Best Saunas in San Antonio, United States
bioworX Alamo Heights
A recovery studio in The Village at Alamo Heights running Clearlight Sanctuary full-spectrum infrared saunas next to an ozone-filtered cold plunge, booked as a private room rather than a shared floor. The studio moved here from 6486 N New Braunfels Avenue on 1 September 2026. Open Monday 7am to 7pm, Tuesday to Friday from 10am, Saturday 9am to 4pm and Sunday afternoons.
FLOAT Wellness Spa
A float and infrared studio on Fredericksburg Road that pairs sensory-deprivation tanks with two heat rooms, the Fire Room and a Full Spectrum Sauna. A 40-minute infrared session is $39, a couple's session $65, and monthly plans run from $89 for eight sessions to $179 unlimited. Open seven days a week from 10am to 8pm. There is no cold plunge on site.
Perspire Sauna Studio Dominion
The Dominion branch of Perspire, off Interstate 10 on the far north-west side, offering the same private infrared suites with red light therapy, a SNØ cold shower, halotherapy and towel service. A single session is $49. Open Monday to Thursday 7am to 9pm, Friday until 7pm and weekends 8am to 7pm.
Perspire Sauna Studio Stone Oak
A Stone Oak Parkway studio of private infrared sauna suites, each with medical-grade red light therapy, a SNØ cold shower to cool down in and halotherapy salt air. Towels are provided and a single session costs $49. Open Monday to Thursday 7am to 9pm, Friday until 7pm, and weekends 8am to 7pm.
Restore Hyper Wellness Sonterra
The Sonterra branch of the Restore Hyper Wellness chain, in Sonterra Village on North Loop 1604 West, offering infrared sauna sessions next to cryotherapy, red light therapy, IV drips and mild hyperbaric oxygen. Sessions are booked online or by phone. Open Monday to Friday 10am to 7pm, Saturday 10am to 5pm and Sunday 11am to 5pm.
Transcend Health Spa
A locally owned recovery spa on East Elmira Street that runs both a traditional sauna and an infrared cabin with chromotherapy lighting. The traditional room is taken to 190°F and above; a 20-minute session costs $30, while infrared sessions are $30 for 30 minutes or $40 for 45. A cold plunge sits alongside for Fire and Ice contrast rounds, and an Essential Reset package at $76 bundles the two on weekday mornings.
Evolve Social Wellness
A walk-in social wellness space off Embassy Oaks where a day pass buys the run of the floor rather than a booked slot. Guests move between dry and infrared saunas and cold plunge tanks held at several temperatures, three to four of them, for contrast rounds. The day pass is $49, monthly plans start at $89, and the whole space can be booked out for two hours as an Evolve Takeover. Open daily, from 6am on Mondays and Fridays.
Lantana Spa at JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country
The spa at the JW Marriott Hill Country resort north of the city, with saunas, steam rooms, aromatherapy lounges, a heated pool and gender-separate hot tubs, plus an adults-only lagoon-style pool and jacuzzi. A spa day pass for non-guests starts at $125. The spa is open daily 9am to 6pm.
Monarch Wellness & Recovery Spa
The spa on the third floor of The Monarch hotel in Hemisfair, open to locals as well as hotel guests. Its signature Contrast Therapy Experience costs $159 for 40 minutes and cycles three rounds of full-spectrum infrared sauna at 158°F followed by a cold plunge at 46°F. Four private treatment rooms handle massage, facials and hydrothermal treatments. Open Sunday to Thursday 9am to 6pm, Friday and Saturday to 7pm.
The Spa at Éilan
A Tuscan-styled resort spa at Éilan on La Cantera Terrace, north-west of the city. Its heat rooms are private eucalyptus Rasul steam rooms, booked as a treatment: a hammam-inspired ritual of heat, steam and aromatic mud. The separate $65 Spa Day Pass covers the locker rooms, indoor pool, jacuzzi and outdoor courts. Open Monday to Friday 10am to 6pm and weekends from 9am.
The Westin San Antonio North
A hotel on Colonnade Boulevard on the north-west side whose spa area lists a large co-ed sauna alongside indoor and outdoor pools. ResortPass sells a day pass from $25 that covers the indoor and outdoor pools, the hot tub, towels, parking and pool service, so confirm with the front desk that the sauna is included before travelling for it.
Gold's Gym San Antonio Medical Center
A Gold's Gym in the Medical Center district on Merton Minter with both a dry sauna and a steam room in the locker rooms, used for recovery after training. Open Monday to Friday 5am to 11pm and weekends 7am to 9pm. Sauna access comes with membership; call ahead about drop-in options.
Life Time San Antonio at the Rim
A large athletic club at The Rim with an unusually deep recovery area for a gym: a cedarwood sauna, a eucalyptus sauna, a locker-room sauna, a steam room, indoor and pool-deck whirlpools and a cold plunge for contrast rounds. Open from 4am to midnight on weekdays and 5am to 11pm at weekends.
OnePlus Sauna
The infrared sauna at OnePlus Strength & Conditioning, a CrossFit gym on Austin Highway near Alamo Heights. The cabin is a Clearlight Infrared Sanctuary full-spectrum unit, used mainly by members after training. The gym publishes no separate sauna hours or drop-in price, so visitors should call before turning up.
