Best Saunas in Lille, France
Lille Ô Spa
Lille Ô Spa is a beauty and wellness centre on Rue Léon Gambetta near République Beaux-Arts with private spa rooms booked by the slot. The VIP room is a vaulted cellar with a heated pool; the Oasis and Relax rooms have a jacuzzi, sauna and hammam under a starry ceiling. Groups of eleven or more can take the whole basement with its pool, two hammams and two saunas. Two people pay from 70 EUR; it opens daily from 10 AM to 11 PM.
Piscine Plein Sud
Piscine Plein Sud is a municipal pool on Boulevard Eugène Duthoit in Lille-Sud, with a six-lane 25 m pool for lane swimming, a learning and leisure pool and outdoor decks. Its wellness area has a sauna, a hammam and a relaxation zone, at 5 EUR per entry for Lille residents and 8 EUR for others, or 46 EUR for a ten-entry card. Opening is split into several sessions a day; swim caps are compulsory and swim shorts are not allowed.
Spa Center Lille
Spa Center Lille is a private spa on Rue du Plat, between the station and the République Beaux-Arts quarter, with two themed spaces, Marrakech and Bali, booked by the slot. Each has a hammam at about 46°C, a sauna for five or six at around 90°C and a five-seat jacuzzi. A two-hour session for two costs 110 EUR, or 90 EUR Monday to Thursday before 5 PM, and an overnight stay with spa and breakfast is 250 EUR.
Spacium
Spacium is an oriental-themed spa of about 500 m2 in Lille's former prefecture building on Rue Gustave Delory. Every space is fully private: the Salle des Coffres sits in an old strongroom, and the Salle des Archives has a glass-walled infinity jacuzzi alongside a hammam, a sauna and a lounge. Two hours for two in the Salle des Archives cost 120 EUR, and rituals add black-soap scrubs, wraps and massages. It welcomes clients daily from 10 AM to 10:30 PM.
Suite & Spa La Madeleine
The La Madeleine branch of Suite & Spa, on Rue Gambetta just north of Lille, has the larger set of private spa suites: Santorini, Venise, Essaouira, Koh Samui, Bornéo and Hawaï. Each suite comes with its own sauna, hammam, jacuzzi and rain shower and is booked for 90 minutes or two hours, from 85 EUR for two in the afternoon or evening. The branch also runs a beauty institute offering massages and hand care.
Suite & Spa Lille
Suite & Spa runs three themed private spa suites, Bali, Bollywood and Bora Bora, on Rue Edouard Delesalle in central Lille. Each is booked for 90 minutes or two hours and has its own sauna, hammam, jacuzzi and rain shower, with fruit and drinks included. Two people pay 85 EUR for 90 minutes or 95 EUR for two hours, less on weekday mornings until 3 PM. Guests bring their own swimsuit and bath towel; sauna towels are provided. Massages are sold alongside.
Centre nautique Calypso
Centre nautique Calypso is an intercommunal pool in Wasquehal, north-east of Lille, run by the same syndicate as Roubaix's Thalassa centre. Besides a four-lane 25 m pool it has an adults-only détente pool with two whirlpool baths, a current channel and massage jets, plus two saunas and cold showers. Pool plus détente costs 12 EUR for adults and 10 EUR for students and retirees. The détente area keeps shorter hours than the pool and swim caps are compulsory.
Spa by Hermitage Gantois
The Spa by Hermitage Gantois belongs to the five-star hotel set in a listed 15th-century hospice on Rue Pierre Mauroy. Besides treatment rooms it has a heated indoor pool and a hammam. Outside visitors reach them by booking a treatment: access to the pool and hammam is included for an hour before it starts. Treatments use Olivier Claire and Comfort Zone products, and the pool opens from 7 AM to 9 PM.
Spa Cinq Mondes Resort Barrière Lille
The Cinq Mondes spa of the Resort Barrière, next to the casino at Euralille, is a 150 m2 wellness area on the hotel's fourth floor with a traditional hammam, a sauna, a herbal tea lounge and a fitness room. Outside visitors come for Cinq Mondes treatments such as Balinese massage, spice scrubs and Ko Bi Do facials, which include time in the hammam and sauna. The spa opens Monday and Wednesday to Saturday from 10 AM to 8 PM and Sunday until 1 PM.
Spa Les Augustins
Spa Les Augustins is the wellness area of the Oceania Les Augustins hotel on Rue du Molinel in central Lille. Its heated indoor pool sits in the former vault room of the old Scalbert-Dupont bank, ringed by the original safe-deposit boxes behind glass, next to a sauna. The spa is open to local clients, who book a Sothys treatment or massage and extend it in the wellness space. The pool and sauna open daily from 7 AM to 11 PM.
