Best Saunas in Riga, Latvia
Latvian Sauna Ritual
Latvian Sauna Ritual runs guided traditional Latvian pirts rituals by appointment at a private sauna in Čiekurkalns, about 20 minutes' drive from the centre. The 3.5-hour ritual includes herbal infusions, gentle warming, a natural herbal scrub in the sauna, energetic whisking with handmade herbal whisks, Latvian snacks and rest. A solo ritual costs €280, couples €380 and groups of up to four €450, and week-long sauna ritual courses are also taught.
Miers
Miers bills itself as Latvia's first social sauna club, on the Andrejsala waterfront next to restaurant Koya. Each 75-minute session is led by a facilitator through three rounds of sauna, cold plunge and rest, with aromatherapy, breathwork and towel waving, in a large mixed-gender sauna shared with other guests. Swimwear is mandatory for all sessions. Sessions are booked online, passes are sold for regulars, and the ritual can be reserved privately for groups.
Pārdaugavas malkas pirts
Pārdaugavas malkas pirts on Jelgavas iela is an eco wood-fired public bathhouse run by the same operator as Mārtiņielas pirts. The women's sauna is on the second floor and the men's on the first, both open at the same time, and families get a children's corner with small tubs, plus a café and a terrace. It opens Monday 8:00–20:00 and Saturday and Sunday 8:00–22:00, and is closed Tuesday to Friday. Adult entry is €16.50.
Saules pirts
Saules pirts is a private sauna on Jūrkalnes iela where pirts master Viesturs, who has more than 15 years' experience, leads traditional Latvian sauna rituals with whisking and draws on Reiki practice. Rituals are booked in advance: €180 for one person (2.5–3 hours), €250 for two and €350 for three, and a group session for four friends costs €280. A women-only SPA ritual and pirtīžas, the traditional sauna ritual for newborns led by a doula, are also offered.
Sauna Riga
Sauna Riga is a floating sauna on a pier at Agenosta near the city centre, hired privately by the group. The sauna room holds up to 6 people at about 70 °C, and the platform also has a 38 °C hot tub for 6, a lounge seating 10 and a grill, for up to 15 guests in all. In winter guests cool off with a dip in the freezing water. Rental starts at €150 for 3 hours for up to 7 people, and bookings run daily from 8:00 to midnight.
ESPA Riga
ESPA Riga is a large day spa beside the Radisson Blu Latvija hotel. Its first-floor Active Leisure area of pools and saunas is closed for renovation from 7 April to 5 October 2026; meanwhile the sixth-floor Thermal Suite stays open by reservation, with a Rondello sauna and dry sauna pods at 80–100 °C, aromatherapy steam pods, an outdoor vitality pool, an ice fountain and a cool waterfall. Two hours cost €40 on weekdays and €50 at weekends. Swimwear is required.
Joker Klubs
Joker Klubs is a sports and spa club on Katrīnas iela in Riga's Pētersala neighbourhood whose Water Relaxation Centre has seven saunas: an octagonal traditional sauna at 95–100 °C, a sanarium with adjustable humidity, two steam baths (salt and eucalyptus), a caldarium, a Turkish bath and an infrared sauna. It also has a 26–27 °C pool with massage cascades and warm spa baths. A 2.5-hour visit costs €29 on weekdays before 17:00 and €32 otherwise; the centre opens daily from noon.
Pirts Nr.1
Pirts Nr.1 on Ulbrokas iela bills itself as the largest wood-fired bathhouse in the Baltics, with two big wood stoves, a modern steam room, a Turkish bath and a cold pool kept at 8 °C. Men's and women's sections normally run side by side; from 18 May 2026 a single section opens for the summer, with Tuesday and Thursday as women's days. Entry is €14, massage and a Charcot shower are bookable, and the Šašliks Nr.1 grill bar is on site.
Taka Spa
Taka Spa is a day spa in Riga's quiet centre on Kronvalda bulvāris, by the parks along the city canal. Its waters and saunas, including an aromatherapy steam bath and a bubbling jacuzzi, are used as part of treatments: every ritual opens with 30 to 60 minutes of water relaxation, and access can be added to a single treatment for €15. Rituals start at €100. It opens Monday to Friday 10:00–21:00 and at weekends 10:00–19:00, for guests aged 16 and over.
Vizlas pirts
Vizlas pirts is a public Russian-style bathhouse (pirts) in Ķengarags whose steam room is heated by a 20-tonne stove. It runs single-sex days: Thursday is women's day (8:00–22:00) and Friday to Sunday are men's days, and it is closed Monday to Wednesday. Entry is €15 and covers the steam room, rest room, showers and a cold plunge pool. Birch, oak and eucalyptus whisks are sold on site, and there is a sauna garden, bar and massage.
