CASCADE Sport Center

Cascade stands on Industriestraße in Sand in Taufers (Campo Tures), on the bank of the Ahr in the Tauferer valley in South Tyrol, at 860 m above sea level. The company behind it is CASCADE Sport Center GmbH, but the name is the legal entity's: there is no gym and no climbing hall on the site. The operator itself presents the house as a swimming pool and sauna ('Schwimmbad & Sauna'). The water is ordinary treated water, not thermal or mineral: the operator names no source, borehole, temperature of origin or water analysis.

The house opened in September 2011 and combines a swimming pool, a sauna and a wellness landscape. The sauna side is run as a nudist area and is entered only with bathing shoes, a towel and a bathrobe. The operator enumerates its cabins and rooms rather than giving a total: a Finnish Sauna Tanne at 85–90 °C of about 40 m²; a Bio-Sauna Zirm at 50–60 °C of about 40 m²; an outdoor Finnish Außensauna Birke at 95 °C of about 55 m² with a cold plunge basin; a steam bath at 40–50 °C; an infrared cabin in oak at 45 °C of about 20 m²; a Raum der Wärme at 37–40 °C; a Kneipp hall; a drinking hall; and a heated outdoor pool in the nudist area at 33 °C. Infusions are run hourly with essential oils. A panorama quiet room looks out over the Ahr, and further relaxation corners and a sauna bar with snacks and drinks complete the floor. The operator puts the relaxation area at 3,500 m² with an outdoor section, one steam bath, one tepidarium and one heated outdoor pool. In summer the site also opens a natural bathing pond with a large lawn, a children's play area and a beach volleyball court.

The operator publishes sauna opening hours of Wednesday to Friday 14:30–21:30 and Saturday and Sunday 12:00–21:30, with Monday and Tuesday as rest days. At the same time the operator announces that Cascade is closed until further notice, and separately that the swimming pool is closed until further notice. The Gusto bar and pizzeria on the site are marked as open, Tuesday to Sunday 8:00–22:00 and 17:30–22:00 respectively.