Historic thermal baths

You can reach Merano by car: from the north Munich - Rosenheim - Kufstein (A12 Inntal Freeway, obligatory toll) - Innsbruck (A13 Brenner Freeway, obligatory toll) - Brenner (A22 Brenner Freeway, obligatory toll) - Bolzano (Exit Bolzano South) - Merano (MEBO-Highway) Munich - Garmisch - Innsbruck - Brenner (A22 Brenner Freeway, obligatory toll) - Bolzano (Exit Bolzano South) - Merano (MEBO-Highway) Alternative: Brenner - Vipiteno - Passo Giovo - Val Passiria - Merano Ötztal - Passo Rombo - Val Passiria - Merano from the west Ulm - Kempten - Füssen - Fernpass - Imst - Landeck - Passo Resia (State Road 40 + 38) - Merano Bregenz - Feldkirch - Arlberg - Landeck - Passo Resia (State Road 40 + 38) - Merano St. Moritz - Ofenpass - Münster - Taufers in Muenster - Glorenza - Merano Zurich - Landquart - Klosters - Vereinatunnel - Zernez - Ofenpass - Münster - Taufers in Münster - Glorenza - Merano from the east Lienz - Innichen - Val Pusteria (State Road 49) - (A22 Brenner Freeway, obligatory toll) Bolzano - Merano (MEBO-Highway) - Merano.


In 1907 the first thermal baths were built in via Otto-Huber, to help make Merano the most famous spa town in Central Europe. The Historic thermal baths were designed by a member of the so-called "Münchner Gruppe", the Bavarian architect Max Langheinrich. The three-story building ends in a mighty dome. An elegant, semi-circular entrance hall with columns decorates the facade of today's Sala Civica (civic hall). Inside, a wide and richly decorated marble staircase leads to the upper floor. There an impressive lampshade hangs from the ceiling; it is adorned with several statues, dressed in Tyrolean costumes.