Best Saunas in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Beit Sisu
Beit Sisu is an independent contrast-therapy studio inside the Arjaan by Rotana hotel in Dubai Media City. It is neither a spa nor a gym: private suites combine an infrared sauna at 50–75 °C, a cold plunge at 3.5–8 °C and a red-light therapy tower, and can be booked solo or with a friend. Staff give first-timers pointers on contrast sessions. Free valet parking. Open seven days a week from 7:00 to 21:00.
CONTRAST Palm Jumeirah
CONTRAST Palm Jumeirah is a contrast-therapy studio in Golden Mile Galleria on Palm Jumeirah with private suites only. One suite pairs a custom-built Finnish sauna with an ice bath and shower; another has a full-spectrum cedarwood infrared sauna, with the ice bath in a separate private room. Sessions last up to an hour and can be booked solo or for a small group; an infrared sauna and ice bath session for one is AED 250. Open daily 7:00 to 22:00.
PEAQ Social Wellness Club
PEAQ calls itself the Middle East's first social wellness club and occupies a warehouse in Goshi Warehouse City, Al Quoz Industrial 3. Contrast therapy sessions alternate a traditional or infrared sauna with a cold plunge, alongside Lagree fitness classes, stretching and compression recovery, and a VIP premium suite. A single contrast therapy session is AED 250, and memberships are available. Open daily 7:00 to 21:00.
The Ice House Meadows
The Ice House Meadows is a recovery studio on the ground floor of The Meadows Village with three private rooms, each with its own infrared sauna, shower and ice bath at a different temperature between 1 and 13 °C. It is the only Ice House branch with a traditional dry sauna. A 30-minute sauna session costs AED 195 and a 45-minute sauna and ice bath session AED 270. Open Monday to Friday 8:00 to 20:00 and weekends 8:00 to 18:00.
Banya Forrest
Banya Forrest is a Slavic banya with a licensed restaurant at Bluewaters Residences 1 on Bluewaters Island. The public banya is heated by a 20-ton stove and there is a separate private banya, a 6 °C plunge pool, a communal snow room and an ocean-view terrace for cooling off. Parenie (venik steaming) treatments are offered. Entry covers three hours and costs AED 300 on Mondays and weekday daytimes, AED 450 on weekday evenings and weekends. Open daily from 10:00.
DUBANYA
DUBANYA opened in 2022 as the first traditional Russian banya in Dubai and the Gulf, at the Dukes The Palm hotel on Palm Jumeirah. The steam room runs at 60–80 °C with 40–60% humidity, with venik (birch or oak broom) steaming by a therapist, warm and cold plunge pools (about 8 °C) and snow. Sessions last three hours at 11:00, 15:00 and 19:00; men's and women's sessions are held separately, entry is 16+, and advance booking is required.
La Villa Banya
La Villa Banya is a Russian banya compound in Jumeirah 1 with five privately booked bath houses: Nobleman's Hut, Nomad's Yurt, Hunter's Hut, Siberian Hut and Khutor. Steam is humid (up to 80%) at around 55–70 °C, with oak venik rituals by a steam master and an ice plunge. Huts are rented for 2.5 hours from AED 5,500 for up to six people; single-guest packages start at AED 2,800. A restaurant serves Russian food. Open daily 10:00 to 01:00.
Amara Spa, Park Hyatt Dubai
Amara Spa is the spa of Park Hyatt Dubai at Dubai Creek Resort, beside the Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club. Its spa day pass gives access to the Amara pool, changing rooms, a sauna, a steam room and the fitness centre, and is fully redeemable on food and drink at the Amara pool bar. It costs AED 200 per adult on weekdays and AED 250 at weekends and public holidays. The facilities are open daily from 9:00 to 22:00.
Sofitel Spa with L'Occitane, Sofitel Dubai The Palm
Sofitel Spa with L'Occitane at Sofitel Dubai The Palm on the East Crescent is one of the larger hotel spas in Dubai. Its spa facilities pass covers an indoor hydrotherapy pool, plunge pools, a sauna and a steam room, and the outdoor infinity pool. Wet areas are separated for men and women, while the outdoor pool is mixed. The pass costs AED 175 Monday to Thursday and AED 199 at weekends, from 10:00 to 20:00; guests must be 16 or over.
Swissôtel Al Ghurair
Swissôtel Al Ghurair is a hotel in Deira whose pool day pass includes the gym, a sauna, a steam room and the locker rooms as well as the outdoor pool, with 20% off the pool menu. The pass costs AED 105 per adult, AED 55 per child under 17, or AED 265 for a family of two adults and two children. Bookings are handled by the hotel's sports team by phone, WhatsApp or email.
The SPA at Palazzo Versace
The SPA at Palazzo Versace, on the Dubai Creek in Culture Village, has dedicated men's and women's thermal suites, each with a spa pool in turquoise mosaic, a sauna, a steam room, a relaxation lounge and a Moroccan hammam. A 60-minute traditional hammam costs AED 600, and a Versace Leisure day pass combines the gym, the spa and the West pool. Open daily 11:00 to 22:00.
