Best Saunas in Nice, France
Spa Sensorials
Spa Sensorials is a small private spa in Levens, in the hills about 17 km north of Nice, with a jacuzzi, a sauna lined with a salt wall, a eucalyptus hammam and a floating hydromassage bed with colour and aroma therapy. Sessions are booked privately or shared: 50 minutes of spa, sauna and hammam costs 30 to 64 EUR per person depending on group size. Its site lists Thursday to Monday 10 AM to 6 PM, with Sundays and evenings by reservation.
Piscine Saint-François
Piscine Saint-François is a municipal indoor pool in Vieux-Nice, near the port, with a 25 m by 10 m lane pool and a 16 m by 6 m learner pool. It has two saunas that every swimmer may use at no extra charge with a pool ticket. Swim caps are compulsory and swim shorts and bermudas are banned. The pool closes for the summer holidays, so check the city's timetable before going.
Anantara Spa – Anantara Plaza Nice
The Anantara Spa sits inside the five-star Anantara Plaza hotel on avenue de Verdun, facing the Baie des Anges. It has a sauna and a hammam with a relaxation room, alongside four treatment rooms and a manicure and pedicure cabin, using Thalion marine cosmetics and essential oils from the Grasse area. The spa opens 10 AM to 7 PM, and day packages sold to non-residents pair 60 minutes of hammam and sauna with a 45-minute massage or facial.
Espace WI Zen – Hôtel Windsor
Espace WI Zen is the small wellness area of the art-filled Hôtel Windsor on rue Dalpozzo, with a eucalyptus hammam, a sauna and weight machines. The hammam or sauna is booked as a private 30-minute session for 15 EUR for one person or 20 EUR for two, and combines with massages and body treatments. The tourist office lists it as open daily 9 AM to 6 PM, all year.
Le Spa 27 – Westminster Hotel & Spa
Le Spa 27 is the 400 m² spa of the Westminster Hotel on the Promenade des Anglais. Its wet area has a sauna, a hammam and a counter-current swimming pool, beside four treatment rooms and a relaxation area with a salt wall. Spa access is sold separately from rooms and booked by email; it opens daily 10 AM to 7 PM, subject to availability. Swimwear is compulsory throughout and under-16s are not admitted.
Le Spa du Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat
The spa of the Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat, a Four Seasons hotel, stands in a 1,200 m² private garden above the sea on Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. It has an indoor pool, a fitness room and a hydrotherapy circuit with separate men's and women's steam rooms and saunas, a sensory shower, a whirlpool and an ice fountain, used before or after a treatment. It is seasonal: the tourist office lists it open daily from early March to mid-November.
N Le Spa – Le Negresco
N Le Spa is the art-themed spa of Le Negresco on the Promenade des Anglais, with a daylit pool that plays music underwater and a wet area with a sauna, a hammam and experience showers. Visitors who are not staying at the hotel can use the wet area for an hour before booking a treatment of at least 90 minutes, a signature treatment or an immersive yoga session. It opens daily 9:30 AM to 7:30 PM and swimwear is compulsory in the wet area.
Palais Ségurane – private spa
Palais Ségurane is a four-star boutique hotel of 43 suites near the port and Castle Hill whose spa is booked privately: a sauna, a hammam and a jacuzzi reserved for one party for 90 minutes. Sessions run daily from 9:30 AM to 11 PM. Non-residents can book the 90-minute private spa through day-use offers, choosing their slot with the hotel.
Spa Les Terrasses d'Eze
The spa of the Hôtel Les Terrasses d'Eze, on the road above Èze about 10 km east of Nice, runs a Roman-bath style circuit of about two hours around a 32°C hydromassage pool. Four heat rooms follow in turn: a tepidarium, a hammam bubble, a 60°C bio sauna and a 90°C Finnish sauna, then an ice wall and ice fountain and a Himalayan salt relaxation room. Outside visitors pay 75 EUR, or 650 EUR for ten visits; no under-16s.
Spa Oria – Maison Albar Le Victoria
Spa Oria is the 650 m² gold-themed spa of the Maison Albar Le Victoria hotel on avenue de Suède. Its wellness area has an indoor pool, a hammam, a sauna, a multi-sensory shower, an ice fountain and a relaxation room. Visitors from outside get one hour in the wellness area before a treatment, with packages from 99 EUR. It opens daily 10 AM to 7 PM.
Spa Splendid
Spa Splendid is the spa of the Splendid Hotel on boulevard Victor Hugo, open to the public in the city centre. It is a small space with a hammam, a whirlpool bath, three treatment rooms including one for couples, and a rest room, using Phytomer products. Each slot is shared only between friends or family, so the spa feels private, and it opens on Sundays. A duo ritual with private hammam access, a 45-minute massage and drinks on the rooftop costs 220 EUR.
Club Metropolitan CAP3000
Club Metropolitan CAP3000 is a 3,600 m² fitness club on the roof of the Cap3000 shopping centre in Saint-Laurent-du-Var, across the Var from Nice airport, with 1,000 m² outdoors facing the sea. Its spa circuit has a sauna, a hammam, jacuzzis, hydromassage pools, a bithermal shower, an ice fountain and a bucket shower. The spa is included in membership; non-members reach it through day packages with treatments, booked ahead.
Flexx Club Nice
Flexx Club is an upmarket sports and wellness club in a building of more than 3,000 m² on rue Sacha Guitry in central Nice. Beside the gym floor and studios, its spa has a sauna, a hammam and a pool with balneotherapy jets, plus an Algotherm treatment institute. The club opens 7 AM to 10 PM on weekdays and 8 AM to 8 PM at weekends, and a one-day pass including the spa and pool is listed from 69 EUR.
