Best Saunas in St. Louis, United States
East West Wellness STL
East West Wellness sits on Manchester Road in Rock Hill and combines an infrared sauna and cold plunge with salt-water flotation tanks and therapeutic massage, so a visit can be built as a hot-cold-float circuit rather than a single treatment. Massage is booked at $125 for 60 minutes and $175 for 90 minutes, with couples rooms available. Massage hours run 9:00 am to 9:00 pm on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday; the studio is closed Wednesday and Thursday.
FLOAT STL Maryland Heights
The second FLOAT STL location sits on Weldon Parkway in Maryland Heights, north-west of St. Louis, and shares the chain's recovery menu of infrared sauna, float therapy, Normatec compression and chair massage. The infrared cabins run cooler than a traditional sauna, roughly 110-135°F, and are booked as private sessions. Cold plunge and the 45-minute contrast therapy package are sold at the Midtown branch only. Open Wednesday to Sunday, 9:00 am to 9:00 pm, closed Monday and Tuesday for cleaning.
FLOAT STL Midtown
FLOAT STL opened in Midtown in 2015 as the first float centre in St. Louis and has since grown into a recovery studio built around contrast therapy. Guests move between an infrared sauna held at 110-135°F and a cold plunge bath at roughly 40-59°F; a 45-minute contrast session costs $60 and is offered at this location only. Float pods, an Ammortal chamber, Normatec compression and massage round out the menu. Open Wednesday to Sunday, closed Monday and Tuesday for cleaning.
Pūr Sweat Infrared Sauna Studio
Pūr Sweat is an independent infrared sauna studio on Watson Road in Crestwood, south-west St. Louis, which opened as the city's first dedicated infrared studio under the name Sol Sweat. Sessions are booked privately in infrared cabins, and the studio also runs a halotherapy salt booth for respiratory and skin complaints. Memberships save $15 a session. Open Monday to Friday 9:00 am to 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm, Saturday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, closed Sunday.
PALM Health
PALM Health on Clayton Road in Ladue is an integrative medicine and wellness centre whose Vitality Sessions include an infrared sauna, a steam room and a Himalayan salt room alongside BioMat, PEMF and Sound Focus. A One Day Vitality Pass costs $150 and covers a choice of three Vitality Sessions plus the boutique fitness centre, weekday café dining and member pricing on massages and facials, so non-members can use the thermal rooms for a day. Open daily from 5:30 am on weekdays.
ara Spa at Ameristar St. Charles
ara Spa occupies 7,000 square feet inside the Ameristar Casino Resort Spa on the Missouri River in St. Charles, north-west of St. Louis. Beyond the treatment rooms it holds a fitness centre, steam room, sauna, Swiss shower and hydro-pool, with seasonal indoor and outdoor pools and a spa boutique. Treatments are booked by request. Open Monday and Thursday 9:00 am to 6:00 pm, Friday and Saturday to 7:00 pm, Sunday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm; closed Tuesday and Wednesday.
Locust Street Athletic and Swim Club
A 10,500 square foot athletic and swim club inside the 21c Museum Hotel downtown, built in the historic West End YMCA building. Members get 24/7 access to a four-lane historic lap pool, hot tub, dry sauna and steam room, with the steam room running during staffed hours of 7:00 am to 11:00 pm daily. Day passes cover all facilities, classes and socials between 7:00 am and 11:00 pm; memberships start at $85 a month for swim-only.
The Ritz-Carlton Spa, St. Louis
The day spa at The Ritz-Carlton in Clayton offers massage, exfoliation and skincare treatments, with a steam room and sauna in each of the men's and women's changing rooms that guests are encouraged to use before or after a treatment. The hotel's fitness centre is open around the clock, while the locker rooms and spa keep shorter hours. The spa runs 7:00 am to 7:00 pm daily and works by appointment; an annual membership is also sold.
The Spa at Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis
The spa at the Four Seasons on the downtown riverfront runs to over 12,000 square feet on a floor overlooking the Mississippi. Both the men's and women's locker rooms carry a whirlpool, a eucalyptus-scented chromatherapy steam room and an infrared sauna, with a rain-head cold shower to finish the circuit, and co-ed relaxation lounges and a tranquillity pool sit behind them. The facilities are open to spa guests aged 16 and over; the spa runs 8:30 am to 6:30 pm daily.
Bayer YMCA
A Gateway Region YMCA branch on Page Boulevard in west St. Louis, with a sauna, steam room, hot tub and indoor pool all listed as open alongside the fitness floor and group exercise programme. Hours run Monday to Friday 6:00 am to 9:00 pm, Saturday 7:00 am to 6:00 pm and Sunday noon to 5:00 pm.
Carondelet Park Rec Complex
A 76,000 square foot public recreation complex in Carondelet Park in south St. Louis, built by the city's parks department and run by the Gateway Region YMCA. The wet side pairs a steam room and sauna with a hot tub, an indoor pool with a water slide and a summer outdoor centre holding a 2.5-storey slide, splash pads, lap pool and lazy river. Open Monday to Friday 5:00 am to 10:00 pm and weekends 7:00 am to 6:00 pm.
