Best Saunas in Adelaide, Australia
Aalto Community
A communal contrast-therapy space on King William Road in Goodwood, set up by four friends from professional sport. Sessions start on the hour and run 60 minutes, moving between a traditional 12-person sauna at 85 to 95°C and three individual cold plunges kept at 4 to 10°C, with a tea lounge between rounds. The space holds about ten people per session. Casual entry is $35, and weekday 6am sessions run without music.
Davaar House
A day spa and wellness hub in a heritage house on South Terrace with private infrared saunas: a one-person solo sauna and a larger Ultimate sauna with chromotherapy lighting, also bookable for couples. A 10 to 12°C ice bath is offered alone or in a 45-minute hot and cold session. Solo infrared sessions start at $42 for 30 minutes and hot/cold treatment is $80. Open Monday to Saturday with shorter hours on Saturday, Thursday by appointment.
Onsen Sauna & Recovery
A Japanese-inspired sauna and recovery lounge on Henley Beach Road in Torrensville, opened in November 2025. It has a communal timber barrel sauna for up to six people at 90 to 95°C, private infrared sauna rooms for one or two, and mineral contrast baths pairing a cold mineral plunge with a warm mineral bath. Sessions run 25 minutes; contrast baths cost $27. Open early mornings and from 3:30pm on weekdays, and 8am to 6pm at weekends.
Plunge Recovery Somerton Park
A recovery facility on Brighton Road in Somerton Park, one of two Plunge Recovery sites (the other is in Seaford). It has four magnesium-enriched plunge pools at 7, 14, 36 and 40°C, two infrared saunas that seat up to four each, and a 95°C traditional barrel sauna, plus Normatec compression. Casual sauna sessions cost $25 and pool sessions $35, with sauna and pool combos at $50; bookings go through the Plunge app.
Rebuild Recovery
A 500-square-metre recovery space on Sydenham Road in Norwood, founded by local friends and aimed at runners, gym-goers and anyone training. It offers infrared saunas, a traditional barrel sauna, plunge pools for hot and cold contrast, compression therapy and a red light therapy bed. Single infrared sauna sessions cost $30 and memberships start at $40 a week; sessions are booked online or through the Rebuild app.
Mineral Bathhouse
A communal bathhouse on Flinders Street in the city centre, opened in 2026. One self-paced 90-minute pass covers a 37°C magnesium mineral pool, an 80°C traditional sauna, an infrared sauna, a hammam steam room with optional mud scrub, an 8°C cold plunge, a salt room and rest areas, for up to 24 bathers at a time. Single visits cost $65 on weekdays and $70 at weekends; open 7am to 9pm weekdays and 7am to 6pm weekends.
SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre
The state aquatic and leisure centre on Morphett Road in Oaklands Park, run by YMCA, with competition, leisure and learn-to-swim pools, waterslides and a gym. Its sauna and steam room are open to over-16s without booking and are included in casual adult aquatic entry of $9.50. Swimwear is required and nudity is prohibited, and both rooms close when Oaklands Park reaches 35°C. Pool rejuvenation works are under way.
BODHI Spa at Eos by SkyCity
A day spa on level 1 of the Eos by SkyCity hotel on Festival Drive, run by the BODHI wellness group, with three treatment rooms for massage, facials and botanical rituals. The hotel's adjoining facilities include a dry heat sauna, a wet steam room, a warm spa pool and a swimming pool, which spa guests can use around their treatment. Open daily from 10am to 6pm except public holidays.
Fast Twitch Gym & Recovery
A group-fitness gym on North East Road in Klemzig with a sports recovery suite. It has an infrared sauna and a traditional Finnish sauna, an ice bath, magnesium baths, red light therapy and compression boots. Non-members can book single infrared sauna sessions of 30, 45 or 60 minutes or a two-hour recovery pass; members get unlimited suite access. Staffed afternoons on weekdays and mornings at weekends.
Next Gen Memorial Drive
A members' health club beside Memorial Drive in North Adelaide with 25-metre indoor and outdoor pools, tennis and a gym. A spa, traditional sauna and steam room surround the indoor pool for all members, and Gold members have a separate premium area with sauna, steam, spa and an ice room. Its NAIA Spa Retreat, due in November 2026, adds mineral pools, ice baths, Finnish and infrared saunas, steam and a salt room for Premium members.
