Private saunas in Turku, Finland
Harjattulan Kartano – Rantasauna Jellona
Harjattula Manor's seaside sauna Jellona, in the Turku archipelago, opens to the public for winter swimming in natural water from mid-October: Wednesday and Thursday 5 PM to 9 PM, with morning saunas on Thursday and Friday 7 AM to 10 AM, when the smaller sauna is for men and the larger for women. Entry is 11 euros, and morning sauna with breakfast costs extra. Outside public hours Jellona and the manor sauna are hired privately, Jellona for groups of over 15.
Lemonranta (Ala-Lemun kartano)
Lemonranta is the sauna and ice-swimming shore of the 18th-century Ala-Lemu manor on the Kuusisto strait in Kaarina, next to Turku. It has four saunas: a 20-seat wood-heated log sauna built over the sea in 2022, two wood-heated barrel saunas and a shore sauna for nearly 30 with an electric stove. There are two ice holes, a freshwater cold pool and a hot tub. No booking is needed; entry is 11 euros, Tuesday to Friday 4 PM to 10 PM and weekends from 2 PM.
Saaronniemen Saukot – Saukkoranta
Saukkoranta is the shore of the Saaronniemen Saukot winter-swimming club on Ruissalo island, with two wood-heated saunas, a big one with a large wood stove and a small one with an open floor. The saunas are open to all winter swimmers: non-members pay 8 euros for swimming and sauna. Open Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday 2 PM to 9 PM and Friday 4 PM to 9 PM. The saunas can be rented privately on Mondays and Wednesdays; in summer the shore is open to members only.
Saaronniemi Winter Swimming
Saaronniemi Winter Swimming is a city-run winter-swimming site at Saaronniemi beach in the Ruissalo Camping area. It has separate saunas for men and women, which together easily fit 25 people, and the ice hole is kept open with pumps. A single adult ticket is 6.50 euros. Open October to April only, weekdays 3 PM to 8 PM and weekends 12 PM to 5 PM. Swimsuits are compulsory in the men's sauna, which is mixed. The facilities can be booked privately outside opening hours.
Kakola Spa
Kakola Spa is a day spa carved into the rock beneath the former Kakola prison on Kakolanmäki hill in central Turku. A 3-hour entry (39 euros Monday to Thursday, 44 euros Friday to Sunday) covers four pools, among them a cold pool and a salt pool, and four saunas: a spruce-scented sauna, a soft-steam stone sauna, a traditional kelo log sauna at 80 to 90 °C and a steam room. There is also a snow shower and a swim-up bar. The spa is mixed and swimwear is worn throughout.
Villa Järvelä
Villa Järvelä is a public lakeside sauna and ice-swimming spot on Lake Littoinen at the edge of Turku. Entry (12 euros) covers six saunas, five of them wood-heated, plus hot tubs, heated changing rooms and an ice hole kept open all year. No booking is needed. Saunas are unisex and swimwear is required. Open Monday to Sunday into the evening, from 6 AM on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Ruissalon Kylpylä
Ruissalo Spa Hotel stands on the shore of Ruissalo island west of central Turku. Day visitors pay 20 euros (23 euros on Saturdays) for 3 hours of its pool section, which has a 35 °C leisure pool and two 29 °C pools. Saunas are in the men's and women's showers, and the pool section opens onto the sea for swimming all year, including an ice hole in winter. A private sauna for up to 10 people costs 135 euros for 2 hours. Open Monday to Saturday 8 AM to 9 PM, Sunday from 9 AM.
Villa Wolax
Villa Wolax is a former noble villa from 1899 at the tip of Kuusisto island in Kaarina, now a hotel and restaurant with wood-heated seaside saunas and outdoor hot tubs. In 2026 the public could join its Sauna Fridays, held weekly from January to the end of March, which combine sauna, a dip in the ice hole and a seasonal dinner. At other times the saunas of the Captain's villa (8 people) and the Commodore's villa (20 to 25 people) are booked privately.
