Best Saunas in Athens, Greece
Al Hammam Traditional Baths
Al Hammam Traditional Baths sits in Plaka, about 100 metres from the Ottoman-era Bath House of the Winds, and revives the Ottoman bath ritual with kese scrubs and olive oil soap foam massage. A 50-minute self-administered hammam costs 35 EUR and the signature 60-minute ritual 69 EUR; couples and private hammam sessions are offered, and Cafe Anatolia serves tea afterwards. Open daily 13:00 to 21:00.
Cocoon Urban Spa
Cocoon Urban Spa is a day spa in Chalandri in the northern suburbs with a sauna, a hammam steam room, a jacuzzi and a pool, which guests are invited to use as a warm-up before treatments from a menu of more than 30. Swimwear is required in the sauna, hammam, jacuzzi and pool, and the spa admits guests aged 16 and over. Open Monday to Saturday, from 14:00 on Monday and from 10:00 or 11:00 on other days, closing between 19:00 and 22:00.
Hammam Baths Athens
Hammam Bathing House in Thissio is the flagship of Hammam Baths, a group that has run traditional baths in Athens for about 15 years. The hammam has a domed warm room with a central round marble bench and individual basins. A 60-minute self-service steam bath costs 30 EUR, and scrub and foam-massage rituals can be added. Open Monday to Friday 11:00 to 22:30 and at weekends 10:00 to 22:30.
Hammam Shahrazad
Hammam Shahrazad is a Moroccan-style hammam at Porinou 12, just below the Acropolis, from a team that ran hammams in Morocco and Poland for almost twelve years. Its steam room is kept mild at 35 to 40 C rather than sauna heat. A self-service hammam with soap, kessa glove and peshtemal costs 45 EUR for 60 minutes, and the full exfoliation and foam Ritual Hammam 70 EUR. Services are by appointment, daily 12:00 to 22:00.
Le Hammam
Le Hammam is a Moroccan-style hammam in the centre of Kifissia in the northern suburbs. Every service is private, so the hammam and its heated stone beds are used by one guest or couple at a time, followed by kessa exfoliation with black olive soap and massages from qualified physiotherapists, then tea in a relaxation room. Open Tuesday to Friday 12:00 to 21:00 and Saturday 12:00 to 20:00, closed Sunday and Monday.
Lousma Hammam & Spa
Lousma Hammam & Spa is a hammam on Patriarchou Ioakeim in Kolonaki. Its Byzantine Bath, 30 minutes in the steam bath with traditional taps and basins of running water, costs 40 EUR; longer rituals such as the Imperial Hammam add a kese-glove scrub, olive oil soap foam massage and hair washing, alongside a full massage and facial menu. Bookings are taken by phone and WhatsApp.
Old City Hamam
Old City Hamam is a small hamam and spa beside Acropolis metro station that bills itself as the only hamam in Athens with natural heat. Each ritual starts with a 30-minute warm-up in the shared hamam, followed by kese exfoliation, soap-foam massage and hair washing; a 60-minute self-service hamam costs 40 EUR and the Original Hamam 60 EUR. Massages and facials are also offered. Open Monday to Saturday 13:00 to 22:00, closed Sunday.
Polis Hammam Piraeus
The Piraeus branch of Polis Hammam, on Filonos Street near the port, is a traditional hammam run by the same company as the Psirri bath in central Athens. It offers self-service hammam baths and scrub, soap-foam and themed bath rituals alongside massages, and sells its own Piraeus-only discount packages. Open Monday to Friday 11:00 to 23:00 and at weekends 10:00 to 23:00.
Spa at Lake Vouliagmeni
Lake Vouliagmeni on the Athens Riviera is a lake fed by thermal springs among rock formations, run as a paid bathing and wellness venue with a restaurant. Its lakeside spa offers treatments and a 20-minute Lake Thermal Sauna Experience for 30 EUR, and is listed as open daily 10:00 to 19:00. Lake entry carries its own fee, summer hours are 08:00 to 20:00 from 1 May to 16 September, and same-day reservations are not possible.
Aegeo Spa at Electra Metropolis
The Aegeo Spas wellness centre at the Electra Metropolis hotel on Mitropoleos Street, near Syntagma Square, has a sauna, a steam room, an indoor heated pool and a gym, alongside signature treatments using Greek products. The spa works by appointment from 10:00 to 20:00. In summer the hotel's 10th-floor rooftop pool faces the Acropolis, though the hotel describes it as a facility for in-house guests.
Divani Athens Spa & Thalasso Center
Divani Athens Spa & Thalasso Center at the Divani Apollon Palace in Kavouri, Vouliagmeni, is a 3,500 square metre spa that calls itself the only thalassotherapy centre in Athens. Its one-day spa packages pair the seawater thalassotherapy pool, a steam room and a sauna with scrubs, massages or facials. Open weekdays 10:00 to 22:00 and at weekends 10:00 to 19:00.
