Then dog paddle until you reach a chamber with a ceiling so high that the slightest whisper resonates into a monastic chant. At first, you think the acoustics are a lucky coincidence of the visually dramatic dome. Further exploration proves that every tweak to your ears, eyes, nose and skin was in the structure's blueprints. The distant sound of hammer striking anvil leads you down a dry corridor to a dark doorway. Step inside and you'll find benches in a cell just large enough for two people to lie down, head to foot, and stare at bare bulbs the size of Christmas tree lights while listening to the hammer fall.
Hypnosis is the only possible answer.
Trains run from Zurich to the nearby town of Chur, where you can catch a bus to Vals. Between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m., access to the baths is limited to hotel guests. News Jobs AP Shopping Archives Entertain.