Splash & Spa Tamaro

Splash & Spa Tamaro is a combined water park and spa at Via Campagnole 1 in Rivera, in the commune of Monteceneri in the Swiss canton of Ticino, at the foot of Monte Tamaro. The operator divides the complex into three areas: Splash, the water park; a spa; and a fitness centre. It is open 365 days a year.

The Splash area is built around a wave pool measuring 18 by 30 metres, with a depth of 0.20 to 1.35 metres and water at 30 °C, generating waves up to one metre high. An outdoor pool with panoramic views, reachable from inside or from the terrace, is 1.35 metres deep and held between 31 and 34 °C, and a jacuzzi with a pool bar, of the same depth and temperature range, has more than 80 water jets and submerged loungers. A children's area and a family hammam at 45 °C and 100 per cent humidity complete the zone. Seven slides are listed: Cannon Bowl and Twister, both described as new; Mania, Tunnel of Horror, Wash Machine, Black Night and Gravity Killer. Minimum heights range from 120 to 140 centimetres and the vehicles vary from mats and free-body descents to two- and four-seater rafts.

The spa is organised around four saunas with rising temperatures: a salt sauna with Himalayan salt walls at 65 °C, a clay sauna at 75 °C, a chestnut sauna using Ticino chestnut wood at 85 °C and an outdoor sauna in the Nordic tradition at 95 °C, where the infusion ceremonies are held. A hammam ritual runs through the Sogukluk at 30 °C and 65 per cent humidity, the herb-scented Bingul at 45 °C and 100 per cent humidity, the Sicalick warm-water pool at 38 °C with underwater music, and a Rhassoul mud treatment. The spa's own pools are an iodine brine pool at 31 to 34 °C, whose therapeutic effect the operator attributes to iodine and a high salt mineral content, and a cold plunge pool at 12 to 14 °C. A snow room held between −5 and −12 °C, an ice fountain, aroma showers, bucket showers and a Kneipp circuit round out the cold and contrast facilities, alongside two relaxation rooms, one of which houses a sound-and-image installation by Franco Mussida.

Pools, slides and the spa run Monday to Sunday from 11:00 to 20:45, with the slides opening at 12:00. The fitness centre opens 07:00 to 21:00 on weekdays and 09:00 to 18:00 at weekends and public holidays.