War House Gym
A 24-hour strength gym on West LaChapelle Street in Southtown whose wellness patio is built around a 12-person Spanish cedar sauna: a HUUM Hive heater on olivine stones with manual steam splashes, a Himalayan salt block floor and seat backing, and far infrared red light. Two stainless cold plunges sit beside it. The sauna needs the Wellness Patio add-on: $80 for a day pass with patio access during staffed hours 7am to 9pm, against $30 for the gym floor alone.
bioworX Alamo Heights
A recovery studio in The Village at Alamo Heights running Clearlight Sanctuary full-spectrum infrared saunas next to an ozone-filtered cold plunge, booked as a private room rather than a shared floor. The studio moved here from 6486 N New Braunfels Avenue on 1 September 2026. Open Monday 7am to 7pm, Tuesday to Friday from 10am, Saturday 9am to 4pm and Sunday afternoons.
FLOAT Wellness Spa
A float and infrared studio on Fredericksburg Road that pairs sensory-deprivation tanks with two heat rooms, the Fire Room and a Full Spectrum Sauna. A 40-minute infrared session is $39, a couple's session $65, and monthly plans run from $89 for eight sessions to $179 unlimited. Open seven days a week from 10am to 8pm. There is no cold plunge on site.
Perspire Sauna Studio Dominion
The Dominion branch of Perspire, off Interstate 10 on the far north-west side, offering the same private infrared suites with red light therapy, a SNØ cold shower, halotherapy and towel service. A single session is $49. Open Monday to Thursday 7am to 9pm, Friday until 7pm and weekends 8am to 7pm.
Perspire Sauna Studio Stone Oak
A Stone Oak Parkway studio of private infrared sauna suites, each with medical-grade red light therapy, a SNØ cold shower to cool down in and halotherapy salt air. Towels are provided and a single session costs $49. Open Monday to Thursday 7am to 9pm, Friday until 7pm, and weekends 8am to 7pm.
Restore Hyper Wellness Sonterra
The Sonterra branch of the Restore Hyper Wellness chain, in Sonterra Village on North Loop 1604 West, offering infrared sauna sessions next to cryotherapy, red light therapy, IV drips and mild hyperbaric oxygen. Sessions are booked online or by phone. Open Monday to Friday 10am to 7pm, Saturday 10am to 5pm and Sunday 11am to 5pm.
Transcend Health Spa
A locally owned recovery spa on East Elmira Street that runs both a traditional sauna and an infrared cabin with chromotherapy lighting. The traditional room is taken to 190°F and above; a 20-minute session costs $30, while infrared sessions are $30 for 30 minutes or $40 for 45. A cold plunge sits alongside for Fire and Ice contrast rounds, and an Essential Reset package at $76 bundles the two on weekday mornings.
Evolve Social Wellness
A walk-in social wellness space off Embassy Oaks where a day pass buys the run of the floor rather than a booked slot. Guests move between dry and infrared saunas and cold plunge tanks held at several temperatures, three to four of them, for contrast rounds. The day pass is $49, monthly plans start at $89, and the whole space can be booked out for two hours as an Evolve Takeover. Open daily, from 6am on Mondays and Fridays.
Lantana Spa at JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country
The spa at the JW Marriott Hill Country resort north of the city, with saunas, steam rooms, aromatherapy lounges, a heated pool and gender-separate hot tubs, plus an adults-only lagoon-style pool and jacuzzi. A spa day pass for non-guests starts at $125. The spa is open daily 9am to 6pm.
Monarch Wellness & Recovery Spa
The spa on the third floor of The Monarch hotel in Hemisfair, open to locals as well as hotel guests. Its signature Contrast Therapy Experience costs $159 for 40 minutes and cycles three rounds of full-spectrum infrared sauna at 158°F followed by a cold plunge at 46°F. Four private treatment rooms handle massage, facials and hydrothermal treatments. Open Sunday to Thursday 9am to 6pm, Friday and Saturday to 7pm.
The Spa at Éilan
A Tuscan-styled resort spa at Éilan on La Cantera Terrace, north-west of the city. Its heat rooms are private eucalyptus Rasul steam rooms, booked as a treatment: a hammam-inspired ritual of heat, steam and aromatic mud. The separate $65 Spa Day Pass covers the locker rooms, indoor pool, jacuzzi and outdoor courts. Open Monday to Friday 10am to 6pm and weekends from 9am.
The Westin San Antonio North
A hotel on Colonnade Boulevard on the north-west side whose spa area lists a large co-ed sauna alongside indoor and outdoor pools. ResortPass sells a day pass from $25 that covers the indoor and outdoor pools, the hot tub, towels, parking and pool service, so confirm with the front desk that the sauna is included before travelling for it.
Gold's Gym San Antonio Medical Center
A Gold's Gym in the Medical Center district on Merton Minter with both a dry sauna and a steam room in the locker rooms, used for recovery after training. Open Monday to Friday 5am to 11pm and weekends 7am to 9pm. Sauna access comes with membership; call ahead about drop-in options.
Life Time San Antonio at the Rim
A large athletic club at The Rim with an unusually deep recovery area for a gym: a cedarwood sauna, a eucalyptus sauna, a locker-room sauna, a steam room, indoor and pool-deck whirlpools and a cold plunge for contrast rounds. Open from 4am to midnight on weekdays and 5am to 11pm at weekends.
OnePlus Sauna
The infrared sauna at OnePlus Strength & Conditioning, a CrossFit gym on Austin Highway near Alamo Heights. The cabin is a Clearlight Infrared Sanctuary full-spectrum unit, used mainly by members after training. The gym publishes no separate sauna hours or drop-in price, so visitors should call before turning up.
War House Gym
A 24-hour strength gym on West LaChapelle Street in Southtown whose wellness patio is built around a 12-person Spanish cedar sauna: a HUUM Hive heater on olivine stones with manual steam splashes, a Himalayan salt block floor and seat backing, and far infrared red light. Two stainless cold plunges sit beside it. The sauna needs the Wellness Patio add-on: $80 for a day pass with patio access during staffed hours 7am to 9pm, against $30 for the gym floor alone.