--- type: "Article" title: "Splashing and feasting at the Grand Resort Bad Ragaz" description: "Blessed with a natural thermal bath the Grand Resort Bad Ragaz is the perfect place for splashing around in for a weekend!" resource: "https://travelmemo.com/switzerland/grand-resort-bad-ragaz" author: "Walter Schaerer" publisher: "Travelmemo" photo_count: 26 tags: ["Luxury", "Spa-Wellness", "Swiss Deluxe Hotels", "Switzerland"] entities: - "https://travelmemo.com/ontology/places/switzerland" - "https://travelmemo.com/ontology/places/europe" - "https://travelmemo.com/ontology/places/heidiland" - "https://travelmemo.com/ontology/places/asia" - "https://travelmemo.com/ontology/places/graubuenden" - "https://travelmemo.com/ontology/places/st-gallen" - "https://travelmemo.com/ontology/places/zuerich" - "https://travelmemo.com/ontology/topics/luxury-travel" - "https://travelmemo.com/ontology/topics/wellness-tourism" - "https://travelmemo.com/ontology/topics/resort" - "https://travelmemo.com/ontology/topics/restaurant" - "https://travelmemo.com/ontology/topics/golf" - "https://travelmemo.com/ontology/topics/culinary-tourism" - "https://travelmemo.com/ontology/topics/review" - "https://travelmemo.com/ontology/topics/thermal-springs" - "https://travelmemo.com/ontology/topics/architecture" - "https://travelmemo.com/ontology/topics/excursion-tips" - "https://travelmemo.com/ontology/topics/experience-travel" - "https://travelmemo.com/ontology/topics/itinerary" - "https://travelmemo.com/ontology/organizations/swiss-international-air-lines" - "https://travelmemo.com/ontology/organizations/travelmemo" - "https://travelmemo.com/author/walter-schaerer" generated: { by: "human:https://travelmemo.com/author/walter-schaerer", at: 2026-07-05T18:03:50+00:00 } verified: - { by: "human:https://travelmemo.com/author/katja-birrer", at: 2018-08-25T16:50:11+00:00 } sources: - id: photos resource: grand-resort-bad-ragaz.md#photos title: "Original photography by Walter Schaerer" author: "human:https://travelmemo.com/author/walter-schaerer" last_modified: 2018-07-29 timestamp: 2026-07-05T18:03:50+00:00 --- # Splashing and feasting at the Grand Resort Bad Ragaz > Grand Resort Bad Ragaz is a sprawling five-star wellness destination in eastern Switzerland built around a natural thermal spring whose water flows 4.5 km from the Tamina Gorge at a body-temperature 36.5°C, offering multiple hotels, seven restaurants, and two golf courses. ## Destination Bad Ragaz, eastern Switzerland (Heidiland region), address: Bernhard-Simonstrasse, 7310 Bad Ragaz. ## What to see - **Tamina Therme** — Public thermal baths fed by spring water from the Tamina Gorge, with striking architecture, steam baths, saunas, and a Kneipp foot bath. - **Helena Bath** — Europe's first covered interior thermal bath, conceived in 1872 by resort founder Bernhard Simon. - **Light Ragaz** — Nightly 3D multimedia light show illuminating the Tamina Gorge, described as mind-boggling. - **Schloss Wartenstein** — Historic castle hotel 250 m above the Rhine valley, next to a castle ruin and a Cristo Redentor statue, with panoramic views of the Churfirsten peaks and Bündner Herrschaft wine region. - **Art Ragaz** — Open-air sculpture exhibition whose works are placed along the golf course fairways and surrounding grounds. ## What to do - **Spa Suites Tower** — Suites with in-room saunas and private baths fed by thermal spring water