Steam saunas in Cape Town, South Africa
Fairmont Spa at Cape Grace
Fairmont Spa is inside the Cape Grace hotel on its private quay between the harbour and the yacht marina at the V&A Waterfront. Besides three treatment rooms, it has a traditional sauna, a steam room, a sensation shower and a halotherapy salt room walled with pink Himalayan salt, plus a heated outdoor pool over the marina. Non-residents booking a treatment of 60 minutes or more get full facility access, standalone access costs R1,200 an hour, and it opens daily 8 AM to 8 PM.
J Wellness Circle at Taj Cape Town
J Wellness Circle is the Ayurvedic spa on the first floor of Taj Cape Town, the city-centre hotel in the former South African Reserve Bank building on Wale Street. Separate wet areas for men and women have a jacuzzi, sauna and steam room, and there is a 15-metre heated indoor pool, six treatment suites and a relaxation lounge. It opens daily from 8 AM to 8 PM; massages start from R1,380 and a half-day package with canapés and champagne costs R3,950.
One&Only Spa Cape Town
One&Only Spa stands on its own island in the marina of the One&Only Cape Town resort at the V&A Waterfront. Its thermal suite of aroma steam rooms, saunas, bubble-jet vitality pools and experience showers sits alongside 13 treatment rooms, a relaxation lounge and a spa garden, under celestial-themed lighting. The hydrothermal facilities are open to guests aged 16 and over, the spa opens daily from 8 AM to 8 PM, and massages start from R1,950.
The Grotto Spa at 15 on Orange
The Grotto Spa is the spa of The Capital 15 on Orange hotel in Gardens, near Table Mountain. Its thermal area has an aroma steam room, a sauna, a polar plunge pool and a heated reflection hydrotherapy pool, and visitors get 60 minutes of facilities access with packages such as the Spring Glow Edit at R1,300. It opens daily, including public holidays, from 8:30 AM to 8 PM.
Virgin Active Cape Town Foreshore
Virgin Active Cape Town Foreshore is a Virgin Active health club in the Netcare Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital building on Rua Bartholomeu Dias, popular with city-centre commuters. Alongside a gym floor, a Ride cycling studio, Wattbikes and a heated lap pool, the club has a sauna and a steam room for members. Entry is by membership, and prospective members can ask for a free guest pass to try the club.
Fairmont Spa at Cape Grace
Fairmont Spa is inside the Cape Grace hotel on its private quay between the harbour and the yacht marina at the V&A Waterfront. Besides three treatment rooms, it has a traditional sauna, a steam room, a sensation shower and a halotherapy salt room walled with pink Himalayan salt, plus a heated outdoor pool over the marina. Non-residents booking a treatment of 60 minutes or more get full facility access, standalone access costs R1,200 an hour, and it opens daily 8 AM to 8 PM.
J Wellness Circle at Taj Cape Town
J Wellness Circle is the Ayurvedic spa on the first floor of Taj Cape Town, the city-centre hotel in the former South African Reserve Bank building on Wale Street. Separate wet areas for men and women have a jacuzzi, sauna and steam room, and there is a 15-metre heated indoor pool, six treatment suites and a relaxation lounge. It opens daily from 8 AM to 8 PM; massages start from R1,380 and a half-day package with canapés and champagne costs R3,950.
One&Only Spa Cape Town
One&Only Spa stands on its own island in the marina of the One&Only Cape Town resort at the V&A Waterfront. Its thermal suite of aroma steam rooms, saunas, bubble-jet vitality pools and experience showers sits alongside 13 treatment rooms, a relaxation lounge and a spa garden, under celestial-themed lighting. The hydrothermal facilities are open to guests aged 16 and over, the spa opens daily from 8 AM to 8 PM, and massages start from R1,950.
The Grotto Spa at 15 on Orange
The Grotto Spa is the spa of The Capital 15 on Orange hotel in Gardens, near Table Mountain. Its thermal area has an aroma steam room, a sauna, a polar plunge pool and a heated reflection hydrotherapy pool, and visitors get 60 minutes of facilities access with packages such as the Spring Glow Edit at R1,300. It opens daily, including public holidays, from 8:30 AM to 8 PM.
Virgin Active Cape Town Foreshore
Virgin Active Cape Town Foreshore is a Virgin Active health club in the Netcare Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital building on Rua Bartholomeu Dias, popular with city-centre commuters. Alongside a gym floor, a Ride cycling studio, Wattbikes and a heated lap pool, the club has a sauna and a steam room for members. Entry is by membership, and prospective members can ask for a free guest pass to try the club.