Finnish saunas in Košice, Slovakia
RIA Wellness
RIA Wellness is a small independent sauna centre of about 170 m² in the Old Town on Hrnčiarska street, with room for 10 to 15 people. It has a Finnish sauna and a steam sauna, a whirlpool, a tepidarium and heated loungers, plus massages and wraps. The centre is a swimwear-free zone, and booking ahead is requested. One hour costs €21.50 per person and two hours €32; private 2-hour hire for up to four people is also offered. Open Tuesday to Sunday 1:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Sauna La Vita
Sauna La Vita is an independent sauna in the OC Tip-Top building on Československej armády, with its own entrance from the tram line side. It has a Finnish sauna, a steam sauna and an infrared cabin, a cooling pool kept below 15 °C, a rest room and a tea room, plus massages and wraps. The sauna area is a swimwear-free zone. Two hours in the Finnish and steam saunas cost €14.50. Tuesday and Saturday afternoons start with a women-only session and Friday ends with a men-only session.
Sauna Terasa
Sauna Terasa is an independent sauna on the first floor of the OD Terasa building on Trieda SNP, above the Fresh grocery. It has a Finnish sauna at 90–100 °C, a eucalyptus steam room, a herbal sauna, an infrared cabin, a cooling plunge pool, a quiet rest room, a tea room and an outdoor terrace. The sauna area is swimwear-free. A 2-hour entry costs €17.50 (1 hour €13.20). Open daily from 3:30 PM (Sunday 3:00 PM) to 9:00 PM; the sauna can be rented privately outside opening hours.
3ple centrum Optima
3ple centrum is a fitness, massage and wellness centre in the OC Optima shopping centre on Moldavská cesta. Its wellness covers more than 400 m² with two Finnish saunas, a steam sauna, a salt steam cabin and an infrared sauna, plus a ten-seat jacuzzi, an ice machine, a Kneipp walk, a cooling pool at 10–15 °C and a tepidarium, for up to 60 people. One hour costs €15 and two hours €26; private entry for two and whole-centre hire are offered. Wellness hours are 7:00 AM – 9:00 PM on weekdays.
Košický wellness
Košický wellness is a community spa of about 350 m² inside the National Olympic Swimming Centre, the rebuilt former city pool. It has a Finnish sauna, a ceramic infrared sauna and a steam sauna, two four-person whirlpools, a cooling pool, an ice fountain, a Kneipp bath and rest rooms with a fireplace. Swimwear is not allowed in the wellness. Afternoon entry costs €10.50 per hour, and the whole spa can be booked for a closed group from €150 per hour. Open daily 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM.
NOVA Premium Spa & Wellness
NOVA Premium Spa & Wellness occupies 745 m² on the first floor of the Cassovar business centre on Žriedlová street. It has five saunas: a Finnish dry sauna at 85–90 °C, a Swedish dry sauna at 90–100 °C, an infrared sauna, a Greek aromatic steam room and a Turkish salt steam room, plus two whirlpools, a cooling pool, a cold-water bucket and a tepidarium. Swimwear is not allowed in the wellness area. One hour costs €24 and two hours €34. Open daily 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM.
Wellness Privilege
Wellness Privilege is a Roman-themed sauna world at the back of the Privilege hotel on Werferova street. It has five saunas: two steam rooms, a herbal sauna, an infrared sauna and a Finnish sauna, along with the Baptisterium swimming pool with counter-current, the Coliseum whirlpool and a tepidarium. Entry costs €14 for one hour or €26 for two. It is open to the public Thursday to Sunday 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM; Monday to Wednesday and late evenings are reserved for private bookings.
Golden Royal Rasajána Ayurveda Wellness
Rasajána is the Ayurvedic spa of the four-star Golden Royal Boutique Hotel on Vodná street, near the Kunsthalle, where massages are given by therapists from India. The spa has the Agni dry sauna and the Damayanti steam sauna, a central massage pool, a whirlpool, an outdoor jacuzzi, massage showers and a foot hydromassage. Non-guests can buy a 2-hour spa entry for €20. Open Tuesday to Friday 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM and Saturday 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM; Sunday is for massages only and Monday is closed.
Hotel Bankov Spa & Wellness
Hotel Bankov is a four-star hotel in the Bankov forest park, about 4 km from the Old Town, whose spa sells 2-hour entries to non-guests. It has an indoor Finnish sauna at 90–100 °C, an outdoor Finnish sauna for four, a steam sauna and an infrared sauna, a cooling pool below 15 °C, a 10 m indoor pool, an outdoor whirlpool and a tepidarium with a fireplace. Ages 12+ pay €25, or €19 on Monday to Wednesday, and the sauna can be booked for a group of up to eight. Booking online is recommended.
ASTORIA FIT&GYM
ASTORIA FIT&GYM is a 1,100 m² fitness centre on the first floor of OC Astória on Južná trieda, five minutes' walk from the centre. Any gym entry, including a single visit at €8 without registration, includes free use of a Finnish sauna and an infrared sauna, a rest room and massage chairs. The Finnish sauna runs from 6:00 AM to 8:30 PM and is closed on Fridays for cleaning; from June to August it is heated on request. Entry to the sauna is with a towel or sheet only.
