Steam saunas in Washington, United States
Balian Springs
Balian Springs is a three-floor social wellness club in Alexandria modelled on Korean bathhouse culture. Daily membership covers eight themed sauna rooms — Loess Clay, Himalayan Salt, Gold, Charcoal, Far Infrared, Chromotherapy and Steam Box plus a cryotherapy room — coed hot and cold plunge pools, Aqua Lounge baths, indoor and rooftop hydrotherapy pools and a Hinoki bath. Admission is $130 Monday–Thursday and $165 Friday–Sunday, guests must be 18+, and it is open 9 AM–9:30 PM daily.
Parkside Spa & Sauna
Parkside Spa & Sauna is a traditional Korean bathhouse and day-pass facility on John Marr Drive in Annandale. A $30 day pass covers the gender-separated bath pools, where no garments are worn, plus coed dry saunas, steam rooms, therapy rooms, hot and cold tubs and common areas, with three towels and a spa uniform provided. Korean body scrubs and massages cost extra, Mom's Diner serves bibimbap and kimbap inside, and the spa is open daily from 9 AM to 10 PM.
Spa Riverside
Spa Riverside is a compact Korean-style spa on Little River Turnpike in Annandale, open 8 AM to 9 PM seven days a week. Its wet area combines dry and steam rooms, salt rooms, red clay rooms and seated herbal steam therapy rooms with hot and cold pools and a hot bath tub, and the house specialty is an authentic Korean body shampoo and scrub priced from $60 for 30 to 40 minutes. Handcrafted natural soaps and gift cards are sold on site.
Argentta Spa at The Watergate Hotel
Argentta Spa is the 12,500-square-foot wellness floor of The Watergate Hotel in Foggy Bottom. Its wet area pairs the hotel's original heated retro-glam indoor pool with a whirlpool, a dry sauna and a hammam-style steam room, and a 24-hour fitness center sits beside the treatment rooms. Non-guests can buy a spa pass from $65 through ResortPass covering the sauna, steam room, hot tub, pool and gym with towels and lockers, Thursday to Monday 7 AM to 9 PM.
Relâche Spa at Gaylord National
Relâche Spa & Salon is the Forbes four-star spa inside the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center at National Harbor, overlooking the Potomac River. It has 12 treatment rooms, a sauna, steam room and whirlpool, separate ladies' and men's lounges and a river-view relaxation room. Non-guests can buy a spa pass from $50, or a pass adding the indoor resort pool from $95, through ResortPass; spa hours are 10 AM to 5 PM.
The Spa at MGM National Harbor
The Spa at MGM National Harbor is a 27,000-square-foot spa and salon on the third and fourth floors of the MGM resort's hotel tower on the Potomac in Oxon Hill, with eleven treatment rooms and a fitness center. Spa guests receive complimentary use of the sauna, steam room, jacuzzi and lounges, and a spa-and-pool day pass is sold from $75 through ResortPass. Open 10 AM to 6 PM Sunday to Wednesday and 10 AM to 8 PM Thursday to Saturday.
The Spa at The Potomac
The Spa at The Potomac is the two-level spa of The Potomac Hotel, Autograph Collection (formerly Salamander and Mandarin Oriental) on the Southwest Waterfront near the National Mall. It has 14 treatment rooms, a 40-foot heated indoor lap pool with marina views, separate men's and women's dry-heat saunas and steam rooms, vitality pools and relaxation lounges. A spa pass with pool access costs from $150 via ResortPass; open Sunday–Thursday 9:30 AM–6:30 PM and Friday–Saturday 8:30 AM–8 PM.
Balian Springs
Balian Springs is a three-floor social wellness club in Alexandria modelled on Korean bathhouse culture. Daily membership covers eight themed sauna rooms — Loess Clay, Himalayan Salt, Gold, Charcoal, Far Infrared, Chromotherapy and Steam Box plus a cryotherapy room — coed hot and cold plunge pools, Aqua Lounge baths, indoor and rooftop hydrotherapy pools and a Hinoki bath. Admission is $130 Monday–Thursday and $165 Friday–Sunday, guests must be 18+, and it is open 9 AM–9:30 PM daily.
Parkside Spa & Sauna
Parkside Spa & Sauna is a traditional Korean bathhouse and day-pass facility on John Marr Drive in Annandale. A $30 day pass covers the gender-separated bath pools, where no garments are worn, plus coed dry saunas, steam rooms, therapy rooms, hot and cold tubs and common areas, with three towels and a spa uniform provided. Korean body scrubs and massages cost extra, Mom's Diner serves bibimbap and kimbap inside, and the spa is open daily from 9 AM to 10 PM.
Spa Riverside
Spa Riverside is a compact Korean-style spa on Little River Turnpike in Annandale, open 8 AM to 9 PM seven days a week. Its wet area combines dry and steam rooms, salt rooms, red clay rooms and seated herbal steam therapy rooms with hot and cold pools and a hot bath tub, and the house specialty is an authentic Korean body shampoo and scrub priced from $60 for 30 to 40 minutes. Handcrafted natural soaps and gift cards are sold on site.
Argentta Spa at The Watergate Hotel
Argentta Spa is the 12,500-square-foot wellness floor of The Watergate Hotel in Foggy Bottom. Its wet area pairs the hotel's original heated retro-glam indoor pool with a whirlpool, a dry sauna and a hammam-style steam room, and a 24-hour fitness center sits beside the treatment rooms. Non-guests can buy a spa pass from $65 through ResortPass covering the sauna, steam room, hot tub, pool and gym with towels and lockers, Thursday to Monday 7 AM to 9 PM.
Relâche Spa at Gaylord National
Relâche Spa & Salon is the Forbes four-star spa inside the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center at National Harbor, overlooking the Potomac River. It has 12 treatment rooms, a sauna, steam room and whirlpool, separate ladies' and men's lounges and a river-view relaxation room. Non-guests can buy a spa pass from $50, or a pass adding the indoor resort pool from $95, through ResortPass; spa hours are 10 AM to 5 PM.
The Spa at MGM National Harbor
The Spa at MGM National Harbor is a 27,000-square-foot spa and salon on the third and fourth floors of the MGM resort's hotel tower on the Potomac in Oxon Hill, with eleven treatment rooms and a fitness center. Spa guests receive complimentary use of the sauna, steam room, jacuzzi and lounges, and a spa-and-pool day pass is sold from $75 through ResortPass. Open 10 AM to 6 PM Sunday to Wednesday and 10 AM to 8 PM Thursday to Saturday.
The Spa at The Potomac
The Spa at The Potomac is the two-level spa of The Potomac Hotel, Autograph Collection (formerly Salamander and Mandarin Oriental) on the Southwest Waterfront near the National Mall. It has 14 treatment rooms, a 40-foot heated indoor lap pool with marina views, separate men's and women's dry-heat saunas and steam rooms, vitality pools and relaxation lounges. A spa pass with pool access costs from $150 via ResortPass; open Sunday–Thursday 9:30 AM–6:30 PM and Friday–Saturday 8:30 AM–8 PM.