Are you planning a trip, holiday, or business travel to Germany and would like to include a visit to a great water park in your itinerary? In today’s article, we have some inspiration for you. We’ve selected the ten best water parks in Germany. Some of them are close to the borders and worth a dedicated visit, while others are great for a stop if you’ll be traveling nearby.
Our selection includes both gigantic aquatic theme parks and more tranquil spa resorts where the focus is more on wellness and spa services and facilities. All you have to do is choose which type of water park appeals to you most!
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Where to Go to a Water Park in Germany?
1. Tropical Islands, Krausnick
If you’d like to enjoy fun and relaxation in an exotic tropical oasis, you don’t have to fly all the way to the Seychelles. Surprisingly, you can find a similar escape right next door in Germany. If you’re wondering how there could be palm trees, tropical huts, or rocky water coves in Germany, the answer is the Tropical Islands water park. You’ll find it in Krausnick, about 60 km from Berlin.
You can get there from Prague by car in under three hours. A huge advantage is that you can enjoy the magic of the tropics even in winter—the water park is indoor, so the weather can’t spoil your plans. It’s an enormously spacious and superbly equipped complex. Here you’ll find an artificial rainforest and rocky cliffs with waterfalls, along with the mentioned stylish huts. This makes the area genuinely feel like a resort on an exotic island in the Southern Hemisphere. This section of the water park offers many intricate pools, an artificial river, and even sports courts.
However, children might be even more thrilled by the second zone, which offers a fantastic network of wild waterslides. There are also play castles, white-water rivers, a giant kraken, and the largest indoor rainforest in the world. And the list of attractions is far from over. The water park also includes a wellness & spa zone with a sauna world and other amenities.
This water park is truly unique, even on a global scale. Children and parents will be thrilled. Perhaps the only downside is the slightly higher prices. The basic adult entrance fee is €47–€49. You can purchase a family ticket online for a discounted price of €145. In any case, it’s an experience of a lifetime.
- Water Park Rating: 4.1 out of 5 from over 38,475 visitors
- Full-Day Ticket Price: from €47–€49 / adult
- Address: Tropical-Islands-Allee 1, 15910 Krausnick, Germany
- Accommodation at the Water Park: YES – you can stay in the “Rooms Dome,” tents, or at the campsite – offer of accomodation here.
2. Galaxy Therme Erding, Erding
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If you plan a family trip to Munich, perhaps for the Christmas markets or sightseeing, we strongly recommend stopping in the town of Erding. It won’t be a detour for you, as the town is practically on the way, about 20 km northeast of Munich. Why stop here? Primarily because of the superb Galaxy Therme Erding water park and thermal spa.
You can look forward to, for example, 27 slides and waterslides with a total length of 2,700 m. You can also try real surfing on artificial waves that reach up to 2 meters high. The water park areas are decorated with three hundred palm trees, creating the impression of a tropical island. You can warm up in the thermal pools, which reach up to 34°C. One of the biggest attractions, however, is undoubtedly the 160 m long waterslide with virtual reality. Yes, it works exactly as you think: you put on special VR goggles and can enjoy a ride down a tropical wild river or even through space.
You can then relax in the sauna or with a massage in the Spa zone, which offers excellent facilities and high-quality services. A full-day visit to the water park costs €46 for one person and applies to the entertainment and pool zone.
- Water Park Rating: 4.4 out of 5 from over 34,256 visitors
- Full-Day Ticket Price: from €46 / adult
- Address: Thermenallee 1-5, 85435 Erding, Germany
- Accommodation at the Water Park: YES – Hotel Victory Therme Erding offers accommodation directly in the water park complex.
Where to Stay? Partner hotels include: Hotel Henry near the centre, Hotel Nummerhof 3 minutes’ walk from the water park, guesthouse/hotel Gasthof Daimerwirt 4 km from the spa, or Best Western Plus Parkhotel Erding located directly opposite the train station.
3. Bayern-Park, Reisbach
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A water park combined with an amusement park? Why not. In fact, it’s a great combination. Roller coasters and wild rivers, boats, a castle, plenty of dry and wet slides, fun programs with pirates, the opportunity to ride a paddle steamer, and much more can be experienced at Bayern Park in Reisbach.
