For more than a hundred years visitors have been coming from all over the world to bathe here. Our springs have been bubbling since time immemorial; yet we keep discovering new benefits from them. Appenzellerland is the birthplace of wellbeing, of life lived in harmony with nature; the home of wellness, since long before the word became a slogan.

More people than ever before suffer from diseases associated with modern life, such as back pain, joint problems, breathing difficulties and allergies. Holidays can frequently help to treat and even eliminate these conditions. Health holidays nowadays are holistic, active and preventative in scope – a combination that Appenzellerland offers in a wide variety of ways. Experience the wonderful contrast of the cultures of the Far East and of Appenzell: mineral water from an in-house spring, whey treatments and Kneipp cures alongside Ayurveda, Tai-Chi and Chi-Yung beauty weeks.

The most natural remedy of all is, of course, pure, fresh Appenzell air. Hence the numerous climatic health resorts of earlier generations that gained worldwide fame long ago – most notably the Biedermeier village of Heiden, on a sunny terrace in the hills high above Lake Constance. Another place to find the purest mountain air is on Mount Säntis, 2,502 metres above sea level – from where the view, on clear days, encompasses six countries.

Health and wellness hotels in Appenzellerland:
Gonten – Hotel Jakobsbad, Kurhaus Bad Gonten
Heiden – Hotel Heiden, Kurhaus Sunnematt
Schwellbrunn – Kurhaus Sonnenberg
Speicher – Appenzellerhof
Walzenhausen – Hotel Walzenhausen
Weissbad – Hotel Hof Weissbad
Wienacht – Hotel Seeblick