It is the first building in Switzerland to be placed on the list of protected Swiss Heritage Conservation sites only two years after its inauguration. In September 1998, Zumthor received the Carlsberg Prize, the highest international recognition for architecture.
How to get there:
By train: with the SBB until Chur, Rhaetian Railway to Ilanz and Post Bus up to Vals (20 km).
By car: Chur - Flims - Ilanz
Opening hours:
Closed in the low season (approx. in April and May).
Therme: spa in natural rocks, Vals
Vals
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Vals is an unspoilt Walser village with stone-roof houses. The thermal pool hewn out of local rock was created in 1996 and offers a mystical-sensual experience in the midst of modern architecture by Peter Zumthor.
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- Therme Vals
7132 Vals
Tel +41 (0)81 926 80 80
Fax +41 (0)81 926 80 00 - www.therme-vals.ch
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