Drautal perle

The Drautalperle is a combined sports and leisure bath at Spittal an der Drau in Carinthia, which the operator styles Das Sport- & Erlebnisbad in Spittal an der Drau. The bath forms part of a wider sports centre whose other venues are an artificial-turf pitch at the Goldeckstation, an ice sports arena, a ball sports hall and a curling hall.

The water is ordinary heated water rather than thermal or mineral water: the operator publishes no spring, source temperature, well depth or mineralisation, and the only brine on the premises is in the sauna cabins. The leisure bath covers 5,600 m² with water temperatures given as 28 °C to 33 °C. There are four pools: a Sportbecken, an Erlebnisbecken, a Kinderbecken and an outdoor Freibecken. The bath also has a swimming channel, a waterfall with a climbing net, a whirlpool and a small-child and children's bathing area. The principal ride is the Black Hole water slide, 60 metres long and fitted with digital timing so that sliders can race the clock.

The sauna world holds a whirlpool and a block sauna with a view over the Spittal meadows and the High Tauern, a steam brine sauna, a herbal sauna and a Finnish sauna, an infrared brine grotto and a classic infrared cabin, with a cold plunge pool and an ice fountain for hardened sauna-goers. No cabin temperatures are published. A women's sauna runs every Tuesday from 17:00, except on public holidays and during school holiday periods; the guided Aufguss sessions take a summer break. A Sauna Bar, a quiet room, an Asian Spa massage service and a Panorama Restaurant complete the offer.

The bath is open all year and hours are given separately for bath and sauna, in two seasons. From October to April the swimming bath opens Monday to Friday 08:00 to 21:00 and Saturday, Sunday and public holidays 09:00 to 21:00; from May to September the same weekday hours apply but weekends and holidays close at 20:00. The sauna opens from 12:00 daily, to 21:00 from October to April and to 20:00 at weekends and on holidays from May to September. Last admission is one hour before closing and bathing and sauna use end half an hour before closing. Each September the bath, the sauna, the Asian Spa and the Panorama Restaurant close for about two weeks for the operator's yearly maintenance and servicing work. The bath is also closed on 24 December and closes at 16:00 on 31 December, and the sports pool and swimming channel are blocked for the Carinthian indoor championships on 20 and 21 February 2027 and the sports pool alone for a Kids Cup round on 24 April 2027. The operator publishes no opening year.