Club Fitness - Creve Coeur
A 24-hour branch of the locally owned Club Fitness chain on Woodcrest Executive Drive in Creve Coeur, west St. Louis County. Dry saunas sit alongside a recovery area with cryotherapy, massage and stretching equipment, plus tanning and a kids club. The gym floor is open around the clock every day of the week, and a complimentary day pass is offered to prospective members.
Fit City Gym - St. Louis
A locally owned 24,000 square foot gym on South Jefferson Avenue near Lafayette Square, with a second branch in St. Peters. Its infrared saunas are open to all members after a workout and heat the body directly with light rather than warming the air, which the gym notes keeps sessions less uncomfortably hot than a standard sauna. Open Monday to Friday 5:00 am to 10:00 pm, Saturday 6:00 am to 8:00 pm and Sunday 8:00 am to 8:00 pm; a day pass is offered to people exploring membership.
O'Fallon Park Rec Complex
The Gateway Region YMCA's recreation complex in O'Fallon Park, north St. Louis, is a public leisure centre with a heated indoor pool open year round for lap swimming, water exercise classes and family swim. Its locker rooms hold a sauna, a steam room and a hot tub, all listed as open. Hours are Monday to Friday 6:00 am to 9:00 pm, Saturday 7:00 am to 6:00 pm and Sunday noon to 5:00 pm.
South City Family YMCA
A Gateway Region YMCA branch on Sublette Avenue in the Clifton Heights neighbourhood of south St. Louis. The locker rooms carry a sauna and a steam room, both listed as open, and the heated indoor pool runs year round for swim lessons, water exercise classes and family swim. Open Monday to Thursday 5:00 am to 10:00 pm, Friday to 9:00 pm and weekends 7:00 am to 5:00 pm.
South County Family YMCA
A large Gateway Region YMCA branch on Southfork Road in south St. Louis County, with a sauna and steam room in the locker rooms and a heated indoor pool open year round for lap swimming, water exercise and family swim. The rest of the building runs to basketball courts with an indoor track, racquetball courts, a rock climbing wall and pickleball. Open Monday to Thursday 5:00 am to 10:00 pm, Friday to 8:00 pm, Saturday 7:00 am to 6:00 pm and Sunday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.
The J - Chesterfield
The Jewish Community Center's second St. Louis fitness site, on Baxter Road in Chesterfield in far west St. Louis County. Like the Creve Coeur campus its locker rooms carry saunas, steam rooms and whirlpools included with membership, and a single membership covers both buildings. Pass and pricing questions go to the member services team on 314-442-3124.
East West Wellness STL
East West Wellness sits on Manchester Road in Rock Hill and combines an infrared sauna and cold plunge with salt-water flotation tanks and therapeutic massage, so a visit can be built as a hot-cold-float circuit rather than a single treatment. Massage is booked at $125 for 60 minutes and $175 for 90 minutes, with couples rooms available. Massage hours run 9:00 am to 9:00 pm on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday; the studio is closed Wednesday and Thursday.
FLOAT STL Maryland Heights
The second FLOAT STL location sits on Weldon Parkway in Maryland Heights, north-west of St. Louis, and shares the chain's recovery menu of infrared sauna, float therapy, Normatec compression and chair massage. The infrared cabins run cooler than a traditional sauna, roughly 110-135°F, and are booked as private sessions. Cold plunge and the 45-minute contrast therapy package are sold at the Midtown branch only. Open Wednesday to Sunday, 9:00 am to 9:00 pm, closed Monday and Tuesday for cleaning.
FLOAT STL Midtown
FLOAT STL opened in Midtown in 2015 as the first float centre in St. Louis and has since grown into a recovery studio built around contrast therapy. Guests move between an infrared sauna held at 110-135°F and a cold plunge bath at roughly 40-59°F; a 45-minute contrast session costs $60 and is offered at this location only. Float pods, an Ammortal chamber, Normatec compression and massage round out the menu. Open Wednesday to Sunday, closed Monday and Tuesday for cleaning.
Pūr Sweat Infrared Sauna Studio
Pūr Sweat is an independent infrared sauna studio on Watson Road in Crestwood, south-west St. Louis, which opened as the city's first dedicated infrared studio under the name Sol Sweat. Sessions are booked privately in infrared cabins, and the studio also runs a halotherapy salt booth for respiratory and skin complaints. Memberships save $15 a session. Open Monday to Friday 9:00 am to 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm, Saturday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, closed Sunday.
PALM Health
PALM Health on Clayton Road in Ladue is an integrative medicine and wellness centre whose Vitality Sessions include an infrared sauna, a steam room and a Himalayan salt room alongside BioMat, PEMF and Sound Focus. A One Day Vitality Pass costs $150 and covers a choice of three Vitality Sessions plus the boutique fitness centre, weekday café dining and member pricing on massages and facials, so non-members can use the thermal rooms for a day. Open daily from 5:30 am on weekdays.
ara Spa at Ameristar St. Charles
ara Spa occupies 7,000 square feet inside the Ameristar Casino Resort Spa on the Missouri River in St. Charles, north-west of St. Louis. Beyond the treatment rooms it holds a fitness centre, steam room, sauna, Swiss shower and hydro-pool, with seasonal indoor and outdoor pools and a spa boutique. Treatments are booked by request. Open Monday and Thursday 9:00 am to 6:00 pm, Friday and Saturday to 7:00 pm, Sunday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm; closed Tuesday and Wednesday.