This town is located about 50 km northeast of Munich. The park can therefore be a great stop on the way to or from the metropolis. The park offers ninety different attractions and entertainment elements. You definitely won’t be bored. The venue also appeals with its relatively favourable prices—at least by German standards. Adult admission is €34.50, children’s is €29.50, with children under 100 cm entering for free.
- Water Park Rating: 4.6 out of 5 from over 9,885 visitors
- Full-Day Ticket Price: from €35 / adult
- Address: Fellbach 1, 94419 Reisbach, Germany
- Accommodation at the Water Park: NO
Where to Stay? In one of the adjacent guesthouses and hotels – accommodation offer in the area here.
4. Europa-Park
The town of Rust on the banks of the Rhine is home to one of the largest amusement parks not only in Europe but probably in the world. It also includes the fun, themed water park Rulantica, located nearby on an area of 32,000 . While some previous water parks bet on the atmosphere of tropical islands, the one in Rust goes the opposite way—you’ll find yourself in the cold north.
The park is incredibly precisely executed and full of attractions, backdrops, and props that will leave you in awe. There are many references to Viking mythology, pools, water rides, boats and shipwrecks, houses, rivers, trees and rocks, slides and waterslides, and caves. In short, everything you could wish for in such a place. The dominant feature of the outdoor area is a huge dragon waterslide. It’s therefore worth visiting in the summer, when you can also enjoy this zone.
Here you’ll find up to 30 waterslides, 2 pool bars, 3 saunas, and 13 thematic sections. Right next to the water park is another amusement park with the virtual world Yullbe.
The park is located near the western borders of Germany. True, it’s a bit further, but the European amusement park and water park are definitely worth such a trip if you allocate several days (accommodation in the area can be found here). A day ticket to the water world itself costs €42–€44 for adults and €39 for children aged 4 to 12. Entrance to the wellness zone and sauna world is at an extra charge.
The water park is a winner of several awards.
- Water Park Rating: 4.7 out of 5 from over 141,381 visitors
- Full-Day Ticket Price: from €39 / adult
- Address: Europa-Park-Straße 2, 77977 Rust, Germany
Accommodation at the Water Park: YES – the water park offers several accommodation options
5. Kristall Palm Beach
This pleasant water park is located in Stein, right next to Nuremberg. You can visit it as part of a trip to this beautiful historical city. The water park itself is rather simpler and smaller. There is a large leisure pool and a swimming pool, plus a few smaller ones.
The outdoor and indoor relaxation areas are spacious, so the park primarily appeals to those looking for a quieter way to spend time. However, there is a large waterslide and a number of slides that children will especially enjoy. Parents are recommended to visit the wellness centre, which is of an excellent standard—especially the sauna world.
On its own, Kristall Palm Beach probably isn’t worth a trip from the Czech Republic, as it’s comparable to many of our medium-sized water parks. However, if you are nearby and feel like some water fun or relaxation, be sure to visit.
- Water Park Rating: 4.2 out of 5 from over 8,103 visitors
- Full-Day Ticket Price: from €25 / adult
- Address: Albertus-Magnus-Straße 29, 90547 Stein, Germany
- Accommodation at the Water Park: NO
6. Aqua Mundo Allgäu
This very stylish water park is set within forests and relies on integration into the beautiful natural environment, as well as excellent facilities and attractiveness. In the indoor part of the complex, you will find a tropical zone, and outside, a great wild river. You’ll also enjoy slides and waterslides to your heart’s content. Children will certainly be enchanted by the water playground with plenty of play elements. An interesting speciality is the diving pool, whose bottom is decorated with examples of marine underwater fauna and flora.
The water park is definitely lovely, and surrounding it are great wooden villas, houses, and apartments serving as luxury accommodation in a “glamping” style. The location is in the Alpine foothills beyond the city of Allgäu in Southern Germany.
