Before the Red Cross camp opened for the caving conference, I had to stay one night somewhere, and have a place for some work conference calls. I ended up selecting the Tsarsko Selo Spa hotel. An interesting place, with many saunas and pools :-)
First off, there seemed to be a continuous stream of weddings arranged on the yard in front of my room. But more interestingly, the place is primarily a football team practice space(!). And, for me, the important thing was of course that there were saunas and pools :-)
There were 4-5 different saunas, one big pool inside, one sunbathing pool area outside, and one cold pool. Not bad!
The inside pool:
The outside pool:
The sauna:
Photos and text (c) 2019 by Jari Arkko. All rights reserved. Read more swimming and sauna stories from planetswimmer.com and saunablogger.cool! And all sauna or pool photos have always been taken when there were no other visitors, after closing hours, or with permission.
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