Aalto Community
A communal contrast-therapy space on King William Road in Goodwood, set up by four friends from professional sport. Sessions start on the hour and run 60 minutes, moving between a traditional 12-person sauna at 85 to 95°C and three individual cold plunges kept at 4 to 10°C, with a tea lounge between rounds. The space holds about ten people per session. Casual entry is $35, and weekday 6am sessions run without music.
Davaar House
A day spa and wellness hub in a heritage house on South Terrace with private infrared saunas: a one-person solo sauna and a larger Ultimate sauna with chromotherapy lighting, also bookable for couples. A 10 to 12°C ice bath is offered alone or in a 45-minute hot and cold session. Solo infrared sessions start at $42 for 30 minutes and hot/cold treatment is $80. Open Monday to Saturday with shorter hours on Saturday, Thursday by appointment.
Onsen Sauna & Recovery
A Japanese-inspired sauna and recovery lounge on Henley Beach Road in Torrensville, opened in November 2025. It has a communal timber barrel sauna for up to six people at 90 to 95°C, private infrared sauna rooms for one or two, and mineral contrast baths pairing a cold mineral plunge with a warm mineral bath. Sessions run 25 minutes; contrast baths cost $27. Open early mornings and from 3:30pm on weekdays, and 8am to 6pm at weekends.
Plunge Recovery Somerton Park
A recovery facility on Brighton Road in Somerton Park, one of two Plunge Recovery sites (the other is in Seaford). It has four magnesium-enriched plunge pools at 7, 14, 36 and 40°C, two infrared saunas that seat up to four each, and a 95°C traditional barrel sauna, plus Normatec compression. Casual sauna sessions cost $25 and pool sessions $35, with sauna and pool combos at $50; bookings go through the Plunge app.
Rebuild Recovery
A 500-square-metre recovery space on Sydenham Road in Norwood, founded by local friends and aimed at runners, gym-goers and anyone training. It offers infrared saunas, a traditional barrel sauna, plunge pools for hot and cold contrast, compression therapy and a red light therapy bed. Single infrared sauna sessions cost $30 and memberships start at $40 a week; sessions are booked online or through the Rebuild app.
Mineral Bathhouse
A communal bathhouse on Flinders Street in the city centre, opened in 2026. One self-paced 90-minute pass covers a 37°C magnesium mineral pool, an 80°C traditional sauna, an infrared sauna, a hammam steam room with optional mud scrub, an 8°C cold plunge, a salt room and rest areas, for up to 24 bathers at a time. Single visits cost $65 on weekdays and $70 at weekends; open 7am to 9pm weekdays and 7am to 6pm weekends.
SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre
The state aquatic and leisure centre on Morphett Road in Oaklands Park, run by YMCA, with competition, leisure and learn-to-swim pools, waterslides and a gym. Its sauna and steam room are open to over-16s without booking and are included in casual adult aquatic entry of $9.50. Swimwear is required and nudity is prohibited, and both rooms close when Oaklands Park reaches 35°C. Pool rejuvenation works are under way.
BODHI Spa at Eos by SkyCity
A day spa on level 1 of the Eos by SkyCity hotel on Festival Drive, run by the BODHI wellness group, with three treatment rooms for massage, facials and botanical rituals. The hotel's adjoining facilities include a dry heat sauna, a wet steam room, a warm spa pool and a swimming pool, which spa guests can use around their treatment. Open daily from 10am to 6pm except public holidays.
Fast Twitch Gym & Recovery
A group-fitness gym on North East Road in Klemzig with a sports recovery suite. It has an infrared sauna and a traditional Finnish sauna, an ice bath, magnesium baths, red light therapy and compression boots. Non-members can book single infrared sauna sessions of 30, 45 or 60 minutes or a two-hour recovery pass; members get unlimited suite access. Staffed afternoons on weekdays and mornings at weekends.
Next Gen Memorial Drive
A members' health club beside Memorial Drive in North Adelaide with 25-metre indoor and outdoor pools, tennis and a gym. A spa, traditional sauna and steam room surround the indoor pool for all members, and Gold members have a separate premium area with sauna, steam, spa and an ice room. Its NAIA Spa Retreat, due in November 2026, adds mineral pools, ice baths, Finnish and infrared saunas, steam and a salt room for Premium members.