Bathhouses in Sydney

Outdoor artesian bore bath just east of Pilliga village, about 56 kilometres from Wee Waa on a sealed road. Hot water from the Great Artesian Basin has fed the bath for well over a century. Day visits cost nothing, and a basic primitive campground beside the bath charges a small nightly fee per site. There is no drinking water or power on site.

Communal bathhouse under The Pacific building on Campbell Parade, formerly Slow House Bondi. Ninety-minute sessions cover magnesium pools, traditional sauna, steam room and cold plunge, with private infrared sauna rooms, massage, lymphatic and facial bookings alongside. Early sessions are silent and phone-free. Sound sessions run on Monday mornings at no extra cost. Groups up to six.

Balmain outpost of the Nature's Energy bathhouses on Darling Street. Infrared and traditional saunas, steam room, hot spa, ice baths, pail showers and red light room in a smaller, quieter space than Glebe, with the same ninety-minute session and Sunrise pricing. Massage and facial rooms on site. Hushed-tones policy throughout. Groups up to 20.

Day spa and bathhouse on Glebe Point Road with three infrared and two traditional saunas, a steam room, hot spa, ice baths, pail showers and a large red light room. Ninety-minute sessions include a towel, locker, sea salt scrub and herbal tea, with sixty-minute Sunrise sessions before 9:30am. Massage, facials and day spa packages bookable alongside. Groups up to 36.

Bathhouse on the Pacific Highway in Chatswood with a hot mineral pool, a sauna, a 44°C steam room and cold plunges, plus the Placebo Bar for non-alcoholic drinks, coffee and snacks. Sessions run 60, 90 or 120 minutes, with cheaper early-bird hours from 7 to 9am. Closed Mondays. Walk-ins are taken when space allows, and a weekly membership covers three sessions.

Soak's original Sydney bathhouse in the Bourke and Bowden precinct, a short walk from Green Square station. Mineral pools, cold plunge, cedar sauna, steam room and infrared saunas in a seven-hundred square metre warehouse conversion, with a massage menu and a twenty-minute LED facial and meditation add-on. Same session menu and pricing as Bondi Junction.

Seven-hundred square metre indoor bathhouse inside the Verdical building on Ebley Street, opened December 2025. Two travertine mineral pools at 34°C and 38°C, cold plunges and drench buckets at 12.5°C, dry cedar sauna, steam rooms and infrared saunas, with massage rooms attached. Open to midnight Friday to Sunday. Two hours free parking on site.

Palm Springs-styled outdoor bathhouse on the Macarthur fringe, about seventy minutes from the CBD. Soak sessions run two hours, three hours or all day and cover the sauna, steam room, hydrotherapy spas, magnesium plunge pool, robe, slippers and towels. Float rooms, facials, massage, yoga and breathwork classes on the same site. Licensed, with food. Closed Monday and Tuesday.

Nature's Energy's King Street venue, the smallest of the three, with a bathhouse that can be hired privately for groups of up to ten. Infrared and traditional saunas, steam, hot spa, ice bath and red light room, with the same ninety-minute session as Glebe and Balmain. Later weekday opening than the other two venues. Massage and facials on site.

Bathhouse on the Great Western Highway at Blackheath in the upper Blue Mountains, with hot and cold bathing and sauna plus rest areas. Off-peak bathing runs Tuesday to Thursday and peak bathing Friday to Sunday, with a full towel and sauna towel included and robes and slippers for hire. Silent sessions are scheduled. Closed Mondays, open until 8pm.

Bathhouse on Commonwealth Street in Surry Hills with a mineral bath at 38°C, a hot stone sauna up to 90°C, a steam room, a warm hammam bench and a cold plunge. Sessions are 90 minutes, cheapest on weekdays before 5pm, with quiet weekend mornings and facilitator-guided sessions. Five-pass packs and weekly memberships are available; towels and robes are for hire.

Sydney outpost of the Melbourne bathhouse, in a two-level former warehouse on South Dowling Street, with what the venue describes as the largest sauna in the Southern Hemisphere. Opening in October 2026, with bookings already open. Sessions are two hours, six days a week, with off-peak and peak prices and robe and towel hire. Closed Mondays.

Bathhouse and day spa on the Crowne Plaza Hawkesbury Valley estate in Windsor. The two hour circuit covers a Nordic sauna at 80 to 100°C, steam room, infrared sauna, cold plunges at 7 to 12°C, an outdoor barrel sauna, a 28°C magnesium pool and a 35°C hydrotherapy pool, plus open float pools, massage, facials and a relaxation lounge.

Reset Studio is a sauna and ice bath studio on Knox Street in Double Bay. The 50-minute Reset Circuit is a communal session for up to five guests with a traditional cedar sauna, two ice baths, a eucalyptus steam room, a magnesium spa and a vitamin C-infused shower. Private suites offer 50-minute contrast sessions for one to three guests, plus a Himalayan salt cave, full body LED light and Normatec compression boots. Session packs are sold online.

Members get a large onsen, traditional and infrared saunas, a two-level training suite, yoga and pilates, plus a co-working bar. Lounge members add reformer classes, red light, a monthly massage and a private lounge. Membership is by application on a six-month term.

Turkish hammam and day spa on Wellington Road in South Granville. Every visit is a package that starts with the steam room, heated spa and kese mitt exfoliation, running 60 to 90 minutes. Women only for most hours, with a men's hammam on Thursday afternoons and private hammam bookings on Friday to Sunday evenings. Closed Mondays; a deposit is needed to book.

Members-only wellness club from the GURNER Group across six floors on Walker Street, the group's first Sydney club. Application-based membership with a cap per club, no day passes and no guest rates. Bathhouse, saunas and cold facilities sit alongside gym, dining and social spaces. Bondi and Mosman clubs announced to follow.

Traditional Finnish sauna, infrared heat, a 38-degree mineral pool, cold plunge, showers and a recovery lounge.