Kempinski The Spa
Kempinski The Spa, at Grand Hotel Kempinski Riga, sells a Spa Day Pass to outside visitors: three hours with a 16-metre indoor pool, several saunas, a steam room, a plunge pool, an ice fountain, an experience shower and a relaxation lounge, for €60 Monday to Thursday and €75 Friday to Sunday. Day visitors must book ahead and be 16 or over. A Private Pirts Suite with its own plunge pool and a birch broom costs €150 an hour for one person or €220 for two.
Wellton SPA Centrum
Wellton SPA Centrum is the spa of the Wellton Centrum Hotel & SPA on Kalēju iela in Old Riga, open to outside visitors who book a SPA Zone visit in advance. The zone has an 8.5-metre swimming pool with water jets, up to 1.65 m deep, a jacuzzi, a Finnish sauna and a Turkish steam bath, and it can be rented in full for a private 1.5-hour visit. It is open daily from 9:00 to 21:00 with last entry at 19:00, and also sells SPA Zone memberships and children's swimming lessons.
Wellton SPA Oasis
Wellton SPA Oasis is the spa of the Wellton Riga Hotel & SPA on Vaļņu iela in the heart of Old Riga. Its SPA Zone has a small 20 m² leisure pool with underwater massage jets, a jacuzzi, a Finnish sauna and a Turkish steam bath; 1.5-hour visits can be booked or taken as walk-ins, and the whole zone can be rented for a private 1.5-hour visit. It opens Monday to Thursday 10:00–21:00 and Friday to Sunday 9:00–21:00, with last entry at 19:00.
Wellton SPA Riverside
Wellton SPA Riverside, at the Wellton Riverside SPA Hotel on the Daugava embankment in Old Riga, is open to hotel guests, members and visitors from the city. Its Aqua Thermal Area has a 12.5-metre swimming and hydromassage pool, a cold-water tub, a cedar steam bath, a herbal sauna and a hammam, with 1.5-hour visits booked online or taken as walk-ins. A separate Private SPA with a jacuzzi and salt sauna hosts bath-broom sessions, and mud-herbal baths are offered.
Latvian Sauna Ritual
Latvian Sauna Ritual runs guided traditional Latvian pirts rituals by appointment at a private sauna in Čiekurkalns, about 20 minutes' drive from the centre. The 3.5-hour ritual includes herbal infusions, gentle warming, a natural herbal scrub in the sauna, energetic whisking with handmade herbal whisks, Latvian snacks and rest. A solo ritual costs €280, couples €380 and groups of up to four €450, and week-long sauna ritual courses are also taught.
Miers
Miers bills itself as Latvia's first social sauna club, on the Andrejsala waterfront next to restaurant Koya. Each 75-minute session is led by a facilitator through three rounds of sauna, cold plunge and rest, with aromatherapy, breathwork and towel waving, in a large mixed-gender sauna shared with other guests. Swimwear is mandatory for all sessions. Sessions are booked online, passes are sold for regulars, and the ritual can be reserved privately for groups.
Pārdaugavas malkas pirts
Pārdaugavas malkas pirts on Jelgavas iela is an eco wood-fired public bathhouse run by the same operator as Mārtiņielas pirts. The women's sauna is on the second floor and the men's on the first, both open at the same time, and families get a children's corner with small tubs, plus a café and a terrace. It opens Monday 8:00–20:00 and Saturday and Sunday 8:00–22:00, and is closed Tuesday to Friday. Adult entry is €16.50.
Saules pirts
Saules pirts is a private sauna on Jūrkalnes iela where pirts master Viesturs, who has more than 15 years' experience, leads traditional Latvian sauna rituals with whisking and draws on Reiki practice. Rituals are booked in advance: €180 for one person (2.5–3 hours), €250 for two and €350 for three, and a group session for four friends costs €280. A women-only SPA ritual and pirtīžas, the traditional sauna ritual for newborns led by a doula, are also offered.
Sauna Riga
Sauna Riga is a floating sauna on a pier at Agenosta near the city centre, hired privately by the group. The sauna room holds up to 6 people at about 70 °C, and the platform also has a 38 °C hot tub for 6, a lounge seating 10 and a grill, for up to 15 guests in all. In winter guests cool off with a dip in the freezing water. Rental starts at €150 for 3 hours for up to 7 people, and bookings run daily from 8:00 to midnight.
