The practice of bathing, steaming, and perspiring in a hot sauna dates back to ancient Roman bath houses or Turkish hammams, where the practice was considered both healthful and social, with participants often spending the entire day. As bathers progressed through various stages of their bathing ritual, they'd visit different rooms intended for different hydrotherapy treatments or offering increasing or decreasing heat.
The caldarium was usually the hottest room in the complex, with steam and a hot plunge bath, a dry sauna to induce perspiration, and typically an under-floor heating system. Bathers would cleanse the skin with olive oil, bath, steam and bake, and then proceed to a room with decreased heat, known as a tepidarium, and then progress to a room with no heat, and cool water, known as the frigidarium.
In modern times, we've seen the term caldarium used to simply describe a relaxation area with heated floors, but more commonly, it's a heated relaxation area with therapeutic lounges and aromatherapy intended to prepare you for your spa treatments.
The Killarney Park Hotel, in Ireland, offers the latter.
In picturesque Killarney, County Kerry, which is celebrated throughout the world for its breathtaking scenery and welcoming people, the family owned Killarney Park Hotel offers 68 spacious bedrooms and its full service spa, which has eight custom built treatment suites, relaxation room, a caldarium. hydrotherapy suite and a couples suite. The nearby Health & Fitness Club includes a 20m indoor heated swimming pool, sauna, Jacuzzi, bubblepool, plunge pool, outdoor hot tub and a fitness suite.
After a consultation to select your spa therapies, you'll visit caldarium in your robe and slippers and relax on heated loungers, inhale essential oils, gaze into the garden, and relax in advance of your treatments.
Now, the Killarney Park Hotel & Spa, a member of Leading Hotels of the World, is offering a $100 spa credit with a 2 night stay.
Hotel Reception
Hotel Relaxation
Foyer Fireplace
Guest Room
Guest Suite
Guest Suite
The Park Dining and Wine Cellar
The Library
The Swimming Pool
Spa Relaxation Room
Spa Treatment Room
The Caldarium
The Killarney Park Hotel & Spa, a member of Leading Hotels of the World, is offering a $100 spa credit with a 2 night stay.
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