Ceremonial saunas in Ghent, Belgium
Sauna Aqua Azul
Sauna Aqua Azul is a bathhouse opened in 1985 in a 1911 art-nouveau trading house on the edge of the Patershol, with its stained glass intact. It has a dry Finnish sauna at 90°C, a humid sauna at 80°C with a löyly ritual around 9 PM daily, a eucalyptus steam room, an indoor cold bath, an outdoor plunge pool and a garden air bath. Bathing is nude, with a robe or towel between rooms. Tuesdays 1 to 5 PM are women only. Entry is €33. From May to September it opens Tuesday to Saturday from 5 PM.
Asanti
Asanti is a public wellness centre in Destelbergen on the site of the former Kristalbad, open since 2009. It has six heat rooms: a Kelo sauna, a panorama sauna, a chalet sauna, a salt-crystal sauna, a steam bath and an infrared cabin, plus indoor and outdoor pools, a jacuzzi and an unheated outdoor plunge pool. Guided Asanti Rituals infusions run several times a day. Bathing is normally nude; on Tuesdays swimwear is optional. A day pass costs €39. Open daily 11 AM to 10 PM, Sundays to 9 PM.
Saunate
Saunate is a 3,000 m² public sauna complex in Eke-Nazareth, open daily 11 AM to 11 PM without booking; one ticket covers the day. Indoors are a 100°C sauna, a 65°C bio sauna with light therapy, an infrared cabin, a Himalayan salt sauna and a steam bath; an inner garden holds an outdoor pool, a Kelo infusion sauna, a herbal sauna and a jacuzzi. Infusion sessions run several times daily, and an ice-cold waterfall cools. Saunas are nude; swimsuits are allowed on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Sauna Aqua Azul
Sauna Aqua Azul is a bathhouse opened in 1985 in a 1911 art-nouveau trading house on the edge of the Patershol, with its stained glass intact. It has a dry Finnish sauna at 90°C, a humid sauna at 80°C with a löyly ritual around 9 PM daily, a eucalyptus steam room, an indoor cold bath, an outdoor plunge pool and a garden air bath. Bathing is nude, with a robe or towel between rooms. Tuesdays 1 to 5 PM are women only. Entry is €33. From May to September it opens Tuesday to Saturday from 5 PM.
Asanti
Asanti is a public wellness centre in Destelbergen on the site of the former Kristalbad, open since 2009. It has six heat rooms: a Kelo sauna, a panorama sauna, a chalet sauna, a salt-crystal sauna, a steam bath and an infrared cabin, plus indoor and outdoor pools, a jacuzzi and an unheated outdoor plunge pool. Guided Asanti Rituals infusions run several times a day. Bathing is normally nude; on Tuesdays swimwear is optional. A day pass costs €39. Open daily 11 AM to 10 PM, Sundays to 9 PM.
Saunate
Saunate is a 3,000 m² public sauna complex in Eke-Nazareth, open daily 11 AM to 11 PM without booking; one ticket covers the day. Indoors are a 100°C sauna, a 65°C bio sauna with light therapy, an infrared cabin, a Himalayan salt sauna and a steam bath; an inner garden holds an outdoor pool, a Kelo infusion sauna, a herbal sauna and a jacuzzi. Infusion sessions run several times daily, and an ice-cold waterfall cools. Saunas are nude; swimsuits are allowed on Wednesdays and Saturdays.