Your Ultimate Guide to The Best Bathhouses in Sydney

If 2024 was the year of cold plunge in the wellness world, then 2025 is the year of the bathhouse. With two new openings in Sydney alone and more popping up across Australia, bathhouses seem to be taking over the wellness landscape.

Rooted in communal bathing traditions, today’s bathhouses are a modern take on the self-care ritual, offering next-gen facilities for the ultimate relaxation treatment. From magnesium pools, steam rooms, cold plunges, ice baths and hot springs, these are the best spots in Sydney for a soothing soak.

Coming Soon: Escape Bathhouse

There’s a new bathouse set to steam up Sydney’s North Shore with Escape Bathouse set to open later this year. From the clever team behind Mudgee’s luxury glamping getaway Sierra Escape, comes their first foray into urban wellness. Designed for couples, friends, and individuals looking to reconnect, recharge, and unwind a little closer to home, the idyllic bathhouse will be a mecca of relaxation with spread across two levels. Featuring a hot mineral pool and a wellness bar (of the non-alcoholic kind), while the upstairs will house a steam room, infrared saunas, and ice baths. There will also be treatment rooms for massages, creating a true destination for ultimate relaxation. Set within the heritage-listed Seymour Building, its unique Spanish-style architecture sets the tone for what’s to come, with the team planning to carefully restore and respectfully reimagine this historic gem and breathe new life into the space.

Set to open Spring 2025

989 Pacific Highway, Chatswood

Soak Bathhouse

Queensland-born wellness institution Soak has officially opened its doors in Alexandria this month, welcoming visitors to enjoy the serene vibes of their 700 square metre wellness centre. Expect all the popular facilities, including mineral pools, hot-spring-inspired thermal spas, saunas, steam rooms and cold plunges, all accessible via day passes or memberships, with additional therapies like full body massages, infrared saunas, and LED facials on offer too.

And, unlike other popular spas and bathhouses, conversation is actually encouraged, ideal for a girls’ day out.

From $35 for 1 hour

25 Bourke Road, Alexandria

Slow House

Bondi Beach has long been the hub for all things health and wellness, whether it’s a sunrise swim, a lap at Icebergs or a run along the promenade, Bondi really is the ultimate haven for wellness buffs. It’s no surprise then that Slow House, a dreamy underground bathhouse built on the ethos of slowing down, is one of Sydney’s most popular destinations for a good dose of zen.

The subterranean boutique wellness studio offers a full suite of amenities, including Bondi’s biggest Finnish salt sauna, a dome magnesium pool, cold plunges and a soothing steam room. The best part is sessions start from just $50 or you can opt for an ongoing membership from $79 per week.  

$55 for 90 minutes

Lower Ground, 180 Campbell Parade, Bondi Beach

Capybara

When visiting a bathhouse, or any wellness studio for that matter, one thing is paramount: the space has to feel relaxing. Capybara is one of those places.

Thanks to the calming interiors, from the very first step in the door you feel as though a weight has been lifted. The intimate space is tucked away in the quiet corners of Surry Hills, able to accommodate a maximum of 20 people at a time, inviting a quiet and tranquil experience.

Sessions are all 90-minutes to give you enough time to really unwind between the hot-stone sauna or steam room, the large, heated ice-blue magnesium bath and a two-person cold plunge. There are also heated lounges and ice scrub areas.

If you’re visiting Sydney for a short time, one-off sessions go for $65, but if you’re local to the area, a membership is well worth your while, starting at just $40 a week.

From $65 for 90 minutes

235 Commonwealth Street, Surry Hills 

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Nature’s Energy

Looking for a quick escape from the everyday, Nature’s Energy beautifully designed bathhouses in Newtown, Glebe and Balmain are the perfect place to start. Boasting both traditional and infrared saunas, hot and cold spas, steam rooms, mineral pools, ice baths, and even recovery lounges, it’s no wonder this fan favourite won Australia’s Best Day Spa Award for three consecutive years.

Single visits start at $60 for 60 minutes, but if you really want to make the most of your time, multi-visit passes bring a healthy dose of self-care at a discounted rate. And if that weren’t enough, up your zen with one of their signature additions, including a spiritual reading, healing session, signature facial or massage.

From $60 for 1 hour

105 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, 173 King Street, Newtown and 312 Darling Street Balmain

Gillian Adams

This spa is an all-round pamper palace. Aside from the bathhouse where you can enjoy an aquamedic pool and steam package, the salon menu includes a full suite of spa packages and beauty treatments, including a hair salon to wash out all the essential oils from your session.

The space is ultra luxe too, filled with opulent furnishing throughout each relaxation area, dimly lit treatment rooms for ultimate relaxation and even an expansive garden to bask in the sunshine post-session.

$90 for 1 hour or $80 when paired with another treatment

1356 Pacific Highway, Turramurra

The Skin Bar

If lowering your stress levels is high on your 2025 resolutions list, a visit to The Skin Bathhouse in Rozelle should be on your radar. The space fuses Swedish and Finnish wellness methods with their signature contrast therapy through sweat and soak sessions. 

They even have an in-house Skin Bar with an extensive range of skin treatments on offer, including skin needling, LED and face peels.

$40 for 30 minutes

634 Darling Street, Rozelle

Coming Soon

Sense of Self

Hot off a successful few years as one of Melbourne’s most luxe bathhouses, Sense of Self is set to launch its second outpost here in Sydney with an opening date sometime this year. Far from the ordinary, worn-out spas of yore, this wellness sanctuary is set inside a massive, converted warehouse spanning over 1,000 square metres, making it Sydney’s largest indoor bathhouse.

The new SOS location will feature all the core amenities including expansive mineral pools, spacious saunas, a Hammam steam room, as well as refreshing cold plunge pools, making it the ideal inner city escape for both summer and winter. Plus, there’ll even be a number of private treatment rooms and communal relaxation areas to ensure the relaxation doesn’t end when your time in the steam room is up.

To top it off, there’ll also be a gift store on site for guests to pick up a memento on their way home.

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