Best Saunas in Venice, Italy
Lanna Gaia
Lanna Gaia is a Thai wellness centre on the Lido, with its own street entrance at the Ausonia Hungaria hotel and open to outside visitors as well as hotel guests. The spa has a Finnish sauna, an infrared sauna, a Turkish bath, an aroma steam bath, emotional showers, a Kneipp path and a hydromassage tub. Spa entry is €30 and the spa opens daily 2 PM to 8 PM; bring a swimsuit. The whole spa can be booked privately for two hours.
Panta Rei Spa
Panta Rei Spa is a 1,840 m² wellness centre inside Camping Village Cavallino on the Cavallino-Treporti shore, east of Venice across the lagoon. Its AquaSpa zone has a Finnish sauna, a Turkish bath, emotional showers, a hypersaline hydromassage pool, a zen garden and a herbal tea corner, and an indoor pool heated to 30 °C sits beside it. From 1 September it opens 10 AM to 8 PM and closes on Mondays; phone booking is recommended.
eforea Spa – Hilton Molino Stucky Venice
eforea Spa is the spa of the Hilton Molino Stucky on the Giudecca, and it is open to people not staying at the hotel. Two hours in the jacuzzi, sauna, Turkish bath and relaxation area cost €40 per person and must be booked ahead. The spa opens 10 AM to 7 PM from Wednesday to Monday, closed on Tuesdays; under-16s are not admitted and 16 to 18 year olds need a parent.
JW Venice Spa
JW Venice Spa is the spa of the JW Marriott Venice Resort & Spa on Isola delle Rose, an island in the Venetian lagoon south of San Marco. A spa wellness pass gives outside visitors the wet areas with a bio-sauna and a hammam, indoor and outdoor vitality pools, the fitness room and a garden relaxation court. Passes cost €50 for one hour, €70 for three hours and €180 for a full day, booked in advance.
Metropole Spa & Wellness
Metropole Spa & Wellness is the spa of Hotel Metropole on the Riva degli Schiavoni, styled after an old hammam with gold-leaf mosaics, marble and columns. It is booked for exclusive use: 90 minutes for two cost €200 and include a warm hydromassage pool, a hammam with a porthole onto a Venetian canal, a chromotherapy shower and an ice fountain. It is open to outside guests daily from 11 AM to 9 PM.
Reali Wellness Spa
Reali Wellness Spa is the spa of the Ai Reali di Venezia hotel, a 17th-century palace in Castello between Rialto and San Marco. Its wet area has a sauna, a Turkish bath and emotional showers, and the spa page invites guests up to the hotel's altana, a traditional Venetian rooftop terrace. Wet-area entry for up to four hours costs €38 in set time slots, by reservation; the spa can also be booked privately. It opens 10 AM to 6 PM Monday to Thursday and to 7 PM Friday to Sunday.
Virgin Active Venezia Mestre
Virgin Active Venezia Mestre is a fitness club on Via Bruno Maderna in the Terraglio district of northern Mestre. Members have an Area Relax with a hydromassage pool, a sauna, a sanarium and a Turkish bath, alongside the gym floor, group studios and a café. The club opens 6:30 AM to 11 PM on weekdays and 8 AM to 8 PM at weekends, with activities ending 30 minutes before closing. Access is by membership.
Lanna Gaia
Lanna Gaia is a Thai wellness centre on the Lido, with its own street entrance at the Ausonia Hungaria hotel and open to outside visitors as well as hotel guests. The spa has a Finnish sauna, an infrared sauna, a Turkish bath, an aroma steam bath, emotional showers, a Kneipp path and a hydromassage tub. Spa entry is €30 and the spa opens daily 2 PM to 8 PM; bring a swimsuit. The whole spa can be booked privately for two hours.
Panta Rei Spa
Panta Rei Spa is a 1,840 m² wellness centre inside Camping Village Cavallino on the Cavallino-Treporti shore, east of Venice across the lagoon. Its AquaSpa zone has a Finnish sauna, a Turkish bath, emotional showers, a hypersaline hydromassage pool, a zen garden and a herbal tea corner, and an indoor pool heated to 30 °C sits beside it. From 1 September it opens 10 AM to 8 PM and closes on Mondays; phone booking is recommended.
eforea Spa – Hilton Molino Stucky Venice
eforea Spa is the spa of the Hilton Molino Stucky on the Giudecca, and it is open to people not staying at the hotel. Two hours in the jacuzzi, sauna, Turkish bath and relaxation area cost €40 per person and must be booked ahead. The spa opens 10 AM to 7 PM from Wednesday to Monday, closed on Tuesdays; under-16s are not admitted and 16 to 18 year olds need a parent.
JW Venice Spa
JW Venice Spa is the spa of the JW Marriott Venice Resort & Spa on Isola delle Rose, an island in the Venetian lagoon south of San Marco. A spa wellness pass gives outside visitors the wet areas with a bio-sauna and a hammam, indoor and outdoor vitality pools, the fitness room and a garden relaxation court. Passes cost €50 for one hour, €70 for three hours and €180 for a full day, booked in advance.
Metropole Spa & Wellness
Metropole Spa & Wellness is the spa of Hotel Metropole on the Riva degli Schiavoni, styled after an old hammam with gold-leaf mosaics, marble and columns. It is booked for exclusive use: 90 minutes for two cost €200 and include a warm hydromassage pool, a hammam with a porthole onto a Venetian canal, a chromotherapy shower and an ice fountain. It is open to outside guests daily from 11 AM to 9 PM.
Reali Wellness Spa
Reali Wellness Spa is the spa of the Ai Reali di Venezia hotel, a 17th-century palace in Castello between Rialto and San Marco. Its wet area has a sauna, a Turkish bath and emotional showers, and the spa page invites guests up to the hotel's altana, a traditional Venetian rooftop terrace. Wet-area entry for up to four hours costs €38 in set time slots, by reservation; the spa can also be booked privately. It opens 10 AM to 6 PM Monday to Thursday and to 7 PM Friday to Sunday.
Virgin Active Venezia Mestre
Virgin Active Venezia Mestre is a fitness club on Via Bruno Maderna in the Terraglio district of northern Mestre. Members have an Area Relax with a hydromassage pool, a sauna, a sanarium and a Turkish bath, alongside the gym floor, group studios and a café. The club opens 6:30 AM to 11 PM on weekdays and 8 AM to 8 PM at weekends, with activities ending 30 minutes before closing. Access is by membership.