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Traditional saunas heat the air, usually to 70 to 100°C, and many let you pour water on the stones for steam. Sydney has stand-alone sauna studios, saunas inside bathhouses and beachside saunas. Sessions tend to run 30 to 90 minutes, and many venues pair the sauna with a cold plunge.
XtraClubs on Oxford Street in Bondi Junction, open 6am to 11pm every day, with a 90°C Finnish sauna, 70°C infrared saunas, a 45°C steam room and ice baths from 3 to 14°C. A single session is 90 minutes. Memberships on a 28-day rolling term cover unlimited off-peak visits, packs work at any XtraClubs, and there is free parking nearby.
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XtraClubs Green Square on Zetland Avenue in Zetland, open 6am to 11pm every day, with a 90°C Finnish sauna, 70°C infrared saunas, a 45°C steam room and ice baths from 3 to 14°C. A single session is 90 minutes. Memberships on a 28-day rolling term cover unlimited off-peak visits, and packs work at any XtraClubs.
from$19.95verified Sept 2026
XtraClubs on The Corso in Manly, open 6am to 11pm every day, with a 90°C Finnish sauna, 70°C infrared saunas, a 45°C steam room and ice baths from 3 to 14°C. A single session is 90 minutes. Memberships on a 28-day rolling term cover unlimited off-peak visits, and packs work at any XtraClubs.
from$19.95verified Sept 2026
XtraClubs on Faversham Street in Marrickville, open 6am to 11pm every day, with a 90°C Finnish sauna, 70°C infrared saunas, a 45°C steam room and ice baths from 3 to 14°C. A single session is 90 minutes. Memberships on a 28-day rolling term cover unlimited off-peak visits, packs work at any XtraClubs, and there is two hours of free parking beside the club.
from$19.95verified Sept 2026
Wood-fired communal sauna at Q Station on North Head in Manly, open Wednesday to Sunday. Sessions run 50 minutes for up to 12 people, with peak and off-peak prices and ten-session packs. The cold plunge is an ocean dip at Quarantine Beach, with an outdoor shower on site. Bring your own towel.
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Private sauna suites on Cronulla Street in Cronulla. Each suite has a traditional or infrared sauna and its own rainwater shower, and contrast rooms add an ice bath. Sessions run 50 minutes for one or two people. Weekly memberships cover infrared or contrast sessions, and monthly resident passes are offered to a limited number of locals.
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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.
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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.
from$39verified Sept 2026
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.
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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 and Sunrise pricing as Glebe and Balmain. Later weekday opening than the other two venues. Massage and facials on site.
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RCVRI on Coogee Bay Road in Coogee, with traditional and infrared saunas, hot and cold contrast pools, massage and Normatec compression boots. Casual sessions, five and ten packs, and weekly memberships from two to eight sessions a week are priced the same across RCVRI studios. First-timers can take a two-week intro pass of six sessions.
from$39verified Sept 2026
RCVRI on Belgrave Street in Manly, with traditional and infrared saunas, hot and cold contrast pools and Normatec compression boots, and on-street parking. Casual sessions, five and ten packs, and weekly memberships from two to eight sessions a week are priced the same across RCVRI studios. First-timers can take a two-week intro pass of six sessions.
from$39verified Sept 2026
RCVRI on Castlereagh Street by Martin Place in the CBD, with a traditional sauna, cold plunge pools kept at 8 to 12°C and Normatec compression boots, open from 6am on weekdays. Casual sessions, packs and weekly memberships match other RCVRI studios, and a Passport membership adds access to a second location. First-timers can take a two-week intro pass.
from$39verified Sept 2026
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.
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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.
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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.
from$39.95verified Sept 2026
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.
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Private infrared sauna studio on Bondi Road. Each room is a self-contained infrared sauna with its own shower, for one to three people, and two contrast suites pair a sauna with an ice bath, one indoors and one in the garden with a barrel sauna. Forty-five and sixty minute sessions, weekday morning and midweek discounts, packs and weekly memberships.
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Nimbus Co in Grosvenor Lane, Neutral Bay, with private infrared sauna rooms, private contrast suites pairing an infrared sauna with a cold plunge bath, and a communal contrast room with a Finnish sauna and two ice baths. Rooms have their own shower, and towels and filtered water are provided. Sessions run 30 to 50 minutes.
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Mobile sauna parked at the beach paddock in the grounds of Vaucluse House, heated to 85°C. Social sessions run 60 minutes with three rounds of Aufguss, where water and scent are poured over the stones. Single sessions and five or ten session packs are available, and session times are listed in the booking system.
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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.
from$45verified Sept 2026
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.
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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.
from$120verified Sept 2026
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.
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