Introdução
Bad Ragaz, localizada na encosta de Pizol no Vale do Reno em São Galo, tem longa tradição na área de tratamentos de saúde. Hoje é um resort de bem-estar, com hotéis de alta classe, banhos termais e campos de golfe. Suas águas quentes (37° C) e de propriedades curativas borbulham dentro das montanhas e seguem caminho através do desfiladeiro de Tamina, nas proximidades de Pfäfers.
From the middle of the 13th century pilgrims journeyed to the Abbey of Pfäfers near Bad Ragaz, where the Tamina Valley opens into the Rhine Valley, to bathe in the thermal waters. In 1535 the doctor and philosopher, Paracelsus, became the first doctor in Bad Pfäfers and testified to the healing powers of the thermal springs. Thus began the age of spa tourism. In 1716 the earliest baroque bathhouse in Switzerland was built below the Benedictine Monastery in Pfäfers.
From 1840 the thermal water was piped down to the more easily accessible village of Ragaz, 4 kilometres away, so Ragaz quickly became a renowned health resort. Luxury hotels were built to accommodate wealthy travellers, including Russian nobility, and, like the richly traditional Grand Hotel in Bad Ragaz, they still attract guests from all over the world. Today Bad Ragaz with its Tamina Thermal Spa, offers a broad range of medicinal and wellness packages.
