Visiting the bathhouse is a good tradition. And if the bathhouse is serviced at the level of world standards, it is simply a sin not to visit it. Many positive reviews about the Pavlovsk baths of Barnaul. Visitors to the bath complex celebrate the chic atmosphere and collective spirit of the old Russian bathhouse, but presented to visitors in the cool cover of a modern SPA center.
History of Pavlovsk baths
The historical roots of the Pavlovsk baths of Barnaul originate in the distant times, when Akinfiy Demidov laid his mining business in the steppe region of Altai. Only as such there were no saunas, and people from factories and quarries, trying to wash themselves, went into small soapboxes. They were built along the Pavlovsky tract, which became the main artery for moving goods. Not only the breeder’s workers looked into the baths, but also merchants, travelers, who became more and more. The city was expanding, new enterprises were opening up, and more and more soap dishes and natural baths appeared along the highway.
In the historical documents in the archives of the city, there is information that 290 baths were registered in private houses in 1777. A century later (by 1865), there were already 1,149 bathhouses in Barnaul, and there was one public bathhouse, which at that time was called "trading," since it was located on a trade route. She became the founder of the Pavlovsk baths of Barnaul.
The first public baths
By the end of the XIX century, the number of baths increased. So-called saunas appeared in the city in white, there were 1252 of them, and in black, there were 262. In the saunas, sterility was equated to the operating room in the hospital, as the then adherents of bath procedures said.
At the beginning of the 20th century, local merchants began to open their bath houses, appreciating the great need of Barnaul residents and visitors in bath procedures. The merchants of Kuratov, the philistines of the Kirganovs and Pilichi succeeded in this. Public steam rooms were opened at the distillery and at the workshops of the Altai Railway.
In 1908, the city council of Barnaul decided to pay attention to the baths, drawing up the rules for the maintenance of these institutions. The authorities created a separate instruction for the smoker. It said that a person should be healthy and sober. A mandatory requirement was the maintenance in the baths of female and male servants.
Pavlovsk baths
Years passed, the Barnaul baths were further developed, the hallmark of which was the comfort and luxury of true royal baths, and the time spent in the bath was useful and pleasant for visitors.
It’s wonderful to relax after working days, to cleanse your body, to conduct a kind of ceremony of warming, bathing from anxieties and spleen, come to the Pavlovsk baths of Barnaul. The list of provided services includes not only the provision of steam, brooms, pools, but also directly the services of a parmaster, a washer, a masseur.
In the Pavlovsk baths, the traditions of bathing art are observed. After all, a bathhouse is the best remedy for many ailments. After the bath you can feel not only the purity of the body, but also the anti-aging effect. This is due to brooms and semiprecious stones, the correct steam mode, visitors leave the baths healthy and rejuvenated for at least a dozen years.
Parmeister services
In the baths there are three steam rooms with different composition of stones, which has an effect on the human body. Jadeite stone is known to have unique energy "charms". Warming up in a steam room with these stones has a positive effect on the nervous, circulatory and genitourinary systems. It is noticed by experts that the hotter the stones, the stronger the effect.
A steam room with stones, a coil produces a calming effect on a person, stabilizes pressure, and also has a beneficial effect on the immune system. A positive effect is given to those who have a tendency to colds.
Steam room with jasper is a universal doctor. From ancient times, this stone was used in bath procedures. These stones contribute to the normalization of all body functions.
Prices in the Pavlovsk baths of Barnaul are quite budget. If this is a simple or classic hover, then the price of these procedures for each hour ranges from 300 to 500 rubles. But hovering according to the schemes with the participation of the hands of the parmesister, using brooms, will depend on the herbs, washing the body with bast or other bast and the use of tar soap or shampoo. The price ranges from 1000 to 1600 rubles.
Services of a massage therapist
In the Pavlovsk baths there is an excellent washing department, in which barrels with Altai herbs, as well as extracts of extracts of deer antlers, are installed. There is a massage department in which soap massage is performed. On warm marble beds over steamed bodies, a massage therapist does magic.
As the history of the bathing business tells us, it was not worth it for a noble citizen to wash himself, for this the washers worked in the baths. That is why, according to the traditions of Russian bathing, the washing machines of the Pavlovsk baths in Barnaul thoroughly wash the stressed body. To whom the neck will be crushed after the steam room, to whom the back will be aligned. Massage prices range from 500 to 1,500 rubles. The one that is more expensive is honey and lasts an hour, and those that are cheaper and aimed at specific parts of the body last about 20 minutes.
Come to the Pavlovsk baths in Barnaul, even if you will be passing through this city.