Whether you’re on the Gold Coast for a long time or a good time, chances are the searing Queensland sun has taken its toll on your skin, and the surfing, beach walks or cafe hopping has your body beat.
Well, we think it’s high time you carved out some space to de-stress and rejuvenate. We did the hard yards and tested treatments all over town (tough gig, we know) to come up with 17 of the best day spas on the Gold Coast in 2024. Switch off your phone, shut out the world and get glowing again.
Native State
3/2 Creek St, Coolangatta QLD 4225
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Nestled within Kirra Beach, Native State is the Gold Coast’s newest bathhouse and gym wellness establishment, offering a serene haven to uncover your inner serenity. Here you’ll find an infrared sauna, a heated vitality pool, a cold plunge pool, a steam room, a traditional cedar sauna, studio gym and a meditation lounge. Guided by their four wellness principles: recentre, rebuild, reinforce, and realize, Native State is for those who want to integrate wellness into their everyday routine.
They offer studio gym classes in addition to their exceptional bathhouse facilities, which include yoga, breathwork, meditation, circuit training, cardio, weights, and resistance training. We love that you can book a casual gym class or bathhouse session or can sign up for an array of memberships to suit your wellness desires. Under the leadership of Taylor Cecil, a local holistic movement and peak performance specialist, the space is thoughtfully designed to promote mindful movement and rejuvenation—whether your goal is replenishment, restoration, or embracing new challenges, Native State has it all.
Coming Soon: SOL Elements
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It may not be opening until around August 2024, but we are already counting down until SOL Elements, Mount Tamborine’s breathtaking new wellness destination, opens its doors.
An elemental bathhouse hidden away within ancient green forests, SOL will feature traditional Japanese onsens, float therapy rooms, cold plunge pools, a Himalayan salt cave and infrared saunas—basically, it will be the place to find inner bliss. You’ll even be able to get body clay applications or engage in breathwork exercises. We haven’t got any more details to share just yet, but stay tuned for when we do.
Verandah House Wellness Spa
13 Munro Ct, Tamborine Mountain QLD 4272
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Soaking in a cedar-lined hot tub while overlooking panoramic views of the Gold Coast? This is what awaits you at Verandah House Wellness Spa. Located within the grounds of the boutique Tamborine Mountain hotel, the unique day spa location is relaxation at its finest—breathtaking views, picturesque grounds and peaceful quiet.
Verandah House offers a range of body rituals and massage treatments, facials and add-on treatments like scalp massages, decompression and magnesium elixirs. Make the most of the luxe facilities such as an infrared sauna, cedar hot tub, group yoga and meditation classes and oracle card readings. Go all out with an immersive day packages, like the romantic couples getaway experience, or truly embrace the mountain life and book in at the stunning boutique hotel, so you can soak in the hot tub anytime you like—champagne in hand, of course.
Greenhouse The Bathhouse
268 Tallebudgera Creek Rd, Tallebudgera Valley QLD 4228
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From their Burleigh location sisters Charlie and Natalie Evens and Pheobe Venzhas have transformed their dream and given it the biggest glow-up by opening up Greenhouse The Bathhouse in its new location in Tallebudgera. Here you can soak all of your worries away in an oasis of calm and tranquillity and finish off your day enjoying some plant-based eats in their restaurant.
Greenhouse The Bathhouse is a communal space that offers Soak Sessions that guests can rotate through at their own pace. Alongside this, guests can indulge in heated magnesium-infused hydrotherapy spas, and magnesium plunge pools, relax in wet steam rooms and red cedar saunas as well as bask in the sun on the sun terrace and in the garden lounge area or let go of the tension with a private massage.
Spa by JW
158 Ferny Ave, Surfers Paradise QLD 4217
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The Gold Coast’s newest luxury wellness destination, Spa by JW complements JW Marriott’s $35 million hotel transformation and is designed to be a beacon of tranquility among the hustle and bustle of Surfers Paradise. The peaceful new spa is effortlessly sophisticated, taking inspiration from its natural surroundings—the spa has been designed with curves, lighting and translucent walls along with natural materials, textures and neutral palettes to create a welcoming flow.
Spa by JW encompasses six treatment rooms, including private and group spaces, ensuite stone bath and twin showers, wellness saunas, steam experience showers, relaxation pods and an outdoor relaxation area. The indulgent and renewing spa treatments are complemented by a tea service, wine offering and thoughtfully crafted food menu. Wellness high tea, you said? Get an inside look here.