Orloff Spa at Pnoes Academias
Orloff Spa runs the Pnoes wellness centre inside the Academias hotel on Akadimias Street in central Athens. Besides a sauna and a 24-hour gym, it has an indoor heated pool lit for effect, where films are projected on a large wall while guests swim, and a treatment menu using Valmont, Cinq Mondes and The Organic Pharmacy products. Open every day, Sundays included, from 10:00 to 20:00.
Orloff Spa Theoxenia Palace
Orloff Spa at the Theoxenia Palace hotel on Kefalari Square in Kifissia is run by the Athens spa operator Orloff and sells treatments to outside visitors. The ground-floor spa has a heated pool facing the gardens, a jacuzzi, a domed marble hammam and a sauna, plus two treatment cabins for Valmont facials, Orloff massages and hammam-inspired body cleansing. Open daily, with treatments from 11:00 to 20:00.
The Spa at Four Seasons Astir Palace
The spa at Four Seasons Astir Palace sits on the Vouliagmeni peninsula of the Athens Riviera. Its adults-only hydrotherapy zone, the Fountain House, has an aroma steam grotto, chill showers, a sauna and a hammam, and is open to outside visitors with a day pass. There is also a heated indoor pool, adults-only from 14:00, and ten treatment rooms. The spa is open daily from 09:00 to 21:00.
Holmes Place Athens
Holmes Place Athens is a members' health club on the first floor of the City Link complex at Voukourestiou and Stadiou, by Syntagma Square. Alongside a gym floor and group classes it has a 25-metre swimming pool and jacuzzi, an infrared sauna and an ice bath for recovery, and a spa offering massages and body treatments. Access is through a membership, sold as a one-year plan.
Holmes Place Glyfada
Holmes Place Glyfada is a members' health club on Grigoriou Lambraki in the southern suburb of Glyfada. It has a gym floor, group classes, a swimming pool with jacuzzi and a dedicated relaxation area, plus an infrared sauna and an ice bath for recovery and a spa with massage and body treatments. Access is through a membership rather than single entry, sold as one-year plans.
Holmes Place Maroussi
Holmes Place Maroussi is a members' health club in the Aithrio shopping centre on Agiou Konstantinou in Maroussi, in the northern suburbs. It has a large five-lane indoor pool, a gym floor, group fitness classes and three squash courts, plus an infrared sauna and an ice bath for recovery. Access is through a membership rather than single entry, sold as one-year plans.
Al Hammam Traditional Baths
Al Hammam Traditional Baths sits in Plaka, about 100 metres from the Ottoman-era Bath House of the Winds, and revives the Ottoman bath ritual with kese scrubs and olive oil soap foam massage. A 50-minute self-administered hammam costs 35 EUR and the signature 60-minute ritual 69 EUR; couples and private hammam sessions are offered, and Cafe Anatolia serves tea afterwards. Open daily 13:00 to 21:00.
Cocoon Urban Spa
Cocoon Urban Spa is a day spa in Chalandri in the northern suburbs with a sauna, a hammam steam room, a jacuzzi and a pool, which guests are invited to use as a warm-up before treatments from a menu of more than 30. Swimwear is required in the sauna, hammam, jacuzzi and pool, and the spa admits guests aged 16 and over. Open Monday to Saturday, from 14:00 on Monday and from 10:00 or 11:00 on other days, closing between 19:00 and 22:00.
Hammam Baths Athens
Hammam Bathing House in Thissio is the flagship of Hammam Baths, a group that has run traditional baths in Athens for about 15 years. The hammam has a domed warm room with a central round marble bench and individual basins. A 60-minute self-service steam bath costs 30 EUR, and scrub and foam-massage rituals can be added. Open Monday to Friday 11:00 to 22:30 and at weekends 10:00 to 22:30.
Hammam Shahrazad
Hammam Shahrazad is a Moroccan-style hammam at Porinou 12, just below the Acropolis, from a team that ran hammams in Morocco and Poland for almost twelve years. Its steam room is kept mild at 35 to 40 C rather than sauna heat. A self-service hammam with soap, kessa glove and peshtemal costs 45 EUR for 60 minutes, and the full exfoliation and foam Ritual Hammam 70 EUR. Services are by appointment, daily 12:00 to 22:00.
Le Hammam
Le Hammam is a Moroccan-style hammam in the centre of Kifissia in the northern suburbs. Every service is private, so the hammam and its heated stone beds are used by one guest or couple at a time, followed by kessa exfoliation with black olive soap and massages from qualified physiotherapists, then tea in a relaxation room. Open Tuesday to Friday 12:00 to 21:00 and Saturday 12:00 to 20:00, closed Sunday and Monday.
