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| - We were first exposed, literally and figuratively, to baths while vacationing in Baden Baden Germany, and so were eager to try this out on our Montreal weekend vacation. Scandinave is clothed - everybody wears swimsuits, but is very relaxing and well managed. Reservations are required for the baths, to help ensure it doesn't get too crowded. We didn't try any of their massage services, but they sounded good.
The locker rooms are clean and orderly, and you're given two towels and slippers. You then repeat a basic cycle for 2-3 hours of spending 15 minutes in a hot experience - a dry sauna, a steam room, or a hot bath, and then jump in a cold shower or cold tank for an instant, and then relax for 15 minutes, and then repeat.
They enforce their silence rule, which does make for a better, and more relaxing, experience. After a long day of walking in Montreal, this was just what we needed to relax, and we'll definitely visit again. Its easy to find, right in Old Montreal by the water.
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