Harjattulan Kartano – Rantasauna Jellona
Harjattula Manor's seaside sauna Jellona, in the Turku archipelago, opens to the public for winter swimming in natural water from mid-October: Wednesday and Thursday 5 PM to 9 PM, with morning saunas on Thursday and Friday 7 AM to 10 AM, when the smaller sauna is for men and the larger for women. Entry is 11 euros, and morning sauna with breakfast costs extra. Outside public hours Jellona and the manor sauna are hired privately, Jellona for groups of over 15.
Lemonranta (Ala-Lemun kartano)
Lemonranta is the sauna and ice-swimming shore of the 18th-century Ala-Lemu manor on the Kuusisto strait in Kaarina, next to Turku. It has four saunas: a 20-seat wood-heated log sauna built over the sea in 2022, two wood-heated barrel saunas and a shore sauna for nearly 30 with an electric stove. There are two ice holes, a freshwater cold pool and a hot tub. No booking is needed; entry is 11 euros, Tuesday to Friday 4 PM to 10 PM and weekends from 2 PM.
Saaronniemen Saukot – Saukkoranta
Saukkoranta is the shore of the Saaronniemen Saukot winter-swimming club on Ruissalo island, with two wood-heated saunas, a big one with a large wood stove and a small one with an open floor. The saunas are open to all winter swimmers: non-members pay 8 euros for swimming and sauna. Open Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday 2 PM to 9 PM and Friday 4 PM to 9 PM. The saunas can be rented privately on Mondays and Wednesdays; in summer the shore is open to members only.
Saaronniemi Winter Swimming
Saaronniemi Winter Swimming is a city-run winter-swimming site at Saaronniemi beach in the Ruissalo Camping area. It has separate saunas for men and women, which together easily fit 25 people, and the ice hole is kept open with pumps. A single adult ticket is 6.50 euros. Open October to April only, weekdays 3 PM to 8 PM and weekends 12 PM to 5 PM. Swimsuits are compulsory in the men's sauna, which is mixed. The facilities can be booked privately outside opening hours.
Kakola Spa
Kakola Spa is a day spa carved into the rock beneath the former Kakola prison on Kakolanmäki hill in central Turku. A 3-hour entry (39 euros Monday to Thursday, 44 euros Friday to Sunday) covers four pools, among them a cold pool and a salt pool, and four saunas: a spruce-scented sauna, a soft-steam stone sauna, a traditional kelo log sauna at 80 to 90 °C and a steam room. There is also a snow shower and a swim-up bar. The spa is mixed and swimwear is worn throughout.
Villa Järvelä
Villa Järvelä is a public lakeside sauna and ice-swimming spot on Lake Littoinen at the edge of Turku. Entry (12 euros) covers six saunas, five of them wood-heated, plus hot tubs, heated changing rooms and an ice hole kept open all year. No booking is needed. Saunas are unisex and swimwear is required. Open Monday to Sunday into the evening, from 6 AM on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Ruissalon Kylpylä
Ruissalo Spa Hotel stands on the shore of Ruissalo island west of central Turku. Day visitors pay 20 euros (23 euros on Saturdays) for 3 hours of its pool section, which has a 35 °C leisure pool and two 29 °C pools. Saunas are in the men's and women's showers, and the pool section opens onto the sea for swimming all year, including an ice hole in winter. A private sauna for up to 10 people costs 135 euros for 2 hours. Open Monday to Saturday 8 AM to 9 PM, Sunday from 9 AM.
Villa Wolax
Villa Wolax is a former noble villa from 1899 at the tip of Kuusisto island in Kaarina, now a hotel and restaurant with wood-heated seaside saunas and outdoor hot tubs. In 2026 the public could join its Sauna Fridays, held weekly from January to the end of March, which combine sauna, a dip in the ice hole and a seasonal dinner. At other times the saunas of the Captain's villa (8 people) and the Commodore's villa (20 to 25 people) are booked privately.