- Water Park Rating: 4.4 out of 5 from over 4,395 visitors
- Full-Day Ticket Price: –
- Address: Allgäuallee, 88299 Leutkirch im Allgäu, Germany
- Accomodation at the Water Park: YES – directly in the Center Parcs Park Allgäu resort
7. Miramar
Miramar water park is located near the cities of Mannheim and Heidelberg, about 70 km south of Frankfurt am Main—in Western Germany. The water park includes very popular German thermal baths and a top-notch wellness & spa centre with an exceptionally rich sauna world. This includes a genuinely large number of saunas, including unique ones, such as a sauna in a treehouse or a rustic sauna in a log cabin mill building.
Miramar thus primarily appeals with this relaxation and regeneration zone. However, it also features a waterslide, slides, and other fun elements that will delight children of all ages, as well as more active and playful adults.
- Water Park Rating: 4.2 out of 5 from over 12,274 visitors
- Full-Day Ticket Price: from €27 / adult
- Address: Waidallee 100, 69469 Weinheim, Germany
- Accommodation at the Water Park: NO
8. Aqualand Freizeitbad, Cologne
Cologne is another major German metropolis that attracts visitors with its beauty and historical monuments. Naturally, such a city also needs its water park. The Cologne water world, Aqualand Freizeitbad, consists of outdoor and indoor zones. You’ll find several very intricate and long waterslides, complex pools, and even a wild river and other attractions.
If relaxation and unwinding appeal to you more than entertainment, you will surely be enchanted by the local salt cave with Himalayan salt. You can warm up in several saunas and finally refresh yourself at the stylish pool bar. Even at this water park, we must particularly highlight the wellness and spa zone and the sauna world, which are truly of an excellent standard, and you will undoubtedly be delighted with the facilities and services.
- Water Park Rating: 4.1 out of 5 from over 9,430 visitors
- Full-Day Ticket Price: from €27 / adult
- Address: Merianstraße 1, 50765 Köln, Germany
- Accommodation at the Water Park: NO
9. Badeparadies Schwarzwald
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This excellent water park covers an area of 6 ha (60,000 ) and is located in the beautiful natural surroundings by Lake Titisee, beyond the town of Neustadt. Directly from the glass building of the water park, you can enjoy views of the surrounding hills covered with dense forests. The complex itself offers a tropical zone with palm trees, plenty of slides, and large waterslides. There is also a pool with artificial waves, outdoor areas, relaxation zones, and many other options and attractions.
The local wellness and spa area “Palais Vital” is also top-notch, offering 12 themed saunas, six pools, an outdoor terrace, and a cocktail bar. You will definitely feel like you are in seventh heaven here, and the children will have a blast in one of the more action-packed parts of this water park.
- Water Park Rating: 4.3 out of 5 from over 15,000+ visitors
- Full-Day Ticket Price: €17–€30 / adult
- Address: Am Badeparadies 1, 79822 Titisee-Neustadt, Germany
- Accommodation at the Water Park: NO
10. Ostsee Therme
This extensive thermal spa and water park is interesting because it’s located right on the coast of the Baltic Sea. The Baltic is no longer a stepchild of tourism and attracts more and more visitors. The northern coasts of Germany, Denmark, and Poland have a lot of beauty to offer. If you ever travel here, the Ostsee Therme spa could become one of your stops, especially since it’s only a few kilometres north of the famous historic Hanseatic city and port of Lübeck.
The spa is more of an oasis of calm in a beautiful setting on the seashore. It’s not the most modern or the largest, nor does it offer a gigantic amount of attractions. Nevertheless, visitors rate it very highly and gladly return even from greater distances. The water park offers indoor and outdoor areas with a total area of about 14,000 . The pools contain salt water and have a temperature of 30–35°C. There are two larger waterslides, a water cannon, and a wild river. However, you might be more interested in the wellness and spa section with stylish saunas, massages, and other procedures. This spa also boasts favourable prices for German standards. Entrance including the water world and saunas costs €36 for an adult for the whole day.
- Water Park Rating: 4.1 out of 5 from over 6,319 visitors
- Full-Day Ticket Price: €20 to €36 / adult
- Address: Strandallee 143, 23683 Scharbeutz, Germany
Accommodation at the Water Park: YES in the five-star Hotel Gran BelVeder right on the beach with a glass corridor leading directly to the spa.
