BADEN-BADEN, Germany -- As one might expect of a town named "Baths-Baths," this ritzy Black Forest burg is a top spa mecca. But there's more to the town than mineral springs and massages, and clients ...

Germany’s spa town of Baden Baden is so special they named it twice. In the Middle Ages the village was simply called Baden, meaning “bath.” It officially became Baden Baden in 1931 as a shortened ...

Thermal baths in Baden-Baden have made the southwest German city a popular wellness destination. Pictured, the glass-domed Caracalla Spa. Source: Courtesy of Baden-Baden Kur & Tourismus Late afternoon ...

Whether in a German spa, a Czech peat bath, or a Finnish sauna, a fun part of travel can be getting naked with strangers.

“You will be naked.” The woman at the entrance to the “textile-free” Friedrichsbad Roman-Irish bath in Baden-Baden, Germany, mentioned this more than once. All you wear in this neo-Renaissance, ...

Nothing quite matches a good old-fashioned spa town like Baden-Baden. And by old-fashioned, I mean really old-fashioned-or rather, "exceptionally storied." Roman soldiers garrisoned in what is now the ...