RIA Wellness
RIA Wellness is a small independent sauna centre of about 170 m² in the Old Town on Hrnčiarska street, with room for 10 to 15 people. It has a Finnish sauna and a steam sauna, a whirlpool, a tepidarium and heated loungers, plus massages and wraps. The centre is a swimwear-free zone, and booking ahead is requested. One hour costs €21.50 per person and two hours €32; private 2-hour hire for up to four people is also offered. Open Tuesday to Sunday 1:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Sauna La Vita
Sauna La Vita is an independent sauna in the OC Tip-Top building on Československej armády, with its own entrance from the tram line side. It has a Finnish sauna, a steam sauna and an infrared cabin, a cooling pool kept below 15 °C, a rest room and a tea room, plus massages and wraps. The sauna area is a swimwear-free zone. Two hours in the Finnish and steam saunas cost €14.50. Tuesday and Saturday afternoons start with a women-only session and Friday ends with a men-only session.
Sauna Terasa
Sauna Terasa is an independent sauna on the first floor of the OD Terasa building on Trieda SNP, above the Fresh grocery. It has a Finnish sauna at 90–100 °C, a eucalyptus steam room, a herbal sauna, an infrared cabin, a cooling plunge pool, a quiet rest room, a tea room and an outdoor terrace. The sauna area is swimwear-free. A 2-hour entry costs €17.50 (1 hour €13.20). Open daily from 3:30 PM (Sunday 3:00 PM) to 9:00 PM; the sauna can be rented privately outside opening hours.
3ple centrum Optima
3ple centrum is a fitness, massage and wellness centre in the OC Optima shopping centre on Moldavská cesta. Its wellness covers more than 400 m² with two Finnish saunas, a steam sauna, a salt steam cabin and an infrared sauna, plus a ten-seat jacuzzi, an ice machine, a Kneipp walk, a cooling pool at 10–15 °C and a tepidarium, for up to 60 people. One hour costs €15 and two hours €26; private entry for two and whole-centre hire are offered. Wellness hours are 7:00 AM – 9:00 PM on weekdays.
Košický wellness
Košický wellness is a community spa of about 350 m² inside the National Olympic Swimming Centre, the rebuilt former city pool. It has a Finnish sauna, a ceramic infrared sauna and a steam sauna, two four-person whirlpools, a cooling pool, an ice fountain, a Kneipp bath and rest rooms with a fireplace. Swimwear is not allowed in the wellness. Afternoon entry costs €10.50 per hour, and the whole spa can be booked for a closed group from €150 per hour. Open daily 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM.
NOVA Premium Spa & Wellness
NOVA Premium Spa & Wellness occupies 745 m² on the first floor of the Cassovar business centre on Žriedlová street. It has five saunas: a Finnish dry sauna at 85–90 °C, a Swedish dry sauna at 90–100 °C, an infrared sauna, a Greek aromatic steam room and a Turkish salt steam room, plus two whirlpools, a cooling pool, a cold-water bucket and a tepidarium. Swimwear is not allowed in the wellness area. One hour costs €24 and two hours €34. Open daily 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM.
Wellness Privilege
Wellness Privilege is a Roman-themed sauna world at the back of the Privilege hotel on Werferova street. It has five saunas: two steam rooms, a herbal sauna, an infrared sauna and a Finnish sauna, along with the Baptisterium swimming pool with counter-current, the Coliseum whirlpool and a tepidarium. Entry costs €14 for one hour or €26 for two. It is open to the public Thursday to Sunday 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM; Monday to Wednesday and late evenings are reserved for private bookings.
Golden Royal Rasajána Ayurveda Wellness
Rasajána is the Ayurvedic spa of the four-star Golden Royal Boutique Hotel on Vodná street, near the Kunsthalle, where massages are given by therapists from India. The spa has the Agni dry sauna and the Damayanti steam sauna, a central massage pool, a whirlpool, an outdoor jacuzzi, massage showers and a foot hydromassage. Non-guests can buy a 2-hour spa entry for €20. Open Tuesday to Friday 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM and Saturday 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM; Sunday is for massages only and Monday is closed.
Hotel Bankov Spa & Wellness
Hotel Bankov is a four-star hotel in the Bankov forest park, about 4 km from the Old Town, whose spa sells 2-hour entries to non-guests. It has an indoor Finnish sauna at 90–100 °C, an outdoor Finnish sauna for four, a steam sauna and an infrared sauna, a cooling pool below 15 °C, a 10 m indoor pool, an outdoor whirlpool and a tepidarium with a fireplace. Ages 12+ pay €25, or €19 on Monday to Wednesday, and the sauna can be booked for a group of up to eight. Booking online is recommended.
ASTORIA FIT&GYM
ASTORIA FIT&GYM is a 1,100 m² fitness centre on the first floor of OC Astória on Južná trieda, five minutes' walk from the centre. Any gym entry, including a single visit at €8 without registration, includes free use of a Finnish sauna and an infrared sauna, a rest room and massage chairs. The Finnish sauna runs from 6:00 AM to 8:30 PM and is closed on Fridays for cleaning; from June to August it is heated on request. Entry to the sauna is with a towel or sheet only.