Best Saunas in Brisbane, Australia
AURA Wellness & Recovery
A small guided recovery studio on South Pine Road in Alderley built around contrast therapy: an infrared sauna paired with a temperature-controlled ice bath, plus compression, electrical muscle stimulation and neuro-recovery. Sessions can be bought one at a time from $35 for 30 minutes with no membership. Guests bring swimwear for the ice bath and sauna. Open 10am to 7pm on weekdays.
City Cave Bulimba
A float and wellness centre above Betty's Burgers on Oxford Street in Bulimba. Infrared sauna sessions use radiant heat aimed at recovery and circulation, and contrast therapy can be added on. Float tanks are heated to body temperature with a high concentration of Epsom salt, and remedial and relaxation massage run alongside. A casual infrared sauna session is $49. Open seven days, 9am to 9pm.
City Cave Newstead
A float and wellness centre on Longland Street in Newstead, with on-site parking off the street. Alongside Epsom-salt float tanks it runs infrared sauna sessions, and its Cave Contrast pairs infrared heat with a 5 degree ice shower. Red light therapy is available as an add-on and remedial, sports, pregnancy and relaxation massage are booked separately. A casual infrared sauna session is $49; open seven days, 9am to 9pm.
LUMA Wellness Co
A boutique studio on Brookfield Road in Kenmore where every session is private. The full-spectrum infrared sauna with chromotherapy takes up to four people, and hot-and-cold therapy pairs a private magnesium soak with a cold plunge. Sauna and contrast sessions start at $35 for 30 minutes, alongside sound healing, massage and facials. Open 9:30am most days, hire only on Tuesdays.
Ritual Haus
A wellness house on Edmondstone Road in Bowen Hills that combines psychology, naturopathy and integrative therapy with Clearlight infrared saunas and a cold plunge. Every therapeutic appointment includes complimentary use of the sauna and plunge, and the building also runs community Pilates, yoga and meditation classes and hires out its event space.
The Breath Collective
A recovery centre on South Pine Road in Everton Park attached to a breathwork practice. Its dual-system cabin can be run either as far-infrared heat or as a traditional Finnish hot-rock sauna, and is paired with cold water immersion for contrast work. Breathwork classes, workshops and events run alongside the sauna and ice bath bookings, which are made online.
Evergreen Spa Bathhouse and Massage
A ladies-only underground bathhouse on the lower ground floor of a Woolloongabba building, and one of the cheapest soaks in Brisbane. Entry buys unlimited time in a dry sauna, magnesium-infused hot and cold spa pools, vitamin C showers and a relaxation area, with a separate massage section open to men and women. Private hire takes up to 50 people. Open 9am to 6pm, later on Thursday, closed Sunday.
Iremia Recovery
A bayside recovery house on Rainbow Street in Sandgate that keeps the format simple and cheap: a traditional sauna and an infrared sauna, hot magnesium pools, a cold plunge and compression therapy, with casual visits as well as memberships. The venue describes its aim as making recovery sessions uncomplicated, accessible and affordable for locals. Open seven days, 6am to 9pm.
Merse Wellness Virginia
A large contrast-therapy bathhouse on Sandgate Road in Virginia, on Brisbane's northern edge. The bathhouse circuit pairs hot rock saunas and infrared saunas with a steam room, magnesium spas and cold plunge pools, alongside salt therapy, red light therapy and massage. Group bookings are taken by enquiry. Children under 12 are not admitted. Open from 5:30am on weekdays and 7am at weekends.
P3 Recovery Springwood
The first P3 franchise centre, on Lexington Road in Springwood in Brisbane's south. It runs both an infrared sauna and a traditional dry sauna alongside contrast pools, an ice bath, compression therapy and a hyperbaric chamber. Single sessions are sold without membership: $30 for the traditional sauna, $35 for infrared and $30 for wet therapy. Open 6am to 9pm on weekdays and 9am to 5pm at weekends.