Spa Sensorials
Spa Sensorials is a small private spa in Levens, in the hills about 17 km north of Nice, with a jacuzzi, a sauna lined with a salt wall, a eucalyptus hammam and a floating hydromassage bed with colour and aroma therapy. Sessions are booked privately or shared: 50 minutes of spa, sauna and hammam costs 30 to 64 EUR per person depending on group size. Its site lists Thursday to Monday 10 AM to 6 PM, with Sundays and evenings by reservation.
Piscine Saint-François
Piscine Saint-François is a municipal indoor pool in Vieux-Nice, near the port, with a 25 m by 10 m lane pool and a 16 m by 6 m learner pool. It has two saunas that every swimmer may use at no extra charge with a pool ticket. Swim caps are compulsory and swim shorts and bermudas are banned. The pool closes for the summer holidays, so check the city's timetable before going.
Anantara Spa – Anantara Plaza Nice
The Anantara Spa sits inside the five-star Anantara Plaza hotel on avenue de Verdun, facing the Baie des Anges. It has a sauna and a hammam with a relaxation room, alongside four treatment rooms and a manicure and pedicure cabin, using Thalion marine cosmetics and essential oils from the Grasse area. The spa opens 10 AM to 7 PM, and day packages sold to non-residents pair 60 minutes of hammam and sauna with a 45-minute massage or facial.
Espace WI Zen – Hôtel Windsor
Espace WI Zen is the small wellness area of the art-filled Hôtel Windsor on rue Dalpozzo, with a eucalyptus hammam, a sauna and weight machines. The hammam or sauna is booked as a private 30-minute session for 15 EUR for one person or 20 EUR for two, and combines with massages and body treatments. The tourist office lists it as open daily 9 AM to 6 PM, all year.
Le Spa 27 – Westminster Hotel & Spa
Le Spa 27 is the 400 m² spa of the Westminster Hotel on the Promenade des Anglais. Its wet area has a sauna, a hammam and a counter-current swimming pool, beside four treatment rooms and a relaxation area with a salt wall. Spa access is sold separately from rooms and booked by email; it opens daily 10 AM to 7 PM, subject to availability. Swimwear is compulsory throughout and under-16s are not admitted.
Le Spa du Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat
The spa of the Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat, a Four Seasons hotel, stands in a 1,200 m² private garden above the sea on Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. It has an indoor pool, a fitness room and a hydrotherapy circuit with separate men's and women's steam rooms and saunas, a sensory shower, a whirlpool and an ice fountain, used before or after a treatment. It is seasonal: the tourist office lists it open daily from early March to mid-November.
N Le Spa – Le Negresco
N Le Spa is the art-themed spa of Le Negresco on the Promenade des Anglais, with a daylit pool that plays music underwater and a wet area with a sauna, a hammam and experience showers. Visitors who are not staying at the hotel can use the wet area for an hour before booking a treatment of at least 90 minutes, a signature treatment or an immersive yoga session. It opens daily 9:30 AM to 7:30 PM and swimwear is compulsory in the wet area.
Palais Ségurane – private spa
Palais Ségurane is a four-star boutique hotel of 43 suites near the port and Castle Hill whose spa is booked privately: a sauna, a hammam and a jacuzzi reserved for one party for 90 minutes. Sessions run daily from 9:30 AM to 11 PM. Non-residents can book the 90-minute private spa through day-use offers, choosing their slot with the hotel.
Spa Les Terrasses d'Eze
The spa of the Hôtel Les Terrasses d'Eze, on the road above Èze about 10 km east of Nice, runs a Roman-bath style circuit of about two hours around a 32°C hydromassage pool. Four heat rooms follow in turn: a tepidarium, a hammam bubble, a 60°C bio sauna and a 90°C Finnish sauna, then an ice wall and ice fountain and a Himalayan salt relaxation room. Outside visitors pay 75 EUR, or 650 EUR for ten visits; no under-16s.
Spa Oria – Maison Albar Le Victoria
Spa Oria is the 650 m² gold-themed spa of the Maison Albar Le Victoria hotel on avenue de Suède. Its wellness area has an indoor pool, a hammam, a sauna, a multi-sensory shower, an ice fountain and a relaxation room. Visitors from outside get one hour in the wellness area before a treatment, with packages from 99 EUR. It opens daily 10 AM to 7 PM.
Spa Splendid
Spa Splendid is the spa of the Splendid Hotel on boulevard Victor Hugo, open to the public in the city centre. It is a small space with a hammam, a whirlpool bath, three treatment rooms including one for couples, and a rest room, using Phytomer products. Each slot is shared only between friends or family, so the spa feels private, and it opens on Sundays. A duo ritual with private hammam access, a 45-minute massage and drinks on the rooftop costs 220 EUR.
Club Metropolitan CAP3000
Club Metropolitan CAP3000 is a 3,600 m² fitness club on the roof of the Cap3000 shopping centre in Saint-Laurent-du-Var, across the Var from Nice airport, with 1,000 m² outdoors facing the sea. Its spa circuit has a sauna, a hammam, jacuzzis, hydromassage pools, a bithermal shower, an ice fountain and a bucket shower. The spa is included in membership; non-members reach it through day packages with treatments, booked ahead.
Flexx Club Nice
Flexx Club is an upmarket sports and wellness club in a building of more than 3,000 m² on rue Sacha Guitry in central Nice. Beside the gym floor and studios, its spa has a sauna, a hammam and a pool with balneotherapy jets, plus an Algotherm treatment institute. The club opens 7 AM to 10 PM on weekdays and 8 AM to 8 PM at weekends, and a one-day pass including the spa and pool is listed from 69 EUR.