ESPA Riga
ESPA Riga is a large day spa beside the Radisson Blu Latvija hotel. Its first-floor Active Leisure area of pools and saunas is closed for renovation from 7 April to 5 October 2026; meanwhile the sixth-floor Thermal Suite stays open by reservation, with a Rondello sauna and dry sauna pods at 80–100 °C, aromatherapy steam pods, an outdoor vitality pool, an ice fountain and a cool waterfall. Two hours cost €40 on weekdays and €50 at weekends. Swimwear is required.
Joker Klubs
Joker Klubs is a sports and spa club on Katrīnas iela in Riga's Pētersala neighbourhood whose Water Relaxation Centre has seven saunas: an octagonal traditional sauna at 95–100 °C, a sanarium with adjustable humidity, two steam baths (salt and eucalyptus), a caldarium, a Turkish bath and an infrared sauna. It also has a 26–27 °C pool with massage cascades and warm spa baths. A 2.5-hour visit costs €29 on weekdays before 17:00 and €32 otherwise; the centre opens daily from noon.
Pirts Nr.1
Pirts Nr.1 on Ulbrokas iela bills itself as the largest wood-fired bathhouse in the Baltics, with two big wood stoves, a modern steam room, a Turkish bath and a cold pool kept at 8 °C. Men's and women's sections normally run side by side; from 18 May 2026 a single section opens for the summer, with Tuesday and Thursday as women's days. Entry is €14, massage and a Charcot shower are bookable, and the Šašliks Nr.1 grill bar is on site.
Taka Spa
Taka Spa is a day spa in Riga's quiet centre on Kronvalda bulvāris, by the parks along the city canal. Its waters and saunas, including an aromatherapy steam bath and a bubbling jacuzzi, are used as part of treatments: every ritual opens with 30 to 60 minutes of water relaxation, and access can be added to a single treatment for €15. Rituals start at €100. It opens Monday to Friday 10:00–21:00 and at weekends 10:00–19:00, for guests aged 16 and over.
Vizlas pirts
Vizlas pirts is a public Russian-style bathhouse (pirts) in Ķengarags whose steam room is heated by a 20-tonne stove. It runs single-sex days: Thursday is women's day (8:00–22:00) and Friday to Sunday are men's days, and it is closed Monday to Wednesday. Entry is €15 and covers the steam room, rest room, showers and a cold plunge pool. Birch, oak and eucalyptus whisks are sold on site, and there is a sauna garden, bar and massage.
Kempinski The Spa
Kempinski The Spa, at Grand Hotel Kempinski Riga, sells a Spa Day Pass to outside visitors: three hours with a 16-metre indoor pool, several saunas, a steam room, a plunge pool, an ice fountain, an experience shower and a relaxation lounge, for €60 Monday to Thursday and €75 Friday to Sunday. Day visitors must book ahead and be 16 or over. A Private Pirts Suite with its own plunge pool and a birch broom costs €150 an hour for one person or €220 for two.
Wellton SPA Centrum
Wellton SPA Centrum is the spa of the Wellton Centrum Hotel & SPA on Kalēju iela in Old Riga, open to outside visitors who book a SPA Zone visit in advance. The zone has an 8.5-metre swimming pool with water jets, up to 1.65 m deep, a jacuzzi, a Finnish sauna and a Turkish steam bath, and it can be rented in full for a private 1.5-hour visit. It is open daily from 9:00 to 21:00 with last entry at 19:00, and also sells SPA Zone memberships and children's swimming lessons.
Wellton SPA Oasis
Wellton SPA Oasis is the spa of the Wellton Riga Hotel & SPA on Vaļņu iela in the heart of Old Riga. Its SPA Zone has a small 20 m² leisure pool with underwater massage jets, a jacuzzi, a Finnish sauna and a Turkish steam bath; 1.5-hour visits can be booked or taken as walk-ins, and the whole zone can be rented for a private 1.5-hour visit. It opens Monday to Thursday 10:00–21:00 and Friday to Sunday 9:00–21:00, with last entry at 19:00.
Wellton SPA Riverside
Wellton SPA Riverside, at the Wellton Riverside SPA Hotel on the Daugava embankment in Old Riga, is open to hotel guests, members and visitors from the city. Its Aqua Thermal Area has a 12.5-metre swimming and hydromassage pool, a cold-water tub, a cedar steam bath, a herbal sauna and a hammam, with 1.5-hour visits booked online or taken as walk-ins. A separate Private SPA with a jacuzzi and salt sauna hosts bath-broom sessions, and mud-herbal baths are offered.