Best Saunas in Barcelona, Spain
ILO Studios
ILO Studios is a contrast-therapy studio on Carrer de Bailén in the Eixample, built around a traditional Finnish sauna that seats 24 and runs at 85 to 95°C, which the studio calls the largest in Barcelona. Four stainless-steel ice baths are held at 3, 7, 9 and 15°C. Every session is guided in a group, with breathwork on the programme. A single drop-in costs 32 EUR, and private group sessions can be arranged for teams and birthdays.
Rokka Studio
Rokka Studio is a small cold-and-heat recovery studio on Carrer de Muntaner in Sant Gervasi, named after the Japanese word for hexagon. It pairs a dry sauna and a full-spectrum infrared sauna with cold plunge baths and a relaxation area. Single sessions run 45, 60 or 90 minutes at 30, 42 and 58 EUR, occasional guided breathwork sessions combine plunge and sauna, and the whole studio can be booked privately for an hour at 250 EUR.
AIRE Ancient Baths Barcelona
AIRE Ancient Baths Barcelona is a thermal bathhouse on Passeig de Picasso, facing the Parc de la Ciutadella, with pools under restored brick vaults. The circuit runs from warm to hot to very cold water cooled with ice, alongside a salt pool with a salinity close to the Dead Sea, a multi-jet bath and a steam room, and massages can be added. It opens Monday to Thursday 9:00 AM to 1:00 AM and Friday to Sunday 8:00 AM to 1:00 AM.
Dunas del Rif
Dunas del Rif is a small hammam spa on Carrer de Martínez de la Rosa in Gràcia that draws on Berber tradition. Treatments in the hammam use traditional black olive soap, the kessa cotton glove for exfoliation and rhassoul clay masks, and the house also offers Berber massages and reflexology. It is open every day of the week, holidays included, from 12:00 to 21:00.
Hammam Farasha
Hammam Farasha is a North African-style hammam on Carrer de Vilamarí in the Eixample, intended for women and couples; men cannot book alone. Each ritual starts in a steam room that rises from 37 to 46°C, with black beldi soap and a kessa-glove scrub, and some add an oil massage followed by mint tea. Rituals cost 50 to 125 EUR and last 90 to 110 minutes. A swimsuit is required, and the hammam is closed on Mondays.
Rituels d'Orient
Rituels d'Orient is a hammam spa on Carrer de Loreto in Les Corts, built around Turkish-bath rituals that pair a hammam session with an oriental scrub, massages or wraps. The basic hammam ritual lasts about 80 minutes and costs 59 EUR, and couples' rituals use a double cabin. Guests bring only a swimsuit or bikini, with robes, towels and slippers provided. It is open Tuesday to Sunday from 11:00, until 22:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.
OASIS Wellness & Spa by Natura Bissé
OASIS Wellness & Spa by Natura Bissé is the spa of the Grand Hyatt Barcelona on Plaça de Pius XII in Les Corts. Its spa circuit can be booked online, and a private suite with its own jacuzzi, sauna and steam bath hosts 90-minute rituals for two with an essential-oil scrub and a full-body massage. Entry is for over-18s only. It opens Monday to Wednesday 14:00 to 21:00 and Thursday to Sunday 10:00 to 21:00.
Serena Spa Grums
Serena Spa at the Grums Hotel on Carrer de Palaudàries in Poble-sec is one of five Serena spas in Barcelona hotels and is open to hotel guests and outside visitors alike. It has indoor pools, a Finnish sauna, a hammam steam bath and a jacuzzi, and Serena blends its own massage oils from essential oils. It opens Monday to Thursday 12:00 to 20:00, Friday 12:00 to 21:00, Saturday 10:00 to 21:00 and Sunday 10:00 to 20:00.
Spa Minos Barcelona
Spa Minos Barcelona is the spa of Hotel Villa Olímpic@ Suites on Carrer de Pallars in Poblenou. Its circuit combines a therapy pool with jacuzzis, hydrotherapy beds and water jets, saunas, steam baths, a caldarium and frigidarium, an ice fountain, a Scottish shower and a Nordic bath. Visits need an appointment and children under 14 are not admitted. It opens weekdays 10:00 to 13:00 and 16:00 to 21:00, and weekends 10:00 to 22:00.
Spazio Wellness
Spazio Wellness is the spa of Hotel SB Diagonal Zero on Plaça de Llevant in Sant Martí, near the Fòrum. Its water circuit has a Finnish sauna, a Turkish bath, a jacuzzi, an ice fountain, sensation showers and hydrotherapy beds. Visitors who are not staying at the hotel can use it for 25 EUR an hour, hotel guests for 18 EUR, and swimming caps are mandatory in the pool and the jacuzzi.
