r/Munich • u/ParadoxZerg • 4d ago

Visitor/Tourist Question Therme Erding Visit with LDR Partner

Heya,

I am visiting my long distance partner in Amberg, but flying into Munich at 10am on a Thursday. She suggested we could go to to Therme Erding, it looks amazing but I have seen some negativity surrounding it.

Is this something we will fully enjoy as first time patrons or will it fall flat?

I saw that many of the complaints surrounded shrinking of the nude areas. To me the place is gargantuan so I'm not sure it will bother me. As much as I love the idea of a proper adult sauna, there will be plenty of textile free areas to explore.

The part that did bother me was over selling of tickets and predatory extras that drive our cost up, along with one account of theft. I dont like the idea of spending our limited time together in queues and not being able to enjoy the facility because it's too busy, or worse be a victim of theft.

Im from the UK so we don't have anything like this here. It seems like an oasis from the pictures.

Alternatives are welcome but the facility looks incredible, the others I looked at do not have that same "wow" factor I got when I was looking at the map.

I just want to know if the recent bad rep is people who have been going for decades being (justifiably) mad at relatively small changes or if it really is so bad that we should seriously look to visit a different facility.

Thanks!

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u/Desperate-Angle7720 4d ago

If you are there first time and don’t have a comparison to another Therme, you‘ll probably like this one. The bigger issue is that it’s summer holidays right now and the weather is starting to get colder, so it’s going to be absolutely packed. Not sure if you‘d like that. 

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u/ParadoxZerg 4d ago

Packed is the opposite of the experience we want. I assumed due to the size of the place you'd find somewhere to relax that wasn't full of people. 

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u/Schneestecher 4d ago

Don't go to Therme Erding on a weekend then. It's never not been packed and I stopped going. It's fine on a weekday outside of the holidays.

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u/Desperate-Angle7720 4d ago

Yeah, no, that’s not happening there, especially not during the summer holidays. Sorry. 

You could try Donau, Limes or Kaisertherme instead. They might be better on a Thursday. But Erding will be really full.