hotels with saunas in london
London does the hotel sauna better than it lets on. Behind the city's quieter doors you'll find proper Finnish dry rooms, cavernous steam baths, and the occasional infrared cabin — usually as part of a serious spa, occasionally as a small, perfect afterthought off the pool. The list below gathers the London hotels with saunas worth the detour, from grand dame spas to a few design-led newcomers that take the heat seriously. We flag access (guests-only, spa membership, or a day fee) because London loves a velvet rope, and we'd rather you knew before you packed the flip-flops. Everything here is unverified until the hotel confirms — so if the sauna makes or breaks the stay, send a quick email first.
18 hotels
Bulgari Hotel London
$$$$The Bulgari Spa: dry sauna and steam beside a stunning 25-metre vitality pool, all dark wood and low light.
Café Royal Hotel
$$$$Akasha Holistic Wellbeing: dry sauna, steam, and a watsu pool in a serene basement spa off Regent Street.
Corinthia London
$$$$ESPA Life: a glowing amber crystal sauna, steam rooms, and a sleep pod-equipped spa across four floors.
Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane
$$$$Rooftop spa on the 10th floor: dry sauna and steam with daylight and rooftop views over the city.
Pan Pacific London
$$$A large spa with dry sauna, steam, and an 18.5-metre indoor pool — one of the City's biggest wellness floors.
Rosewood London
$$$$Sense, A Rosewood Spa: dry sauna and steam in a calm, residential-feeling wellness suite.
Shangri-La The Shard, London
$$$$Sauna and steam on the 52nd floor, beside the famous sky-high infinity-edge pool.
Six Senses London
$$$$A large Six Senses spa with multiple saunas, steam rooms, a Roman-inspired bathing circuit and pool.
The Berkeley
$$$$Spa and rooftop pool: dry sauna and steam, with a retractable-roof pool seven floors up.
The Dorchester
$$$$The Dorchester Spa: a dry sauna and steam within an art-deco-inspired spa beloved for its treatments.
The Lanesborough
$$$$The Lanesborough Club & Spa: dry sauna and steam within an exclusive members-and-guests wellness club.
The Ned
$$$Ned's Club spa and the basement 'vault' wellness areas include sauna and steam; access is members-and-guests.
The Savoy
$$$$The fitness gallery and spa include a dry sauna and steam room beneath a striking glass-roofed pool.
Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London
$$$$The spa includes sauna, steam, and an amethyst crystal steam room alongside a generous pool.
The Langham, London
$$$$Chuan Body + Soul spa: sauna and steam beside a 16-metre pool, in a TCM-inspired wellness floor.
Town Hall Hotel, London
$$$A converted Edwardian town hall with a pool and sauna — a design-forward East London boutique.
Nobu Hotel London Portman Square
$$$The wellness floor is reported to include sauna and steam alongside the gym and treatment rooms.
Hilton London Metropole
$$Large hotel with a LivingWell-style health club that has historically included a sauna and pool.