurbished in the last 30 years. It does not support a relaxing atmosphere at all.

At least it was somewhat clean.

There is one - staggeringly ugly - plastic swimming pool in the spa area, and one outside. The outside one is cold, though.

Showers after sauna: Not enough, and far away. If you want a warm shower - we found one

Food/Drinks: Plastic wrapped baked stuff, soft drinks, beer, coffee.

Music: They play the radio. Seriously. Why? That is not relaxing at all.

Other visitors: Lots of male visitors gape at younger, female visitors. And almost everyone of those male visitors is from a culture which does not allow "their" women to visit a public spa.

It was an appaling experience all in all.

Alternatives: Binshof Spa Speyer. Rhein Main Therme. Smaller Saunas in...

I had the chance to explore these spas, and after trying many over time, I have to say that this one is the absolute worst. First of all, the lockers in the women's changing rooms were really small and there could barely fit duffel bags. I tried the various end pools and found none that were even remotely warm, despite the fact that it was written that they were heated to 32 degrees, I assure you that the temperature was much lower than what was stated. In the search for a sauna, I found a large number of saunas present, and all of them were full! You couldn't get in if you didn't want to sit on the knees of the people inside because of how crowded they were, and this is due to the fact that there is no ticket count at the entrance, which consequently leads to the saunas being overloaded with people. So in the end I abandoned the idea of looking for a sauna and a pool to rest in, but rather to look for a relaxation area to sleep in. Lo and behold, all the loungers in the various relaxation areas were full and there was no room for anyone. Especially for those boorish people who arrived at the beginning of the morning, put their towels on the loungers and didn't show up for the rest of the day. not giving people a chance to use the relaxation area. The location is quite nice and the architecture is also very nice in this Japanese style. In conclusion, for the price I paid and for the services that were not offered I would give less...