Is there anything more rejuvenating than a good soak and steam session? Here at Urban List, we don't think so. Luckily, Brisbane/Meanjin has turned into quite the city of wellness (look at us go).
Whether it’s spending so long in a spa you wind up looking like a prune or just a good old sweat out in the sauna you're after, you and your achy muscles will be feeling in tip-top shape after visiting one of these Brisbane sauna and spa-filled bathhouses. Robes at the ready.
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The Bathhouse
64 Nariel Street, Albion
Forget what you think you know about floating in a pool of water—The Bathhouse is unlike anything you’ve ever experienced. Arguably Brisbane’s most opulent bathhouse, you’ll find endless opportunities to relax, unwind, and indulge. Featuring a heated vitality pool, cold plunge, ice bath, steam room, float room, traditional sauna, infrared saunas, and a tea lounge, it features all the latest in health and wellness, while the space itself with its travertine stone and expansive ceilings mimics that of ancient Rome. Old is new again—and it’ll only set you back $59 for a casual session.
TH7
Multiple locations
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Ever wonder how elite athletes seem to recover so quickly, but when you do one leg day, you can't walk for a week? Secret’s out, thanks to TH7, who have all the equipment for your needs. Infrared saunas, traditional saunas, ice baths, contrast pools, compression boots, red light therapy, and hyperbaric oxygen are just some of the ways you can enhance recovery, performance, mental health, and overall quality of life. Memberships range from $39 to $189 per week, so find the one that works for you.
P3 Recovery
1-15 Lexington Road, Springwood
Put your health and wellbeing back into your hands when you join the P3 Recovery family. Backed by scientific research, this wellbeing centre focuses on wet and dry therapy to help you find a better lifestyle, and understand the benefits of doing so. Featuring ice baths, infrared saunas, IV therapy, compression therapy, and breathwork, P3 encourages you to prioritise downtime on your own terms. In short, don’t apologise for putting yourself first. Can’t argue with that.
Soak Bathhouse
Level 2/111 Boundary Street, West End
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If you're chasing a moment of escapism, Soak Bathhouse is the ideal spot. Decked out with rooftop spas and baths, steam rooms, and saunas, you can wind down and engage in a little self care against the Brisbane cityscape. Soak is open from 6:30am for those early morning, post-gym spa sessions, and closes at 10pm, so you can do the same under the stars. A casual early bird soak comes in at just $39, while a priority membership will set you back $99.
Evergreen Spa Bathhouse And Massage
12 Annerley Road, Woolloongabba
Here’s one for the ladies—sorry boys. Evergreen Spa Bathhouse is Woolloongabba's female-only underground spa spot and a visit will only set you back $28. Stay as long as you can handle sweating it out in the sauna, soaking in the hot spa, and cooling off in the magnesium pool, with refreshing vitamin C showers to duck under when you're ready to leave, feeling as relaxed as you've ever been.
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Vikasati
147 Musgrave Road, Red Hill
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Combining physical, mental, holistic, and dietary health into one, Vikasati has created a paradise where you can find peace and get away from your hectic schedule as you please. The space includes a modern gym, nutritious cafe, and a blissful, open air bathhouse all in one, so you barely have to move a muscle to feel all the benefits of winding down. Pop in for a casual 90-minute session for $46, which gives you bathhouse access to the Finnish sauna, ice baths, and cold and hot magnesium pools.
Merse Wellness
1904 Sandgate Road, Virginia | 31-49 Logan River Rd, Beenleigh
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Inside the tranquil indoor spaces of Merse Wellness, you’ll find serenity alongside cutting edge experiences designed to cater to your needs. From the heated spa pools and cold plunges to the hot rock saunas, magnesium float pools, and contrast therapy sessions, a moment here will do you a world of good. Brb, we’re off to find our Zen.
Function Well Restoration Zone
Level 3/194 Breakfast Creek Road, Newstead
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If you need regular sweat sessions (and not just the working out kind), unlimited access to Function Well Restoration Zone’s steam room, sauna, infra-red sauna, and ice bath sounds almost too good to be true— except it isn’t. Starting from $79 per week, you’ll get 24/7 gym access and class offers alongside endless access to the steam room and infrared and dry saunas.
Contro Wellness
488 Lutwyche Rd, Lutwyche
Enter Contro Wellness: your own sanctuary of serenity, thanks to private treatment rooms where you can relax without prying eyes. With bespoke services that include float therapy (with both open and pod options available), infrared therapy, and traditional saunas paired with ice baths for contrast therapy, mineral soakers, steam rooms, red light therapy, and salt therapy, prices vary based on the experience you’re after, and you can also lock in discounted multi-packs if you know you’ll be coming back again and again (and again).
City Cave
Various Locations
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With multiple locations all across Brisbane, City Cave’s state-of-the-art infrared saunas will have you melting into a puddle of pure relaxation without a care in the world. Pop into one of the private rooms and sweat your worries away while the heat seeps deep into your muscles, detoxifying, de-stressing and unwinding you from head-to-toe.
River Styx
3a Snowden St, Tarragindi
If a connection to nature is what helps you heal, River Styx might be your choice of place over a darkened cave or indoor centre. Here, you’ll recover and relax in a secluded outdoor space hidden amongst the greenery of residential Tarragindi. A private 60-minute session will give you access to compression pants, plunge bath, magnesium pool, infrared sauna and outdoor shower for $40. It’s said that bodies that enter into the River Styx will receive the gift of immortality— or at the very least, a good soak.
Iremia Recovery
131 Rainbow Street, Sandgate
Prompting rest, recovery, and restoration, Iremia Recovery has a little bit of everything for everyone, including seaside breezes for good measure. For a holistic wellness approach, take a dip in their magnesium hot pool or mineral cold plunge before sweating it out in the traditional rock or infrared sauna (and don’t forget about compression therapy). Prices start from $20 for a 30-minute express plunge, or you can lock in weekly sessions to add a soak to your regular scheduling.
Ritual Haus
1/6 Edmondstone Road, Bowen Hills
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Boutique bathhouse and medical practice Ritual Hause has been designed to embed a ritual of nourishment and self care into your everyday routine beyond what’s good for your body. Taking their services beyond infrared sauna, cold plunge, and contrast therapy, they also offer kinesiology, naturopathy, nutrition, and psychology.
TotalFusion
Westfield Chermside, Gympie Rd, Chermside
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A fancy new rooftop bathhouse has entered the group chat at TotalFusion in Chermside. This relaxed, open-air setting is designed for you to move between hot and cold plunge pools, infrared and traditional saunas, and calming steam room, while daybeds ensure you wind down with a refreshing cocktail from their swanky skyhigh bar. Book a 90-minute session here for $69, or turn up the max relax and book in for a full day of blissin’ out for $119.
Away Spa, W Brisbane
81 N Quay, Brisbane City
This in-house spa at W Brisbane is nothing short of luxe, and better yet—it’s open to the public. After a five-star uber indulgent face or body treatment, you’ve got the privilege of full access to Away Spa’s vitality pools, relaxation pods, saunas, rain showers, and aromatherapy steam rooms, so clear your schedule and brace for a full day of exorbitant pampering.
Aquarius Health & Medispa
Level 2/70D Mary Street, Brisbane City
For anyone who just wants to spend a few hours jumping from steam room to sauna to spa and back again, Aquarius is the place to go, with memberships starting from $45 per week. That gets you access to their Turkish style steam room, hot and cold plunge pools, Finnish dry spa, and indoor heated swimming pool for as long as you need it, anytime you want it. You’re the boss, apple sauce.
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