Kaiser Franz Josef Therme
- Location
- Bad Hofgastein, Salzburg, Austria
- Water type
- thermal
- Temperature
- 36 °C
- pH
- 7.3
Water profile
Soothing — neither hot nor cold, perfect balance.
Rich in trace elements — gentle on the skin.
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
Kaiser Franz Josef Therme is found in Bad Hofgastein, the sister spa town to Bad Gastein in the Gastein Valley of Salzburg Province, sharing the same remarkable geothermal system that produces some of Austria's most mineral-rich and mildly radioactive thermal waters — the radon-bearing Gastein waters have long been valued within a deep thermal tradition, and the valley as a whole has been designated a recognized European health resort. The thermal facility is named for Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, the longest-reigning Habsburg monarch whose 68-year reign (1848-1916) saw Bad Gastein and Bad Hofgastein achieve their greatest period of aristocratic and imperial patronage as the preferred thermal resort of the Habsburg court. The Kaiser Franz Josef Therme draws on the same extraordinary Gastein geothermal system to deliver its mineral bathing in a mountain spa setting that combines imperial heritage with the long-standing renown that has made the Gastein Valley Austria's most celebrated thermal destination.