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One Spa
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One Spa is a place where the outside world of stress and worries fades away and you can let yourself slip into the quiet and calmness. Allow yourself to surrender while trained professionals give you the attention you need and deserve with no distractions and no demands. One Spa is where you can find peace while indulging in deeply restorative treatments using their radiant LaGaia Unedited luxury skincare range.
One Spa at RACV Royal Pines Resort is a luxe destination located in the centre of peaceful green landscapes in Benowa. From the moment you step into the doors, you are welcomed into a safe space where the magic is in the details. With offers like locally inspired rituals and unique water therapies all while being surrounded by beautiful views, Here you are transforming yourself it's all about finding your centre and bringing you back into focus—back to the one who feels like you.
The Banya
35-37 Burringbar St, Mullumbimby NSW 2482
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Stunning architectural designs, elegant surrounds, sumptuous dining and luxurious pampering is what awaits you at The Banya Mullumbimby. Built on the bricks of a 1920’s bank, The Banya is a modern, experiential twist on a traditional European bathhouse and prides itself on curating an immersive social, bathing and dining experience.
The Banya comprises a bathhouse space and a social dining area, effortlessly synthesising elements of socialisation and relaxation. Start at The Bathhouse and divide your time between the lap pool, mineral pools, a wood-fired sauna, massage rooms, a steam room and cold plunge pool. Once you’re feeling truly reinvigorated, let the morning ease into the afternoon so you have an excuse to stay for a lunch long with drinks, eating your way through small share plates and nutritious staples.
Chuan Spa
38 Old Burleigh Rd, Surfers Paradise QLD 4217
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Health and wellness lovers are spoiled at The Langham Gold Coast's Chuan Spa, a 5,300-square-foot holistic wellness retreat set with indoor and outdoor pools, that embraces the healing philosophies of traditional Chinese medicine through indulgent wellness treatments. Chuan Spa offers a range of treatments including facials, massages, scrubs and wraps, hand and foot therapies, and beauty treatments, with each customised to nurture, balance and restore, guided by the five elements of wood, fire, earth, metal and water.
Step inside and you'll be welcomed by the subtle scent of Chuan signature elements oils amongst the spa’s stunning fit-out of neutral, calming hues and bespoke contemporary design with marble accents, comprising eight treatment rooms and two couple rooms.
Soak Bathhouse
2532-2540 Gold Coast Hwy, Mermaid Beach QLD 4218
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Kick off your shoes, take a deep breath and prepare to be transported to a luxurious, stress-free environment reminiscent of a tropical paradise. No, you’re not on an island getaway, you’ve just stepped into the heavenly Soak Bathhouse. This urban bathhouse, nestled away in sun-kissed Mermaid Beach, offers clients a welcome escape from the daily grind and promotes a holistic approach to wellness in body, mind and spirit. Here you'll find indoor and outdoor communal mineral baths, hot spas, plunge pools, steam rooms, a traditional dry cedar sauna and a sundeck.
Starting your day slow (and stress-free) has been proven to have an abundance of benefits—increase productivity, improved mood, reduced stress, just to name a few—and Soak Bathhouse is jumping on board. They've launched new $35 'Early Bird' morning soak sessions from 6:30am to 9:30am, Monday to Friday, so you can start your morning in the best possible way (and at a cheeky discounted price).
Earth & Skin
2 Regency Pl, Mudgeeraba QLD 4213
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Organic beauty spa Earth & Skin is soothing all our stresses away. Located in a stunning Queenslander-style cottage in Mudgeeraba, this sanctuary is just what you need: calming, quiet and heavenly. Offering a range of holistic treatments including signature massage experiences, organic facials, eye treatments, skin peels, LED light therapy and incredibly blissful manis and pedis, Earth & Skin is the spa getaway of your dreams.
Expect luxurious beauty services using products which are natural, chemical-free and free from animal cruelty, ensuring they’re both good for your health and the planet. If you’re looking for one of the best day spas on the Gold Coast, you’ve found it.
The Bathhouse At Ground
2 Village Way, Currumbin Valley QLD 4223
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Set amongst lush rainforest, under the canopy of a majestic fig tree, The Bathhouse At Ground is truly something special. Inspired by the natural surrounds and seamlessly blending nature into every aspect of the building’s design, the health sanctuary breathes relaxation.