Soak Bathhouse West End
A rooftop bathhouse hidden above the West Village precinct on Boundary Street. Five open-air magnesium hot spas at 38 degrees ring a 34 degree mineral pool, with a dry cedar sauna, essential-oil steam rooms and a 12.5 degree open-air cold plunge. Private infrared sauna cabins take up to two people for $49.95, and the classic Soak Origin session starts at $59.95.
TH7 Bodylabs Newstead
The Newstead branch of TH7 Bodylabs, on Longland Street a short walk from Gasworks. Like the other labs it runs structured recovery protocols across infrared and traditional saunas, steam rooms, ice baths and contrast pools, with compression boots, red light therapy and hyperbaric oxygen as add-ons. Casual sessions are available without a membership; memberships run from $39 to $189 per week.
The Bathhouse Albion
A travertine-lined bathhouse in Albion built around a Finnish sauna with a fireplace, a second traditional sauna, two infrared cabins, a scented steam room, two 38 degree heated pools and a 12 degree cold plunge. Sessions are booked in advance and run 60 or 90 minutes, from $64 off-peak. Swimwear is worn throughout, phones are not allowed, and the venue is over-18s only. Open 6:30am to 10pm daily.
Vikasati Bathhouse
A completely open-air bathhouse on Musgrave Road in Red Hill, sharing its site with a gym and a yoga studio. A three-tier Finnish rock sauna runs from 75 degrees on the bottom bench to 105 degrees at the top, and guests move between it, a 5 degree ice bath, a 14 degree cold magnesium pool and a 37 degree hot magnesium pool. A 90-minute casual session is $49 and includes a towel and locker. Open 6am to 9:30pm daily.
AWAY Spa at W Brisbane
The spa at the W Brisbane, overlooking the river from North Quay. It runs separate his and hers aromatherapy steam rooms and saunas, mineral vitality spa pools and river-facing relaxation pods. Access to all facilities, plus the FIT gym on level six and the WET pool on level four, comes with every treatment booking; house guests can use the saunas and steam rooms on their room key from 6am to 8pm.
AURA Wellness & Recovery
A small guided recovery studio on South Pine Road in Alderley built around contrast therapy: an infrared sauna paired with a temperature-controlled ice bath, plus compression, electrical muscle stimulation and neuro-recovery. Sessions can be bought one at a time from $35 for 30 minutes with no membership. Guests bring swimwear for the ice bath and sauna. Open 10am to 7pm on weekdays.
City Cave Bulimba
A float and wellness centre above Betty's Burgers on Oxford Street in Bulimba. Infrared sauna sessions use radiant heat aimed at recovery and circulation, and contrast therapy can be added on. Float tanks are heated to body temperature with a high concentration of Epsom salt, and remedial and relaxation massage run alongside. A casual infrared sauna session is $49. Open seven days, 9am to 9pm.
City Cave Newstead
A float and wellness centre on Longland Street in Newstead, with on-site parking off the street. Alongside Epsom-salt float tanks it runs infrared sauna sessions, and its Cave Contrast pairs infrared heat with a 5 degree ice shower. Red light therapy is available as an add-on and remedial, sports, pregnancy and relaxation massage are booked separately. A casual infrared sauna session is $49; open seven days, 9am to 9pm.
LUMA Wellness Co
A boutique studio on Brookfield Road in Kenmore where every session is private. The full-spectrum infrared sauna with chromotherapy takes up to four people, and hot-and-cold therapy pairs a private magnesium soak with a cold plunge. Sauna and contrast sessions start at $35 for 30 minutes, alongside sound healing, massage and facials. Open 9:30am most days, hire only on Tuesdays.
Ritual Haus
A wellness house on Edmondstone Road in Bowen Hills that combines psychology, naturopathy and integrative therapy with Clearlight infrared saunas and a cold plunge. Every therapeutic appointment includes complimentary use of the sauna and plunge, and the building also runs community Pilates, yoga and meditation classes and hires out its event space.
