Overview
Deep inside the Radhausberg mountain, the Healing Gallery combines naturally occurring radon with temperatures of 37–41.5°C (98.6–106.7°F) and humidity of 75–100%. This combination is a globally unique healing climate.
The therapeutic climate inside the mountain has been used since 1952. Today, the Healing Gallery operates as a medical therapy centre, with each participant’s treatment guided individually by its medical professionals.
Guests travel approximately 2.5 kilometres into the mountain by train before resting at designated therapy stations in the warm, humid environment. After returning from the mountain, the Healing Gallery recommends approximately 30 minutes of relaxation.
The Healing Gallery generally recommends 8–12 sessions over 2–3 weeks, although the appropriate program is determined individually. Our three-week retreat gives guests the time to experience their recommended sessions without rushing their stay.
The Healing Gallery is not a one-time spa treatment. People come for a structured course of therapy, often over several weeks, with the aim of improving symptoms associated with chronic inflammatory and rheumatic conditions.
A typical course may involve 8–12 visits over 2–3 weeks, depending on the individual and the recommendations of the Healing Gallery’s medical team.
One of the biggest reasons we created this retreat is to give parents the time and space to actually focus on their own health.
While you attend Healing Gallery sessions, rest between treatments, use the thermal facilities, or simply take a slower day, your children can spend time with other worldschooling kids through supervised Kids Club activities.
The therapy focuses on the symptoms that can have the biggest impact on everyday life. Depending on your condition, that may mean pain, inflammation, mobility, fatigue, or overall wellbeing.
The Healing Gallery therapy is used with the aim of helping reduce pain and inflammation and supporting easier movement, especially for people living with rheumatic and chronic pain conditions.
For some people, the goal is not only pain relief, but also feeling less physically drained and improving overall wellbeing. This is especially relevant for conditions where fatigue is a major part of daily life.
Some people report needing less pain medication following a treatment course. Any changes to medication should always be made together with the doctor who manages your care.
The Healing Gallery treats a range of chronic inflammatory, rheumatic, respiratory, skin, and pain conditions. Their doctors assess every person individually before treatment begins.
Allergies are one of the respiratory and immune-related conditions treated at the Healing Gallery. The therapy is used with the aim of reducing inflammation and supporting symptom relief, depending on your individual health situation.
The Healing Gallery therapy is used to support people dealing with ongoing joint pain, inflammation, stiffness, and reduced movement. The aim is symptom relief and better day-to-day function, rather than treating the underlying cause of the disease.
For fibromyalgia, the focus is often on widespread pain, muscle tension, fatigue, and overall wellbeing. The heat, humidity, and radon therapy are used as part of a treatment course designed to reduce symptom burden.
Asthma is one of the respiratory conditions treated at the Healing Gallery. The aim is to help manage ongoing symptoms, with the doctors assessing each person individually before treatment.
People with chronic sinusitis also come to the Healing Gallery as part of its respiratory treatment program, with the goal of improving ongoing symptoms and overall wellbeing.
COPD is included among the respiratory conditions treated at the Healing Gallery. Because every case is different, the doctors assess each person individually before recommending a treatment plan.
Psoriasis and atopic dermatitis are among the skin conditions treated at the Healing Gallery. The therapy focuses on symptom relief and inflammation, with the doctors also taking your individual health and heat tolerance into account.
One of the rheumatic conditions treated at the Healing Gallery. The therapy is used to help with pain, inflammation, stiffness, and mobility, with some people experiencing benefits that continue beyond the treatment period.
The Healing Gallery also works with people living with osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, degenerative spinal and joint conditions, sarcoidosis, and other chronic pain conditions.
The therapy is focused on helping with symptoms and improving day-to-day wellbeing, rather than curing the underlying condition. Before starting, you’ll meet with the Healing Gallery’s medical team so they can review your health, make sure the therapy is appropriate for you, and recommend the right course of treatment.
These statements summarize materials supplied by the Healing Gallery and do not establish that every participant will benefit. This page does not replace professional medical advice.
You do not need to already have a specialist or a doctor who understands the Healing Gallery therapy.
Before you fully commit, you’ll have an online consultation with a local doctor familiar with the Healing Gallery. They’ll review your health history, symptoms, medications, previous treatments, and any factors that could affect whether the therapy is suitable for you.
This gives you a much clearer idea of whether the Healing Gallery makes sense for your health situation before you travel to Austria.
You’ll first speak online with a local doctor who can review your health and discuss whether Healing Gallery therapy may be appropriate for you.
The goal is to identify any concerns, contraindications, or reasons the therapy may not be suitable before you fully commit to the treatment.
Once you arrive, you’ll complete the Healing Gallery’s own medical assessment. Their doctors will confirm whether the therapy is appropriate for you and recommend the course that makes sense for your individual situation.