Lille Ô Spa
Lille Ô Spa is a beauty and wellness centre on Rue Léon Gambetta near République Beaux-Arts with private spa rooms booked by the slot. The VIP room is a vaulted cellar with a heated pool; the Oasis and Relax rooms have a jacuzzi, sauna and hammam under a starry ceiling. Groups of eleven or more can take the whole basement with its pool, two hammams and two saunas. Two people pay from 70 EUR; it opens daily from 10 AM to 11 PM.
Piscine Plein Sud
Piscine Plein Sud is a municipal pool on Boulevard Eugène Duthoit in Lille-Sud, with a six-lane 25 m pool for lane swimming, a learning and leisure pool and outdoor decks. Its wellness area has a sauna, a hammam and a relaxation zone, at 5 EUR per entry for Lille residents and 8 EUR for others, or 46 EUR for a ten-entry card. Opening is split into several sessions a day; swim caps are compulsory and swim shorts are not allowed.
Spa Center Lille
Spa Center Lille is a private spa on Rue du Plat, between the station and the République Beaux-Arts quarter, with two themed spaces, Marrakech and Bali, booked by the slot. Each has a hammam at about 46°C, a sauna for five or six at around 90°C and a five-seat jacuzzi. A two-hour session for two costs 110 EUR, or 90 EUR Monday to Thursday before 5 PM, and an overnight stay with spa and breakfast is 250 EUR.
Spacium
Spacium is an oriental-themed spa of about 500 m2 in Lille's former prefecture building on Rue Gustave Delory. Every space is fully private: the Salle des Coffres sits in an old strongroom, and the Salle des Archives has a glass-walled infinity jacuzzi alongside a hammam, a sauna and a lounge. Two hours for two in the Salle des Archives cost 120 EUR, and rituals add black-soap scrubs, wraps and massages. It welcomes clients daily from 10 AM to 10:30 PM.
Suite & Spa La Madeleine
The La Madeleine branch of Suite & Spa, on Rue Gambetta just north of Lille, has the larger set of private spa suites: Santorini, Venise, Essaouira, Koh Samui, Bornéo and Hawaï. Each suite comes with its own sauna, hammam, jacuzzi and rain shower and is booked for 90 minutes or two hours, from 85 EUR for two in the afternoon or evening. The branch also runs a beauty institute offering massages and hand care.
Suite & Spa Lille
Suite & Spa runs three themed private spa suites, Bali, Bollywood and Bora Bora, on Rue Edouard Delesalle in central Lille. Each is booked for 90 minutes or two hours and has its own sauna, hammam, jacuzzi and rain shower, with fruit and drinks included. Two people pay 85 EUR for 90 minutes or 95 EUR for two hours, less on weekday mornings until 3 PM. Guests bring their own swimsuit and bath towel; sauna towels are provided. Massages are sold alongside.
Centre nautique Calypso
Centre nautique Calypso is an intercommunal pool in Wasquehal, north-east of Lille, run by the same syndicate as Roubaix's Thalassa centre. Besides a four-lane 25 m pool it has an adults-only détente pool with two whirlpool baths, a current channel and massage jets, plus two saunas and cold showers. Pool plus détente costs 12 EUR for adults and 10 EUR for students and retirees. The détente area keeps shorter hours than the pool and swim caps are compulsory.
Spa by Hermitage Gantois
The Spa by Hermitage Gantois belongs to the five-star hotel set in a listed 15th-century hospice on Rue Pierre Mauroy. Besides treatment rooms it has a heated indoor pool and a hammam. Outside visitors reach them by booking a treatment: access to the pool and hammam is included for an hour before it starts. Treatments use Olivier Claire and Comfort Zone products, and the pool opens from 7 AM to 9 PM.
Spa Cinq Mondes Resort Barrière Lille
The Cinq Mondes spa of the Resort Barrière, next to the casino at Euralille, is a 150 m2 wellness area on the hotel's fourth floor with a traditional hammam, a sauna, a herbal tea lounge and a fitness room. Outside visitors come for Cinq Mondes treatments such as Balinese massage, spice scrubs and Ko Bi Do facials, which include time in the hammam and sauna. The spa opens Monday and Wednesday to Saturday from 10 AM to 8 PM and Sunday until 1 PM.
Spa Les Augustins
Spa Les Augustins is the wellness area of the Oceania Les Augustins hotel on Rue du Molinel in central Lille. Its heated indoor pool sits in the former vault room of the old Scalbert-Dupont bank, ringed by the original safe-deposit boxes behind glass, next to a sauna. The spa is open to local clients, who book a Sothys treatment or massage and extend it in the wellness space. The pool and sauna open daily from 7 AM to 11 PM.