The small German border town of Epe has the honour of having a higher than average rated public sauna complexes. Though the size would curtail the thinking in terms of complex. It's not really big, more compact.
Higher rated?
Google notes 4.5 stars (1142 reviews), most reviews in German with just a few exceptions, those from the Netherlands. There are some negative comments concerning temperature of both inside and outside pools.
Tripadvisor reviewers (50) are less enthusiastic: 4.3 stars, though not that many recent reviews.
Facebook doles out 4.6 stars, with the page having 6000 followers; cant actually read what this means.
Yelp's 2 reviewers meet midway between 4 and 5.
Elsewhere the Dutch language website Blootgewoon rates it 9.8 out of 10, but only based on 3 reviews. Likewise Dutch naturismegids, dishes out a perfect but singular reviewed 10.
Odd though that there's otherwise precious little info available. Is the internet shifting from content to just dishing out a couple of handles to make life less complicated?
Offically called Saunapark Epe, it's located 5 km from the Dutch border in a retail / services area.
Entrance is €34,90 or €29,50 for 4 hours. Note on weekends there's a €3 surcharge. The owners themselves note there's no need to make a reservation for entrance only. In practice, it wasn't that busy (weekday, first week of September).
The sauna park has 2 pools (unheated outdoor, heated indoor), a steam room a variety of sauna's, even up to 120 degrees (too hot to handle).
Every hour there was an Aufguss, the ritual not so special, though the technique was excellent, only just bearable combination of heat and humidity.
The restaurant starts from 13:00, good choice (for vegetarians), service excellent, huge portions of cake.
My marks would be 8.75, a nice place.
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