for an in-room spa experience. - **Golf at Bad Ragaz** — Two courses available: the easier 'Heidiland' course and the more demanding Golf Club Bad Ragaz course, which hosts the Swiss Seniors Open. - **Dining at Restaurant IGNIV** — One Michelin star and 17 Gault Millau points; a sharing-concept restaurant by chef Silvio Germann under the Andreas Caminada umbrella. - **Dining at Restaurant Namun** — Asian cuisine earning 13 Gault Millau points, unexpectedly located in the Swiss Heidiland resort. - **Dining at Zollstube** — Traditional Swiss dishes including Grisons barley broth, fondue, and 15 craft beers including the house beer 36.5 Quell brewed with thermal spring water. - **Wine pairing at Olives d'Or** — Mediterranean-leaning restaurant where head sommelier René Blanco Müller selects Swiss regional wines to match each dish. ## Good to know The resort comprises four hotels including the Grand Hotel Quellenhof & Spa Suites, Grand Hotel Hof Ragaz, Hotel Palais Bad Ragaz, and Hotel Schloss Wartenstein (added 2016). Restaurant Bel Air requires men to wear a jacket in its blue section. The house beer, 36.5 Quell, is brewed with thermal spring water from the Tamina Gorge. ## Photos ```yaml photos: - url: "https://travelmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Grand-Hotel-Quellenhof-Spa-Loft-Suite-Superior.jpg" caption: "Wohnzimmer der Spa Suite im Grand Hotel Quellenhof" keywords: ["Bad Ragaz", "Grand Hotel Quellenhof & Spa Suites", "Grand Resort Bad Ragaz", "Reiseblogger-Review", "https://reisememo.ch/?p=18441"] captured: 2010-10-31 credit: "Walter Schärer" - url: "https://travelmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Bad-Ragartz-Skulptur-Werner-Mally.jpg" caption: "Skulptur von Werner Mally vor dem Grand REsort Spa Turm" keywords: ["Ausstellung", "Bad Ragartz 2018", "Bad Ragaz", "Skulptur", "Triennale", "Werner Mally", "https://reisememo.ch/?p=19143"] captured: 2018-07-29 credit: "Walter Schärer" - url: "https://travelmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Therme-Bad-Ragaz.jpg" caption: "Eingang zum öffentlichen Thermalbad" keywords: ["Bad Ragaz", "Grand Resort Bad Ragaz", "Thermalbad", "Therme", "https://reisememo.ch/?p=18441"] captured: 2018-07-27 geo: {latitude: 46.9991, longitude: 9.5053} credit: "Walter Schärer" - url: "https://travelmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Grandresort-Bad-Ragaz-Spa.jpg" caption: "Katja im Thermalquellwasser" keywords: ["Bad Ragaz", "Grand Resort Bad Ragaz", "Spa", "Thermal Spa", "https://reisememo.ch/?p=18441"] captured: 2018-07-28 credit: "Walter Schärer" - url: "https://travelmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Grandresort-Bad-Ragaz-Thermal-Spa.jpg" caption: "Thermal Spa im Grandresort Bad Ragaz" keywords: ["Bad Ragaz", "Grand Resort Bad Ragaz", "Spa", "Thermal Spa", "https://reisememo.ch/?p=18441"] captured: 2018-07-28 credit: "Walter Schärer" - url: "https://travelmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Grandresort-Bad-Ragaz-Thermalbad-Helena.jpg" caption: "Helena Bad im Grandresort Bad Ragaz" keywords: ["Bad Helena", "Bad Ragaz", "Grand Resort Bad Ragaz", "Thermalbad", "Thermalwasser", "https://reisememo.ch/?p=18441"] captured: 2018-07-27 geo: {latitude: 47.0001, longitude: 9.5034} credit: "Walter Schärer" - url: "https://travelmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IGNIV-Restaurant-Silvio-Germann-Francesco-Benvenuto.jpg" caption: "Küchenchef Silvio Germann und Sommelier Francesco Benvenuto" keywords: ["Bad Ragaz", "Francesco Benvenuto", "Gourmet", "IGNIV", "Lunch", "Menu", "Mittagessen", "Ragaz Resort", "Restaurant", "Silvio Germann", "by Andreas Caminada", "https://reisememo.ch/europa/schweiz/igniv-restaurant-andreas-cam"] captured: 2017-07-02 geo: {latitude: 47.0004, longitude: 9.5023} credit: "Walter Schärer" - url: "https://travelmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Etagere-IGNIV-Restaurant-Bad-Ragaz.jpg" caption: "IGNIV Nuggets auf der Etagère" keywords: ["Bad Ragaz", "Gourmet", "IGNIV", "Lunch", "Menu", "Mittagessen", "Ragaz Resort", "Restaurant", "Silvio Germann", "Zalto Denk'Art", "by Andreas Caminada", "https://reisememo.ch/europa/schweiz/igniv-restaurant-andreas-cam"] captured: 2017-07-02 geo: {latitude: 47.0004, longitude: 9.5023} credit: "Walter Schärer" - url: "https://travelmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Namun-Restaurant-Grand-Resort-Bad-Ragaz-Logo.jpg" caption: "Essstäbchen schön verpackt" keywords: ["Abendessen", "Asiatisches Restaurant", "Grand Resort Bad Ragaz", "Namun", "Restaurant", "https://reisememo.ch/?p=18441"] captured: 2018-07-27 credit: "Walter Schärer" - url: "https://travelmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Namun-Restaurant-Grand-Resort-Bad-Ragaz-Tischdeko.jpg" caption: "Stilvolles Tischgedeck in gold und rot" keywords: ["Abendessen", "Asiatisches Restaurant", "Dekoration", "Grand Resort Bad Ragaz", "Namun", "Restaurant", "Tische", "https://reisememo.ch/?p=18441"] captured: 2018-07-27 credit: "Walter Schärer" - url: "https://travelmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Grand-Resort-Fruehstueck.jpg" caption: "Frühstück im Garten des Restaurants Olives d'Or" keywords: ["Bad Ragaz", "Frühstück", "Grand Resort Bad Ragaz", "Hotel", "Review", "https://reisememo.ch/?p=18441"] captured: 2018-07-29 geo: {latitude: 47, longitude: 9.5022} credit: "Walter Schärer" - url: "https://travelmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Weindegustation-Restaurant-Olives-d-Or-Riesencrevettn.jpg" caption: "Riesenkrevetten auf Hummus mit schwarzem Sesam" keywords: ["Grand Resort Bad Ragaz", "Hof Ragaz", "Olives d'Or", "Restaurant", "Riesencrevetten", "https://reisememo.ch/?p=18441"] captured: 2018-07-28 credit: "Walter Schärer" - url: "https://travelmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Weindegustation-Restaurant-Olives-d-Or-Rene-Blanco-Walter-Schaerer.jpg" caption: "Walter und Sommelier René Blanco Müller" keywords: ["Grand Resort Bad Ragaz", "Hof Ragaz", "Olives d'Or", "René Blanco Müller", "Restaurant", "Walter Schärer", "https://reisememo.ch/?p=18441"] captured: 2018-07-28 credit: "Walter Schärer" - url: "https://travelmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Bad-Ragaz-Thermalbad.jpg" caption: "Eingang zum Thermalbad Bad Ragaz" keywords: ["Bad Ragaz", "Grand Resort Bad Ragaz", "Thermalbad", "https://reisememo.ch/?p=18441"] captured: 2018-07-27 credit: "Walter Schärer" - url: "https://travelmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Klubhaus-Golfplatz-Bad-Ragaz-Eingang.jpg" caption: "Klubhaus des Golf Clubs Bad Ragaz" keywords: ["Bad Ragaz", "Golf", "Golfclub", "Golfplatz", "Klubhaus", "https://reisememo.ch/?p=18441"] captured: 2018-07-27 geo: {latitude: 46.9992, longitude: 9.5055} credit: "Walter Schärer" ```