Termas Bonay Wellness
Termas Bonay Wellness is an open-air rooftop spa at the Casa Bonay hotel on Gran Via, inspired by the saunas of Northern Europe and planted with lush greenery. It has a dry sauna, a hammam, an ice bath and a Japanese ofuro tub. Its circuits run for groups of up to six in 50-minute sessions, the whole space can be privatised, and two cabins offer massages and facials.
Aiguajoc
Aiguajoc is a sports centre on Carrer del Comte Borrell in Sant Antoni with a gym, a pool and an urban wellness zone that shares space with the pool. The spa area has a dry sauna, a steam bath, a jacuzzi, a footbath, contrast and mist showers and an ice fountain. It opens Monday to Friday 6:30 to 22:00, Saturday 8:00 to 21:00 and Sunday 8:00 to 15:00, with shorter hours on public holidays.
Claror Marítim
Claror Marítim is a fitness and spa club run by the Fundació Claror on the Barceloneta seafront promenade. Its spa has a dry sauna, a Mediterranean sauna, a steam sauna and an infrared area, and the Espai Talassa adds two seawater pools kept at 32°C with a water circuit. Spa access is included in membership. It opens Monday to Friday 7:00 to 23:00, Saturday 8:30 to 21:00 and Sunday 9:00 to 16:00.
Ignite Fitness Recovery Room
The Recovery Room at Ignite Fitness, a gym on Carrer del Bruc in the Eixample, is a fully private contrast-therapy space with a classic Finnish sauna for up to two people at 90 to 100°C and an ice bath at 8°C that can be adjusted on request. It is booked by appointment on weekdays, at 60 EUR for a 60-minute private session, and guests bring their own swimwear and a change of clothes.
Inner Flow Studio
Inner Flow Studio is a training and wellbeing club in the Desigual building in La Barceloneta, with a functional spa on its lower floor. The spa has a traditional dry sauna, a steam room, an infrared lounge, a cold water plunge, hydrothermal beds at different temperatures and a float tank. The studio runs on membership, but 90-minute spa circuits for two with a massage are sold separately, from 129 EUR.
ILO Studios
ILO Studios is a contrast-therapy studio on Carrer de Bailén in the Eixample, built around a traditional Finnish sauna that seats 24 and runs at 85 to 95°C, which the studio calls the largest in Barcelona. Four stainless-steel ice baths are held at 3, 7, 9 and 15°C. Every session is guided in a group, with breathwork on the programme. A single drop-in costs 32 EUR, and private group sessions can be arranged for teams and birthdays.
Rokka Studio
Rokka Studio is a small cold-and-heat recovery studio on Carrer de Muntaner in Sant Gervasi, named after the Japanese word for hexagon. It pairs a dry sauna and a full-spectrum infrared sauna with cold plunge baths and a relaxation area. Single sessions run 45, 60 or 90 minutes at 30, 42 and 58 EUR, occasional guided breathwork sessions combine plunge and sauna, and the whole studio can be booked privately for an hour at 250 EUR.
AIRE Ancient Baths Barcelona
AIRE Ancient Baths Barcelona is a thermal bathhouse on Passeig de Picasso, facing the Parc de la Ciutadella, with pools under restored brick vaults. The circuit runs from warm to hot to very cold water cooled with ice, alongside a salt pool with a salinity close to the Dead Sea, a multi-jet bath and a steam room, and massages can be added. It opens Monday to Thursday 9:00 AM to 1:00 AM and Friday to Sunday 8:00 AM to 1:00 AM.
Dunas del Rif
Dunas del Rif is a small hammam spa on Carrer de Martínez de la Rosa in Gràcia that draws on Berber tradition. Treatments in the hammam use traditional black olive soap, the kessa cotton glove for exfoliation and rhassoul clay masks, and the house also offers Berber massages and reflexology. It is open every day of the week, holidays included, from 12:00 to 21:00.
Hammam Farasha
Hammam Farasha is a North African-style hammam on Carrer de Vilamarí in the Eixample, intended for women and couples; men cannot book alone. Each ritual starts in a steam room that rises from 37 to 46°C, with black beldi soap and a kessa-glove scrub, and some add an oil massage followed by mint tea. Rituals cost 50 to 125 EUR and last 90 to 110 minutes. A swimsuit is required, and the hammam is closed on Mondays.