Locust Street Athletic and Swim Club
A 10,500 square foot athletic and swim club inside the 21c Museum Hotel downtown, built in the historic West End YMCA building. Members get 24/7 access to a four-lane historic lap pool, hot tub, dry sauna and steam room, with the steam room running during staffed hours of 7:00 am to 11:00 pm daily. Day passes cover all facilities, classes and socials between 7:00 am and 11:00 pm; memberships start at $85 a month for swim-only.
The Ritz-Carlton Spa, St. Louis
The day spa at The Ritz-Carlton in Clayton offers massage, exfoliation and skincare treatments, with a steam room and sauna in each of the men's and women's changing rooms that guests are encouraged to use before or after a treatment. The hotel's fitness centre is open around the clock, while the locker rooms and spa keep shorter hours. The spa runs 7:00 am to 7:00 pm daily and works by appointment; an annual membership is also sold.
The Spa at Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis
The spa at the Four Seasons on the downtown riverfront runs to over 12,000 square feet on a floor overlooking the Mississippi. Both the men's and women's locker rooms carry a whirlpool, a eucalyptus-scented chromatherapy steam room and an infrared sauna, with a rain-head cold shower to finish the circuit, and co-ed relaxation lounges and a tranquillity pool sit behind them. The facilities are open to spa guests aged 16 and over; the spa runs 8:30 am to 6:30 pm daily.
Bayer YMCA
A Gateway Region YMCA branch on Page Boulevard in west St. Louis, with a sauna, steam room, hot tub and indoor pool all listed as open alongside the fitness floor and group exercise programme. Hours run Monday to Friday 6:00 am to 9:00 pm, Saturday 7:00 am to 6:00 pm and Sunday noon to 5:00 pm.
Carondelet Park Rec Complex
A 76,000 square foot public recreation complex in Carondelet Park in south St. Louis, built by the city's parks department and run by the Gateway Region YMCA. The wet side pairs a steam room and sauna with a hot tub, an indoor pool with a water slide and a summer outdoor centre holding a 2.5-storey slide, splash pads, lap pool and lazy river. Open Monday to Friday 5:00 am to 10:00 pm and weekends 7:00 am to 6:00 pm.
Club Fitness - Creve Coeur
A 24-hour branch of the locally owned Club Fitness chain on Woodcrest Executive Drive in Creve Coeur, west St. Louis County. Dry saunas sit alongside a recovery area with cryotherapy, massage and stretching equipment, plus tanning and a kids club. The gym floor is open around the clock every day of the week, and a complimentary day pass is offered to prospective members.
Fit City Gym - St. Louis
A locally owned 24,000 square foot gym on South Jefferson Avenue near Lafayette Square, with a second branch in St. Peters. Its infrared saunas are open to all members after a workout and heat the body directly with light rather than warming the air, which the gym notes keeps sessions less uncomfortably hot than a standard sauna. Open Monday to Friday 5:00 am to 10:00 pm, Saturday 6:00 am to 8:00 pm and Sunday 8:00 am to 8:00 pm; a day pass is offered to people exploring membership.
O'Fallon Park Rec Complex
The Gateway Region YMCA's recreation complex in O'Fallon Park, north St. Louis, is a public leisure centre with a heated indoor pool open year round for lap swimming, water exercise classes and family swim. Its locker rooms hold a sauna, a steam room and a hot tub, all listed as open. Hours are Monday to Friday 6:00 am to 9:00 pm, Saturday 7:00 am to 6:00 pm and Sunday noon to 5:00 pm.
South City Family YMCA
A Gateway Region YMCA branch on Sublette Avenue in the Clifton Heights neighbourhood of south St. Louis. The locker rooms carry a sauna and a steam room, both listed as open, and the heated indoor pool runs year round for swim lessons, water exercise classes and family swim. Open Monday to Thursday 5:00 am to 10:00 pm, Friday to 9:00 pm and weekends 7:00 am to 5:00 pm.
South County Family YMCA
A large Gateway Region YMCA branch on Southfork Road in south St. Louis County, with a sauna and steam room in the locker rooms and a heated indoor pool open year round for lap swimming, water exercise and family swim. The rest of the building runs to basketball courts with an indoor track, racquetball courts, a rock climbing wall and pickleball. Open Monday to Thursday 5:00 am to 10:00 pm, Friday to 8:00 pm, Saturday 7:00 am to 6:00 pm and Sunday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.
The J - Chesterfield
The Jewish Community Center's second St. Louis fitness site, on Baxter Road in Chesterfield in far west St. Louis County. Like the Creve Coeur campus its locker rooms carry saunas, steam rooms and whirlpools included with membership, and a single membership covers both buildings. Pass and pricing questions go to the member services team on 314-442-3124.