Finnish saunas in San Antonio, United States
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.