Infrared saunas in Bratislava, Slovakia
Elysium Spa
Elysium Spa is a boutique club sauna in Bratislava's Old Town with room for at most 10 guests. Entry covers a Finnish sauna, an infrared sauna, a hot tub, a cooling fountain on the outdoor terrace and a relaxation zone, with towel, sheet and lemon water included. Basic entry is €30 for two hours or €55 for four, and a private outdoor sauna can be rented by 2 to 4 people for €120 for two hours. Open daily 16:00–23:00, with yoga classes on the terrace.
Sauna Delfín
Sauna Delfín is the city-run STaRZ sauna at the Delfín swimming pool site in Ružinov, priced to be affordable for the general public. It has a Finnish sauna, an infrared sauna and a steam sauna, small pools of 35–36 °C water and a cold plunge pool, and refreshments. A ticket covers three hours in the sauna, with one sheet and one towel included. It runs seasonally, closing over the summer and reopening in the autumn.
Petržalská plaváreň
Petržalská plaváreň is the Petržalka district's public swimming pool, with a 25 m pool, a relaxation pool with whirlpool, a children's pool, a toboggan and a sauna world with Finnish, steam and infrared saunas and a relaxation room, capped at 15 people. The sauna world is open daily 12:00–21:30. Sauna access costs €6 for 60 minutes, bought together with a swim, relax or massage package (the 120-minute Relax package is €10.50 for non-residents).
Hotel Nivy Wellness
The wellness centre of the three-star Hotel Nivy, near Lake Štrkovec in Ružinov, is open to the public daily 10:00–22:00. It has five saunas, two Finnish saunas, an infrared sauna, a salt sauna and a traditional hammam, a cooling plunge pool, a 25 m stainless-steel pool, a leisure pool and hot tubs. Saunas are sold only as an add-on to pool entry: two hours of pools and hot tubs costs €14, plus €7 for the saunas.
ZION SPA LUXURY (Grand Hotel River Park)
ZION SPA LUXURY is the spa of the Grand Hotel River Park on the Danube embankment, run like a private members' club that also sells single entries to its fitness and wellness. Facilities include a 15 x 8 m pool with coloured lighting, two hydromassage relaxation pools at 35–36 °C, one with a panoramic view, a Finnish sauna, an infrared sauna, an aroma steam sauna, a relaxation room with eight loungers, a cooling shower and an ice fountain.
Golem Club Relaxx
Golem Club Relaxx is a fitness club in Petržalka with the widest wellness offer of the Golem chain in Bratislava: four saunas (Finnish, herbal, infrared and steam), a cooling pool, a 20 m swimming pool, a relaxation zone with a heated bench, and massages. Wellness is open Monday to Friday 6:00–22:00 and on weekends and holidays 8:00–22:00. A day pass covering gym, saunas and pool costs €45, and a private sauna show can be booked for €50.
Elysium Spa
Elysium Spa is a boutique club sauna in Bratislava's Old Town with room for at most 10 guests. Entry covers a Finnish sauna, an infrared sauna, a hot tub, a cooling fountain on the outdoor terrace and a relaxation zone, with towel, sheet and lemon water included. Basic entry is €30 for two hours or €55 for four, and a private outdoor sauna can be rented by 2 to 4 people for €120 for two hours. Open daily 16:00–23:00, with yoga classes on the terrace.
Sauna Delfín
Sauna Delfín is the city-run STaRZ sauna at the Delfín swimming pool site in Ružinov, priced to be affordable for the general public. It has a Finnish sauna, an infrared sauna and a steam sauna, small pools of 35–36 °C water and a cold plunge pool, and refreshments. A ticket covers three hours in the sauna, with one sheet and one towel included. It runs seasonally, closing over the summer and reopening in the autumn.
Petržalská plaváreň
Petržalská plaváreň is the Petržalka district's public swimming pool, with a 25 m pool, a relaxation pool with whirlpool, a children's pool, a toboggan and a sauna world with Finnish, steam and infrared saunas and a relaxation room, capped at 15 people. The sauna world is open daily 12:00–21:30. Sauna access costs €6 for 60 minutes, bought together with a swim, relax or massage package (the 120-minute Relax package is €10.50 for non-residents).
Hotel Nivy Wellness
The wellness centre of the three-star Hotel Nivy, near Lake Štrkovec in Ružinov, is open to the public daily 10:00–22:00. It has five saunas, two Finnish saunas, an infrared sauna, a salt sauna and a traditional hammam, a cooling plunge pool, a 25 m stainless-steel pool, a leisure pool and hot tubs. Saunas are sold only as an add-on to pool entry: two hours of pools and hot tubs costs €14, plus €7 for the saunas.
ZION SPA LUXURY (Grand Hotel River Park)
ZION SPA LUXURY is the spa of the Grand Hotel River Park on the Danube embankment, run like a private members' club that also sells single entries to its fitness and wellness. Facilities include a 15 x 8 m pool with coloured lighting, two hydromassage relaxation pools at 35–36 °C, one with a panoramic view, a Finnish sauna, an infrared sauna, an aroma steam sauna, a relaxation room with eight loungers, a cooling shower and an ice fountain.
Golem Club Relaxx
Golem Club Relaxx is a fitness club in Petržalka with the widest wellness offer of the Golem chain in Bratislava: four saunas (Finnish, herbal, infrared and steam), a cooling pool, a 20 m swimming pool, a relaxation zone with a heated bench, and massages. Wellness is open Monday to Friday 6:00–22:00 and on weekends and holidays 8:00–22:00. A day pass covering gym, saunas and pool costs €45, and a private sauna show can be booked for €50.