Ist excruciating, I thought. I'm no sissy, but when she moved to my feet, I thought I'd weep with relief. I didn't realize you were trying to warn me. Later, while he blissed out in the steam and sauna rooms, I took a semiprivate 90-minute hatha yoga class from a wonderful teacher. We tried the Finnish sauna, which is dry, and the Irish bath with its damp, hot air.
Damp air is heated, then infused with aromatics at five-minute intervals.
Our relaxing routine was interrupted only for the taking of meals. Opened by a Parisian in 1838, the casino is worth a look, even if you don't gamble, just for the opulence of its various salons. At one end of Lichtentaler Allee is a restored house where Johannes Brahms lived. There is a reputable art museum in town, and a toy museum. Baden-Baden's old part of town is mainly a cobblestoned pedestrian zone lined with refined boutiques hawking designer wares.