AIRE Ancient Baths
Candlelit Roman-style thermal baths in a restored 1883 factory. AIRE Ancient Baths occupies a restored 1883 textile factory in Tribeca — 16,000 square feet of candlelit calm beneath original brick,…
Bathhouses, saunas & cold plunges in New York, NY
9 human-vetted listings in New York. Bathhouses, Korean spas, banyas, saunas, steam rooms and cold plunges.
See them on the map →Great Jones Spa
NoHo water lounge with a three-story waterfall, sauna, and cold plunge. Great Jones Spa is a cool, dark, three-level retreat in NoHo built around a water lounge — a three-story indoor waterfall, a…
Lore Bathing Club
Contrast-therapy bathing club in NoHo. A sensory-led bathing club in NoHo built around contrast therapy, with a Finnish sauna, an infrared sauna, a cold pool and heated hammam-style benches.…
Lumora Spa
Scalp-first wellness rituals of light, scent, sound and touch in SoHo. Lumora Spa is a SoHo wellness sanctuary built around scalp-first care. Its name blends lumo (soft light), aroma and aura, and…
Othership
Guided sauna, ice bath, and breathwork — social wellness in Flatiron. Othership is a social sauna and ice-bath studio in the Flatiron District, with a second NYC location in Williamsburg. At its…
Russian & Turkish Baths
East Village bathhouse, steaming since 1892. A no-frills East Village institution on East 10th Street between First Avenue and Avenue A, first opened in 1892. It has saunas, an ice-cold pool, a…
Sanctuary Ground
A curated home for wellness & spiritual spaces. Sanctuary Ground is a curated directory for the wellness and spiritual world — a calm, trustworthy place to find reiki and energy healers,…
The Kollectiv
Herbal pharmacy, café and healing spa in the East Village. An urban retreat in the East Village with a curated herbal pharmacy and café upstairs and a lower-level spa offering infrared saunas,…
The Spa by Equinox Hotels
Recovery and longevity spa at Hudson Yards. Set inside Equinox Hotel Hudson Yards, this spa works more like a recovery and longevity center, with IV therapy, manual and machine lymphatic drainage,…
About bathhouses & saunas
Bathhouses and saunas offer heat, water and cold: dry and wet saunas, steam rooms, hot pools, cold plunges and traditions such as Korean spas and Russian banyas.
Most visits are 2 to 3 hours. A common rhythm is a heat round, a cold rinse or plunge, then rest, repeated a few times. Many also offer massage, scrubs or platza treatments.
Choosing someone in New York
- Check whether swimwear is required and whether sessions are mixed or gender-separated.
- Book ahead on weekends.
- Drink plenty of water and go easy on cold plunges if you're new.
Questions
How many bathhouses & saunas options are there in New York?
Sanctuary Ground lists 9 human-vetted bathhouses & saunas options in New York, New York.
Is it okay to go alone?
Yes, plenty of people do.
Who should avoid saunas and cold plunges?
Check with your doctor if you're pregnant or have heart or blood-pressure conditions.