As I already said in most European countries both genders use the sauna in the nude. Families come with their children and I never experienced that anybody stares as you. Old and young and many of the people you find there would not win a beauty contest.
It is a relaxed atmosphere and normally their is not to much talking. Everybody sweats and is careful not to overdue it. As soon as you feel uncomfortable leave and cool down in a bassin with cold water. In winter some people got outside and roll in the snow. Beginners prefer to take a shower.
Please do not forget to bring large towels with you if you intent to go in a sauna. It serves to sit on for hygienic reasons. You also must take a shower before you enter the sauna. A house coat may give you more comfort when you relax after the sauna.
Wood of the Douglas fir tree is being used for this sauna. I still could smell the wood resin. The temperature is about 93° C (approximately 200° F). You will not get it hotter in Masserberg.

There was no noise, no screaming kids running around, no smoking, no loud talking.
After a sauna you want to relax. You can read or sleep, discover art work everywhere or watch the Japanese fish in the large aquarium.
It is essential that you replace the water which you lost by sweating in the sauna. Some people do this with beer, but natural juices or mineral water are better for your health.
For that reason you will find here a juice bar where you also pay by just showing your locker key.
If you feel hungry just climb up the stairs to the spa level und you can have a light meal in the "Ristorante MasserMonte".
Elizabeth could not try all the different saunas during our visits. We must come back.
For example there is a Finnish sauna with a temperature of only 80° C (Approximately 175° F), a so called"Biosanarium" with an almost &quut;freezing" temperature of 52° C (125° F) but a higher humidity. It combines various forms of treatments including the smell of herbs and exposure to specific light.

Have you ever been in a steam bath? I loved it. So did the people in ancient Greece and Rome as well as in Arabia. The air temperature is only 45° C (approximately 115° F) but you breath steam which helps when you have breathing problems or rheumatism. I found it extremely relaxing and pleasing. Please don't hesitate and try it!
I believe that a healthy skin makes you look younger and it protects your body. To take good care of it is better than plastic surgery.
The "badehaus masserberg" offers a variety of treatments. With my sons family we were a group of four and used the special offer for all of us for a mud treatment called "Rasul" which is based on Turkish body cleansing.
"Heilerde" or healing earth is considered to be one of the first medical treatments used by humans. We practised this a children by laying in the mud, similar to some animals and jumping after in the little river in our village. We did not know anything about the antique Greek culture which used mud as a treatment against many diseases.

The treatment room for "Rasul" accommodates four people. Each person becomes a plate with five "dumplings" formed out of mud. They are used for peeling of dead skin. Each quot;dumpling" has a different colour and a different grain. The lightest on for the face and the roughest one for the feet.

You must first take all your cloth of and enjpy a warm shower. Than you apply mud from the different "mud balls" by rubbing it into the assigned parts of your body. Normally your partner assist you.
Then you sit down and relax and breathe cented air. After a certain time warm water comes out of the shower heads above you seat to clean most of the mud off. A portable shower will do the rest.
When this is done scented oil will handed to you and you rub it into your body.
After the procedure is completed you should rest and should not use any of the facilities of the spa to allow your body to absorb the oil. For that reason we went to the "Rasul" in the evening before we went home to Siegritz.
Don't forget to bring some reading material with you. The spa offers some brochures, but they are all in German.
Masserberg offers naturally much more treatments. We did not try them but the next page gives you some brief information. Otherwise just ask if you are in Masserberg and hopefully somebody speaks English.