Wellness Živa — Attraction in Bled

When it rains in Bled, you get the idea to visit the wellness center. But hurry, because everyone thinks the same, we arrived at 12 and there were almost no parking spaces and there were many visitors inside. The first surprise - they charged us 10 euros for parking, without even asking how long we would stay, although the locals assured me that parking is free for customers. The procedures were also unavailable, but they let us into the pool for 3 hours. The second unpleasant surprise - not only were we not given towels (the norm is that a towel is included in the price of the entrance ticket), but they did not even offer us! We naively believed that we would find towels inside. But no, you have to go out in your swimming trunks into the hall and buy towels for an additional 3 euros! There is enough space in the pools for bathing, but not for swimming. In addition, the water is too warm and the ventilation is insufficient - it is very difficult to breathe. Condensation drips from the beams above. Perhaps it is a matter of habit. Someone wrote here that it is cool. I don’t know. The only place to breathe was outside, but it was raining. We only lasted an hour in that stuffiness. Overall: pros - a beautiful view from the windows, the staff speaks English, there were enough sun loungers. Cons - there is practically no service, service, if anyone doesn't know, is when they show you that they are happy to see you, and not just let you buy entry. The employee should have offered towels and/or robes herself. It was too warm and stuffy for us. There is no alternative during a downpour in Bled, but I wouldn't go there a second time...

So first of all:

I have only visit one more place where they massage me like this, it was amazing 🤩🤩 (I am often going to massage treatments so can say something about it). sauna area is really nice and clean, modern with a lot of saunas, ofc u need to be naked but just in case u didn't know

Not so good: I cannot say it's not clean because it definitely is, but in every pool there is a lot of fungus, tiles are missing, rust is eating some parts of metals, somehow it's not well maintained over the time. Also on upper pool, where there is best view on lake when ur swimming in pool there is small glass which should be cristal clear when you want to enjoy view, it's super dirty in way you cannot see anything. and terrible solution for showers, so when you are done you need to take shower with your swimwear because showers are behind transparent glass and shared with everyone. So basically you cannot soap your self because I have swimwear on your self, tbh idiotic

Overall massages make my day and cannot give 3✨ but without them it would be three because of...

My wife and I did the Relaxation Package, which came with use of the swimming pools, sauna and an hour of anti-stress massage.

Warning to people that are not used to it. No clothes or swimsuits are allowed in the sauna area, which is mixed gender area.

You might feel awkward in the beginning but once you realise no one cares, you get the hang of it, pun intended ;)

The whole experience was great. We've had many massages in our life but their technique was quite different and very relaxing.

The sauna facilities were very good with various sauna rooms offering Finnish, Turkish Hamam and dry saunas of varying heat. They also had an outdoor jacuzzi and one sauna room with an amazing view of Lake Bled

No phones or cameras are allowed in the sauna area, I guess to protect people's privacy.

Shame we were only in town for a short visit but we wouldn't mind going back, especially...