Lan Bathhouse occupies level one of the Paradise Centre in Surfers Paradise, entered beside Priceline on Surfers Paradise Boulevard. The 18-plus bathhouse has six magnesium spas: four at 38 degrees, one at 24 degrees and a 12 degree cold plunge. Sessions run 90 minutes, with a cheaper 60-minute early bird slot, private baths for groups, head spa and massage services.
What's inside
Cold
Cold plunge
Water
Hot pool
Magnesium pool
Treatments
Massage
Facilities
Bookings required
Mixed sessions
Location
SP102, Level 1, Paradise Centre, Surfers Paradise QLD 4217
Spa by JW is the day spa inside the JW Marriott Gold Coast Resort on Ferny Avenue. Beyond massage and facial services, non-guests can buy a Rest and Recovery pass or membership giving access to a traditional sauna, steam shower and relaxation lounge. A one-off Discovery Visit, weekly and monthly memberships are sold, arranged by phoning the spa directly.
City Cave Southport, on the corner of Ferry Road and Cotlew Street behind the Ferry Road Tavern, is part of the national chain. Core services are 60-minute sessions in salt-water float tanks, 45-minute private infrared sauna rooms and remedial, sports, pregnancy or relaxation massage. Combination packages pair sauna, float and massage, and member pricing is available on all three services.
Rigs Recovery in Bundall is the original site of this local two-venue recovery brand. Guided 60-minute contrast sessions alternate a cold pool around 9 degrees with a hot pool around 39 degrees. Other services include Sunlighten infrared saunas, Normatec compression, hyperbaric oxygen, red light, and a three-minute full body cryo chamber at minus 87 degrees. Memberships cover both Gold Coast sites.
