Inner South, Melbourne

Mineral pools, hot spas, cold plunge pools, cedar sauna and steam room at 186 Clarendon Street, South Melbourne.

A 700-square-metre indoor bathhouse near Chapel Street and South Yarra Station, opened in 2025. Two travertine mineral pools sit at 34°C and 38°C, alongside magnesium hot spas, 12.5°C cold plunges and drench buckets, a dry cedar sauna and steam room. Standard sessions are 90 minutes, with 60-minute morning sessions from 6:30am and a private infrared sauna for two.

P3 Recovery Port Melbourne was the chain's first Victorian centre. It has a communal wet zone with ice bath and contrast pools in 60 minute sessions, full spectrum infrared sauna rooms, a compression lounge with Normatec and Hyperice tools, and a hyperbaric chamber. Weekly memberships have no lock-in contract. Opens 6am on weekdays.

Social bathhouse in Kings Business Park, Southbank, designed for socialising rather than silence. The bathhouse has a 25-person dry sauna, steam room, cold plunge pool and 38°C magnesium pool, with relaxation spaces and Normatec boots. Visits have no minimum time and a 90-minute maximum, bathers are required, and sauna towels are complimentary. Reformer Pilates and strength classes run on site.

Two-storey sauna and cold plunge studio on Commercial Road, opened in 2026 as the second Inner Studio. A sauna seating up to 40 people pairs with a 38°C hot pool and a 5 to 8°C cold pool, alongside breathwork, yoga and Pilates classes. Casual sessions give one hour of non-guided access, and Class+ adds a class and guided plunge.

Navia's Melbourne bathhouse on Chapel Street runs a Nordic circuit of five heats and three colds: a teepee sauna at 90 to 100°C, a silent sauna at 80°C, a 52°C steam room, a magnesium pool at 35 to 38°C and plunges from 10°C down to 0°C. Sessions run one or two hours, with a cafe, red-light and private infrared rooms.

The Orchard Prahran, open since 2014, sits upstairs on Commercial Road opposite Prahran Market. Private rooms offer float pods, Sunlighten dome and four person mPulse infrared saunas, ice baths, whole body red light, compression boots, molecular hydrogen and mild hyperbaric oxygen. Free one and two hour street parking is nearby. Appointments are recommended.

Level five bathhouse in South Melbourne with a 38°C mineral spa, aromatherapy steam room, traditional Finnish sauna, 5°C plunge and cold pail showers, finishing in a tea lounge or on the terrace. Self-guided sessions run 60 or 90 minutes, phones stay in lockers, and guests must be 16 or over. A guided three-hour Signature Journey is also offered.

Longevity studio on High Street with dry and wet zones. The contrast session pairs a hot sauna with a controlled cold plunge offering four plunge temperatures. Other bookable services include a cryotherapy chamber, red light bed, hyperbaric chamber, compression lymphatic sessions and PEMF, plus nurse-led consults. Open seven days, with early Thursday starts from 6:30am.

Boutique communal bath house in Cremorne, opened in December 2020, taking up to five guests per 75-minute session. Facilities include a heated stone hammam at 65°C, a 90°C hot rock Finnish sauna, 40°C magnesium hot tub, 8°C cold plunge and pail shower, plus a private infrared sauna option. Unisex with swimwear, and robe, slides, scrub and towels are provided.

Beyond Rest Prahran is a float centre near Chapel Street with private float pods, private Sun Stream infrared sauna cabins that seat up to three, Contour Light red light sessions and HOCATT. A second entrance is at 24 Bangs Street, with short-term bays on Regent and Bangs streets and a paid car park on King Street. Sauna sessions run 45 minutes.

City Cave Carnegie is a franchise wellness centre on the ground floor of 360 Neerim Road. It has private float rooms with Epsom salt water at skin temperature, private infrared sauna cabins with an optional red light add-on, and massage. Floats run 60 minutes and saunas 45 minutes, with couples options. Open seven days, 9am to 9pm.

Alchemy Cryotherapy Centre in South Yarra opened in 2018 and is built around whole body cryotherapy. It also offers hyperbaric oxygen, an ATP Charger, a Reboot pod and body composition scans. Cryo-only packs are the cheapest way in, with session passes shareable with nominated friends. Closed Mondays and on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.

My Recovery Lounge on Bay Street rents private spaces. The Serenity Suite has a large traditional sauna for up to ten, an Odin ice bath and a bamboo-screened outdoor shower. The Peaceful Corner pairs a smaller sauna with ice baths, and a two person infrared room has its own shower. A compression lounge, myotherapy and remedial massage complete it.

Social sauna and cold plunge club just off Chapel Street in Prahran. Two traditional saunas are kept between 75°C and 85°C, alongside five individual stainless steel cold plunge tubs at 7 to 10°C, a rest area and five private change rooms. Sessions run 60 minutes, guests must be 18 or over, and you bring your own towel, bathers and water bottle.

Members club near Swan Street and Richmond Station with a bathhouse of 39°C magnesium pools, cold plunge pools at 5 to 8°C, an 80°C traditional sauna, a 46°C steam room and heated stone benches. Guided sauna and ice bath sessions pair a 20 minute sauna with a group plunge. Bathhouse entry comes with the Fitness plus Bathhouse membership. Members 18+.

Trinity Curated Wellness occupies the ground floor and rooftop of Thomson House in South Melbourne. Its bathhouse circuit cycles between a cedar sauna, a cold plunge and a warm mineral spa, alongside a 20 minute LED lounge, group yoga and Pilates classes, and massage and facial appointments. Bathhouse access is sold through weekly memberships and intro offers.