Rituels d'Orient
Rituels d'Orient is a hammam spa on Carrer de Loreto in Les Corts, built around Turkish-bath rituals that pair a hammam session with an oriental scrub, massages or wraps. The basic hammam ritual lasts about 80 minutes and costs 59 EUR, and couples' rituals use a double cabin. Guests bring only a swimsuit or bikini, with robes, towels and slippers provided. It is open Tuesday to Sunday from 11:00, until 22:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.
OASIS Wellness & Spa by Natura Bissé
OASIS Wellness & Spa by Natura Bissé is the spa of the Grand Hyatt Barcelona on Plaça de Pius XII in Les Corts. Its spa circuit can be booked online, and a private suite with its own jacuzzi, sauna and steam bath hosts 90-minute rituals for two with an essential-oil scrub and a full-body massage. Entry is for over-18s only. It opens Monday to Wednesday 14:00 to 21:00 and Thursday to Sunday 10:00 to 21:00.
Serena Spa Grums
Serena Spa at the Grums Hotel on Carrer de Palaudàries in Poble-sec is one of five Serena spas in Barcelona hotels and is open to hotel guests and outside visitors alike. It has indoor pools, a Finnish sauna, a hammam steam bath and a jacuzzi, and Serena blends its own massage oils from essential oils. It opens Monday to Thursday 12:00 to 20:00, Friday 12:00 to 21:00, Saturday 10:00 to 21:00 and Sunday 10:00 to 20:00.
Spa Minos Barcelona
Spa Minos Barcelona is the spa of Hotel Villa Olímpic@ Suites on Carrer de Pallars in Poblenou. Its circuit combines a therapy pool with jacuzzis, hydrotherapy beds and water jets, saunas, steam baths, a caldarium and frigidarium, an ice fountain, a Scottish shower and a Nordic bath. Visits need an appointment and children under 14 are not admitted. It opens weekdays 10:00 to 13:00 and 16:00 to 21:00, and weekends 10:00 to 22:00.
Spazio Wellness
Spazio Wellness is the spa of Hotel SB Diagonal Zero on Plaça de Llevant in Sant Martí, near the Fòrum. Its water circuit has a Finnish sauna, a Turkish bath, a jacuzzi, an ice fountain, sensation showers and hydrotherapy beds. Visitors who are not staying at the hotel can use it for 25 EUR an hour, hotel guests for 18 EUR, and swimming caps are mandatory in the pool and the jacuzzi.
Termas Bonay Wellness
Termas Bonay Wellness is an open-air rooftop spa at the Casa Bonay hotel on Gran Via, inspired by the saunas of Northern Europe and planted with lush greenery. It has a dry sauna, a hammam, an ice bath and a Japanese ofuro tub. Its circuits run for groups of up to six in 50-minute sessions, the whole space can be privatised, and two cabins offer massages and facials.
Aiguajoc
Aiguajoc is a sports centre on Carrer del Comte Borrell in Sant Antoni with a gym, a pool and an urban wellness zone that shares space with the pool. The spa area has a dry sauna, a steam bath, a jacuzzi, a footbath, contrast and mist showers and an ice fountain. It opens Monday to Friday 6:30 to 22:00, Saturday 8:00 to 21:00 and Sunday 8:00 to 15:00, with shorter hours on public holidays.
Claror Marítim
Claror Marítim is a fitness and spa club run by the Fundació Claror on the Barceloneta seafront promenade. Its spa has a dry sauna, a Mediterranean sauna, a steam sauna and an infrared area, and the Espai Talassa adds two seawater pools kept at 32°C with a water circuit. Spa access is included in membership. It opens Monday to Friday 7:00 to 23:00, Saturday 8:30 to 21:00 and Sunday 9:00 to 16:00.
Ignite Fitness Recovery Room
The Recovery Room at Ignite Fitness, a gym on Carrer del Bruc in the Eixample, is a fully private contrast-therapy space with a classic Finnish sauna for up to two people at 90 to 100°C and an ice bath at 8°C that can be adjusted on request. It is booked by appointment on weekdays, at 60 EUR for a 60-minute private session, and guests bring their own swimwear and a change of clothes.
Inner Flow Studio
Inner Flow Studio is a training and wellbeing club in the Desigual building in La Barceloneta, with a functional spa on its lower floor. The spa has a traditional dry sauna, a steam room, an infrared lounge, a cold water plunge, hydrothermal beds at different temperatures and a float tank. The studio runs on membership, but 90-minute spa circuits for two with a massage are sold separately, from 129 EUR.