More than just a place to detox and get spa treatments, luxury Medical Spa Lanserhof Tegernsee is a full medical facility for 360-degree wellness in an intimate 5-star setting.

The Russian novelist, a compulsive gambler, lost everything in the opulent spa and gambling towns of Baden-Baden, Bad Homburg and Wiesbaden. An admirer of his books follows his footsteps.

This time, the offending company is a German health spa, which suggested on its website that would-be customers come and enjoy a “ long romantic Kristall-nacht ” at the spa on—of all days ...