Once you’ve been medically cleared, you can begin your Healing Gallery sessions following the schedule recommended for you.
Once you’ve been medically cleared and have your treatment plan, a small train takes you around two kilometres into the Radhausberg mountain. Inside, different therapy stations combine naturally occurring radon, heat, and high humidity, with the setting chosen for you based on your individual health and heat tolerance.
You board the small gallery train and travel deep into the mountain to your assigned therapy station.
Once there, you spend about an hour resting in the warm, humid environment while the treatment takes place.
After leaving the mountain, the Healing Gallery recommends around 30 minutes of rest. That recovery time is part of the treatment rhythm, not something you have to rush through.
While you have the time and space to focus on your health and wellness, your children get three weeks of swimming, play, new friendships, and activities, all while surrounded by other worldschooling families.
While you have the time and space to focus on your health, your children get three weeks of swimming, play, new friendships, and activities, all while surrounded by other worldschooling families.
That means your Healing Gallery sessions, recovery time, and slower days don’t come at the expense of their experience. While you’re taking care of yourself, they’re having an adventure of their own.
Step outside into the fresh air of the Austrian Alps, surrounded by mountains, forests, and wide-open landscapes. Whether walking through the valley or simply slowing down on a quiet afternoon, the Alpine setting becomes part of the experience.
Naturally warm thermal water rises from deep within the mountains and supplies the valley’s renowned thermal spas. Bathing in these waters has been part of the valley’s wellness tradition for centuries and remains one of the defining experiences of a stay here.
Flowing through the heart of town, the waterfall is one of the valley’s most striking natural landmarks. Its powerful cascade, cool mist, and surrounding mountain setting create a refreshing place to walk, pause, and experience the landscape up close.
The area’s natural springs are deeply connected to the valley’s history as a spa destination. For generations, visitors have traveled here to experience its thermal waters, and today those springs remain at the heart of the region’s bathing and wellness culture.
Enjoy the indoor swimming pool, warm whirlpool, and dedicated children’s pool without leaving where we’re staying. Whether it’s a quiet soak between sessions or an easy afternoon in the water, these wellness spaces are available right at our home base.
Our accommodations also include a full wellness area with a traditional Finnish sauna, gentler bio sauna, steam bath, relaxation room, and aroma showers. It’s an easy way to build moments of warmth and rest into your stay without having to plan a separate spa day.
For a deeper dive into the valley’s thermal culture, spend time at nearby Felsentherme, where thermal bathing, mountain views, sauna experiences, and traditional Aufguss rituals come together in one of the valley’s best-known spa settings.
An optional visit to Alpentherme expands the experience even further with thermal pools and an extensive Sauna World. Guests can explore a wide variety of saunas and experience special and show Aufguss ceremonies led by sauna masters.
Tap the sessions you want. They run back to back, so you keep the same room the whole time.
The Healing Gallery is a controlled medical setting, and every person is assessed before beginning therapy. Because the treatment involves radon, heat, and high humidity, it’s important to discuss it with your doctor and make sure it’s appropriate for your individual health situation.
Radon is radioactive, and prolonged indoor exposure is associated with lung-cancer risk. The exposure inside the Healing Gallery is time-limited and medically supervised, so this is something to weigh together with your doctor based on your diagnosis, treatment history, smoking exposure, medications, and overall health.
The Healing Gallery treatment is arranged directly with their medical team and is separate from your retreat booking.
The Healing Gallery advises against treatment during pregnancy and with untreated hyperthyroidism. They also recommend waiting at least one year after cancer treatment.
If you have severe cardiovascular or kidney disease, an acute infection, claustrophobia, or difficulty tolerating heat and humidity, speak with the Healing Gallery doctors before planning treatment.
And if you take prescribed medication, any changes should always be made together with the doctor who manages your care.
Retreat pricing covers your 21-night family stay and the Worldschooling Journeys experience. Final pricing depends on your family size, room setup, availability, and booking date. Activities aren’t included, and neither is food, but meal plans are available for purchase. The food is excellent at the resort!
Tap the sessions you want. They run back to back, so you keep the same room the whole time.
Travel insurance is required for all participants attending the trip.
If you do not already have travel insurance, we strongly recommend reviewing the travel insurance guide linked below to help you choose a policy that is appropriate for your needs.
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The Healing Gallery treatment is not included in the retreat price. You’ll arrange and pay for it directly with the Healing Gallery, based on the course their doctors recommend for you.
For our group, the following rates are confirmed:
Your medical assessment and any additional or complementary therapies are separate and will depend on your individual treatment plan. Paid directly to the Healing Gallery.
Want to arrive early or stay longer? Extra nights before or after the retreat can be booked for an added cost, if rooms are available.
Want to arrive early or stay longer? Extra nights before or after the retreat can be booked for an added cost, if rooms are available.