Expect lavish touches, natural textures and earthy, wooden tones which compliment the surrounding wilderness. Drift into the traditional cedar hot tub, which uses sustainably sourced timber from British Columbia, warm up in the infrared and hot stone saunas and dip your toe in (literally) the hydrotherapy spa baths.
Kalm Springs
480 Casuarina Way, Casuarina NSW 2487
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Slip off your shoes, exhale and let any stress melt away when you step foot into the stunning new health sanctuary sprinkling its calming magic around the Gold Coast. Nestled in lush seaside escape Casuarina, Kalm Springs is an indulgent seaside health spa that is all about healing, rejuvenation and wellness from within. The team here is all about restoring balance to your body, and they have a variety of blissful treatments to rejuvenate you.
Kalm Springs' three main wellness treatments include ice bath therapy, float therapy, infrared saunas and LED therapy—while you can choose how many treatments you want, we recommend you clear your schedule for this place and take the time to splash out on a day of pampering. Trust us, it’s worth it.
On Eagle Wings Mountain Retreat & Spa
59 Lowry Ct, Neranwood QLD 4213
A trip to On Eagle Wings Mountain Retreat & Spa in the Mudgeeraba Hinterland is just as much about the journey as the destination. Breathe in the pure air as you travel through rolling countryside on your way to one of the best day spas on the Gold Coast.
Perfect for friend dates, lovers or some solo ‘me time’, indulge in a half-day spa package or individual treatments including detox saunas, mineral spas, pedis, massages and facials. All followed by a few hours sprawled on the expansive deck with a 25-metre infinity pool and panoramic views. Heaven exists and it is only a 15-minute drive from the Gold Coast.
Halcyon House Spa
21 Cypress Cres, Cabarita Beach NSW 2488
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If you’ve ever treated yourself to a long wine-fuelled lunch or perhaps splashed out on a fanciful weekend getaway, you can attest that Cabarita’s dreamy Halcyon House is the kinda place you wish you could shut off from reality and hide away forever. While Halcyon Spa is not technically on the Gold Coast, it is absolutely worth the short jaunt south across the border if you’re looking for the ultimate day spa experience.
Designed by the same creative hands behind the adjoining boutique hotel and Paper Daisy restaurant, Halcyon Spa is wrapped in crisp white stucco walls, with signature breezeblocks and archways hiding relaxation areas and calming courtyards. The spa treatments are as gorgeous as the space—expect facials, massages, body therapies and spa rituals.There’s also a Hammam-inspired domed steam room, where you can bliss out pre or post-treatment to maximise the rejuvenation experience.
Gwinganna Lifestyle Retreat
192 Syndicate Rd, Tallebudgera Valley QLD 4228
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Let's just lead with the fact that Gwinganna won 'World's Best Eco Spa' in the 2022 World Spa Awards. So yes, it's incredible. While it’s not technically a ‘day spa’ and you’ll need to stay at least two nights to take advantage of the stunning facilities—Gwinganna Lifestyle Retreat is truly something else. Gwinganna takes a holistic approach to wellness, providing conventional spa treatments together with traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture, naturopathy, yoga and nutrition to sooth the mind, body and soul.
It also boasts the Southern Hemisphere's largest spa with an exclusive indoor/outdoor 33-room spa sanctuary. We know you’re going to adore Gwinganna’s lush forest surrounds complete with the real-time chatter of wildlife as your soundtrack; the perfect setting to completely disengage from the world and reconnect with yourself.
Endota Spa
Broadbeach, Coolangatta, Robina & Surfers Paradise
Step away from the bustle of Broadbeach for a full-body buffing at the heavenly Endota Spa. This modern full-service spa offers you an escape from your hectic daily life with essentials such as massages, facials, waxing and body wraps and spa treatments.
Endota also welcomes group bookings, so gather your gal pals for a Girls Day Out pampering session including massage, pedicures, facials and footbaths. Bliss.
Stephanies Wellness Spa at Q1
9 Hamilton Ave, Surfers Paradise QLD 4217
Towering over the northern Gold Coast skyline, Stephanies Wellness Spa at Q1 lives up to its namesake delivering an exceptional destination spa experience. Wood, textures and greenery create a tropical sanctuary where guests can unwind and reflect.
Specialising in distinctively Australian treatments influenced by Aboriginal Dreamtime therapies, the award-winning spa’s Vichy shower, Jet Spa pod and Hyrdostorm shower are to die for. We suggest trying the Sacred Elements skin ritual that will shift tension and ensure you leave invigorated.
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