Lousma Hammam & Spa
Lousma Hammam & Spa is a hammam on Patriarchou Ioakeim in Kolonaki. Its Byzantine Bath, 30 minutes in the steam bath with traditional taps and basins of running water, costs 40 EUR; longer rituals such as the Imperial Hammam add a kese-glove scrub, olive oil soap foam massage and hair washing, alongside a full massage and facial menu. Bookings are taken by phone and WhatsApp.
Old City Hamam
Old City Hamam is a small hamam and spa beside Acropolis metro station that bills itself as the only hamam in Athens with natural heat. Each ritual starts with a 30-minute warm-up in the shared hamam, followed by kese exfoliation, soap-foam massage and hair washing; a 60-minute self-service hamam costs 40 EUR and the Original Hamam 60 EUR. Massages and facials are also offered. Open Monday to Saturday 13:00 to 22:00, closed Sunday.
Polis Hammam Piraeus
The Piraeus branch of Polis Hammam, on Filonos Street near the port, is a traditional hammam run by the same company as the Psirri bath in central Athens. It offers self-service hammam baths and scrub, soap-foam and themed bath rituals alongside massages, and sells its own Piraeus-only discount packages. Open Monday to Friday 11:00 to 23:00 and at weekends 10:00 to 23:00.
Spa at Lake Vouliagmeni
Lake Vouliagmeni on the Athens Riviera is a lake fed by thermal springs among rock formations, run as a paid bathing and wellness venue with a restaurant. Its lakeside spa offers treatments and a 20-minute Lake Thermal Sauna Experience for 30 EUR, and is listed as open daily 10:00 to 19:00. Lake entry carries its own fee, summer hours are 08:00 to 20:00 from 1 May to 16 September, and same-day reservations are not possible.
Aegeo Spa at Electra Metropolis
The Aegeo Spas wellness centre at the Electra Metropolis hotel on Mitropoleos Street, near Syntagma Square, has a sauna, a steam room, an indoor heated pool and a gym, alongside signature treatments using Greek products. The spa works by appointment from 10:00 to 20:00. In summer the hotel's 10th-floor rooftop pool faces the Acropolis, though the hotel describes it as a facility for in-house guests.
Divani Athens Spa & Thalasso Center
Divani Athens Spa & Thalasso Center at the Divani Apollon Palace in Kavouri, Vouliagmeni, is a 3,500 square metre spa that calls itself the only thalassotherapy centre in Athens. Its one-day spa packages pair the seawater thalassotherapy pool, a steam room and a sauna with scrubs, massages or facials. Open weekdays 10:00 to 22:00 and at weekends 10:00 to 19:00.
Orloff Spa at Pnoes Academias
Orloff Spa runs the Pnoes wellness centre inside the Academias hotel on Akadimias Street in central Athens. Besides a sauna and a 24-hour gym, it has an indoor heated pool lit for effect, where films are projected on a large wall while guests swim, and a treatment menu using Valmont, Cinq Mondes and The Organic Pharmacy products. Open every day, Sundays included, from 10:00 to 20:00.
Orloff Spa Theoxenia Palace
Orloff Spa at the Theoxenia Palace hotel on Kefalari Square in Kifissia is run by the Athens spa operator Orloff and sells treatments to outside visitors. The ground-floor spa has a heated pool facing the gardens, a jacuzzi, a domed marble hammam and a sauna, plus two treatment cabins for Valmont facials, Orloff massages and hammam-inspired body cleansing. Open daily, with treatments from 11:00 to 20:00.
The Spa at Four Seasons Astir Palace
The spa at Four Seasons Astir Palace sits on the Vouliagmeni peninsula of the Athens Riviera. Its adults-only hydrotherapy zone, the Fountain House, has an aroma steam grotto, chill showers, a sauna and a hammam, and is open to outside visitors with a day pass. There is also a heated indoor pool, adults-only from 14:00, and ten treatment rooms. The spa is open daily from 09:00 to 21:00.
Holmes Place Athens
Holmes Place Athens is a members' health club on the first floor of the City Link complex at Voukourestiou and Stadiou, by Syntagma Square. Alongside a gym floor and group classes it has a 25-metre swimming pool and jacuzzi, an infrared sauna and an ice bath for recovery, and a spa offering massages and body treatments. Access is through a membership, sold as a one-year plan.
Holmes Place Glyfada
Holmes Place Glyfada is a members' health club on Grigoriou Lambraki in the southern suburb of Glyfada. It has a gym floor, group classes, a swimming pool with jacuzzi and a dedicated relaxation area, plus an infrared sauna and an ice bath for recovery and a spa with massage and body treatments. Access is through a membership rather than single entry, sold as one-year plans.
Holmes Place Maroussi
Holmes Place Maroussi is a members' health club in the Aithrio shopping centre on Agiou Konstantinou in Maroussi, in the northern suburbs. It has a large five-lane indoor pool, a gym floor, group fitness classes and three squash courts, plus an infrared sauna and an ice bath for recovery. Access is through a membership rather than single entry, sold as one-year plans.