Beit Sisu
Beit Sisu is an independent contrast-therapy studio inside the Arjaan by Rotana hotel in Dubai Media City. It is neither a spa nor a gym: private suites combine an infrared sauna at 50–75 °C, a cold plunge at 3.5–8 °C and a red-light therapy tower, and can be booked solo or with a friend. Staff give first-timers pointers on contrast sessions. Free valet parking. Open seven days a week from 7:00 to 21:00.
CONTRAST Palm Jumeirah
CONTRAST Palm Jumeirah is a contrast-therapy studio in Golden Mile Galleria on Palm Jumeirah with private suites only. One suite pairs a custom-built Finnish sauna with an ice bath and shower; another has a full-spectrum cedarwood infrared sauna, with the ice bath in a separate private room. Sessions last up to an hour and can be booked solo or for a small group; an infrared sauna and ice bath session for one is AED 250. Open daily 7:00 to 22:00.
PEAQ Social Wellness Club
PEAQ calls itself the Middle East's first social wellness club and occupies a warehouse in Goshi Warehouse City, Al Quoz Industrial 3. Contrast therapy sessions alternate a traditional or infrared sauna with a cold plunge, alongside Lagree fitness classes, stretching and compression recovery, and a VIP premium suite. A single contrast therapy session is AED 250, and memberships are available. Open daily 7:00 to 21:00.
The Ice House Meadows
The Ice House Meadows is a recovery studio on the ground floor of The Meadows Village with three private rooms, each with its own infrared sauna, shower and ice bath at a different temperature between 1 and 13 °C. It is the only Ice House branch with a traditional dry sauna. A 30-minute sauna session costs AED 195 and a 45-minute sauna and ice bath session AED 270. Open Monday to Friday 8:00 to 20:00 and weekends 8:00 to 18:00.
Banya Forrest
Banya Forrest is a Slavic banya with a licensed restaurant at Bluewaters Residences 1 on Bluewaters Island. The public banya is heated by a 20-ton stove and there is a separate private banya, a 6 °C plunge pool, a communal snow room and an ocean-view terrace for cooling off. Parenie (venik steaming) treatments are offered. Entry covers three hours and costs AED 300 on Mondays and weekday daytimes, AED 450 on weekday evenings and weekends. Open daily from 10:00.
DUBANYA
DUBANYA opened in 2022 as the first traditional Russian banya in Dubai and the Gulf, at the Dukes The Palm hotel on Palm Jumeirah. The steam room runs at 60–80 °C with 40–60% humidity, with venik (birch or oak broom) steaming by a therapist, warm and cold plunge pools (about 8 °C) and snow. Sessions last three hours at 11:00, 15:00 and 19:00; men's and women's sessions are held separately, entry is 16+, and advance booking is required.
La Villa Banya
La Villa Banya is a Russian banya compound in Jumeirah 1 with five privately booked bath houses: Nobleman's Hut, Nomad's Yurt, Hunter's Hut, Siberian Hut and Khutor. Steam is humid (up to 80%) at around 55–70 °C, with oak venik rituals by a steam master and an ice plunge. Huts are rented for 2.5 hours from AED 5,500 for up to six people; single-guest packages start at AED 2,800. A restaurant serves Russian food. Open daily 10:00 to 01:00.
Amara Spa, Park Hyatt Dubai
Amara Spa is the spa of Park Hyatt Dubai at Dubai Creek Resort, beside the Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club. Its spa day pass gives access to the Amara pool, changing rooms, a sauna, a steam room and the fitness centre, and is fully redeemable on food and drink at the Amara pool bar. It costs AED 200 per adult on weekdays and AED 250 at weekends and public holidays. The facilities are open daily from 9:00 to 22:00.
Sofitel Spa with L'Occitane, Sofitel Dubai The Palm
Sofitel Spa with L'Occitane at Sofitel Dubai The Palm on the East Crescent is one of the larger hotel spas in Dubai. Its spa facilities pass covers an indoor hydrotherapy pool, plunge pools, a sauna and a steam room, and the outdoor infinity pool. Wet areas are separated for men and women, while the outdoor pool is mixed. The pass costs AED 175 Monday to Thursday and AED 199 at weekends, from 10:00 to 20:00; guests must be 16 or over.
Swissôtel Al Ghurair
Swissôtel Al Ghurair is a hotel in Deira whose pool day pass includes the gym, a sauna, a steam room and the locker rooms as well as the outdoor pool, with 20% off the pool menu. The pass costs AED 105 per adult, AED 55 per child under 17, or AED 265 for a family of two adults and two children. Bookings are handled by the hotel's sports team by phone, WhatsApp or email.
The SPA at Palazzo Versace
The SPA at Palazzo Versace, on the Dubai Creek in Culture Village, has dedicated men's and women's thermal suites, each with a spa pool in turquoise mosaic, a sauna, a steam room, a relaxation lounge and a Moroccan hammam. A 60-minute traditional hammam costs AED 600, and a Versace Leisure day pass combines the gym, the spa and the West pool. Open daily 11:00 to 22:00.