hotels with saunas

hotels with saunas.

also: airbnbs with saunas

We track down the hotels with the best saunas, so you know where to stay.

Sauna benches looking out at a glacier
the bench faces the glacier. obviously.
A felt sauna hat hanging on a hook
sauna boss.
A sauna bucket on a rooftop over the city
rooftop löyly, somewhere over the city →

dry · steam · infrared — a sauna, guaranteed · shot on 35mm

how this works
01

pick a place

a city of hotel saunas, or a cabin from the airbnb guides.

02

check the heat

dry, steam or infrared — and who's actually allowed in.

03

set your dates

every prices link pulls the lowest rate for your stay.

04

book & sweat

hot, cold, repeat. the towels better be good.

why this exists

because “sauna” on a booking site means almost nothing.

One hotel’s sauna is a cedar-lined room with a lake view. The next is a broken infrared cabinet behind the towel cart, available Tuesdays only, for a fee. The booking sites file them under the same little icon and wish you luck.

We’re sauna obsessives, so we do the sorting. We note the type, who’s allowed in, and whether it’s worth the detour — and we’re honest when a sauna is small but does the job and the towels are good. Start with a city.

where we’ve looked

featured cities

more cities coming

we’re adding new cities. get notified when yours lands.

Paris, Helsinki, Tokyo and more are in the works. Drop your email and we’ll tell you the moment your city goes live — plus the occasional note from the road.