The Breath Collective
A recovery centre on South Pine Road in Everton Park attached to a breathwork practice. Its dual-system cabin can be run either as far-infrared heat or as a traditional Finnish hot-rock sauna, and is paired with cold water immersion for contrast work. Breathwork classes, workshops and events run alongside the sauna and ice bath bookings, which are made online.
Evergreen Spa Bathhouse and Massage
A ladies-only underground bathhouse on the lower ground floor of a Woolloongabba building, and one of the cheapest soaks in Brisbane. Entry buys unlimited time in a dry sauna, magnesium-infused hot and cold spa pools, vitamin C showers and a relaxation area, with a separate massage section open to men and women. Private hire takes up to 50 people. Open 9am to 6pm, later on Thursday, closed Sunday.
Iremia Recovery
A bayside recovery house on Rainbow Street in Sandgate that keeps the format simple and cheap: a traditional sauna and an infrared sauna, hot magnesium pools, a cold plunge and compression therapy, with casual visits as well as memberships. The venue describes its aim as making recovery sessions uncomplicated, accessible and affordable for locals. Open seven days, 6am to 9pm.
Merse Wellness Virginia
A large contrast-therapy bathhouse on Sandgate Road in Virginia, on Brisbane's northern edge. The bathhouse circuit pairs hot rock saunas and infrared saunas with a steam room, magnesium spas and cold plunge pools, alongside salt therapy, red light therapy and massage. Group bookings are taken by enquiry. Children under 12 are not admitted. Open from 5:30am on weekdays and 7am at weekends.
P3 Recovery Springwood
The first P3 franchise centre, on Lexington Road in Springwood in Brisbane's south. It runs both an infrared sauna and a traditional dry sauna alongside contrast pools, an ice bath, compression therapy and a hyperbaric chamber. Single sessions are sold without membership: $30 for the traditional sauna, $35 for infrared and $30 for wet therapy. Open 6am to 9pm on weekdays and 9am to 5pm at weekends.
Soak Bathhouse West End
A rooftop bathhouse hidden above the West Village precinct on Boundary Street. Five open-air magnesium hot spas at 38 degrees ring a 34 degree mineral pool, with a dry cedar sauna, essential-oil steam rooms and a 12.5 degree open-air cold plunge. Private infrared sauna cabins take up to two people for $49.95, and the classic Soak Origin session starts at $59.95.
TH7 Bodylabs Newstead
The Newstead branch of TH7 Bodylabs, on Longland Street a short walk from Gasworks. Like the other labs it runs structured recovery protocols across infrared and traditional saunas, steam rooms, ice baths and contrast pools, with compression boots, red light therapy and hyperbaric oxygen as add-ons. Casual sessions are available without a membership; memberships run from $39 to $189 per week.
The Bathhouse Albion
A travertine-lined bathhouse in Albion built around a Finnish sauna with a fireplace, a second traditional sauna, two infrared cabins, a scented steam room, two 38 degree heated pools and a 12 degree cold plunge. Sessions are booked in advance and run 60 or 90 minutes, from $64 off-peak. Swimwear is worn throughout, phones are not allowed, and the venue is over-18s only. Open 6:30am to 10pm daily.
Vikasati Bathhouse
A completely open-air bathhouse on Musgrave Road in Red Hill, sharing its site with a gym and a yoga studio. A three-tier Finnish rock sauna runs from 75 degrees on the bottom bench to 105 degrees at the top, and guests move between it, a 5 degree ice bath, a 14 degree cold magnesium pool and a 37 degree hot magnesium pool. A 90-minute casual session is $49 and includes a towel and locker. Open 6am to 9:30pm daily.
AWAY Spa at W Brisbane
The spa at the W Brisbane, overlooking the river from North Quay. It runs separate his and hers aromatherapy steam rooms and saunas, mineral vitality spa pools and river-facing relaxation pods. Access to all facilities, plus the FIT gym on level six and the WET pool on level four, comes with every treatment booking; house guests can use the saunas and steam rooms on their room key from 6am to 8pm.