Spas with day pass

Palm Beach, Florida

A Palm Beach Gardens studio offering 60-minute private-suite sessions combining infrared sauna, cold plunge and vitamin-c shower.

Mendocino, California

A redwood hot tub and sauna spa in Mendocino village, offering massage and private soaks mainly for guests of the adjoining Sweetwater Inn.

Tuscany

A five-star resort in the Tuscan countryside built around a natural thermal spring, with day passes from €39 for outdoor thermal pools, hydromassage circuits

Hot Springs, Arkansas

Historic 1924 thermal bathhouse inside the Arlington Hotel in Hot Springs, offering mineral baths, sauna and massage, with walk-ins welcome.

Queenstown, Otago

Adults-only bathhouse in central Queenstown with heated, ambient and cold pools, sauna and steam room, day pass $99.

Boston, Massachusetts

A Norwood, Massachusetts day spa built around a hot-cold hydrotherapy circuit of mineral baths, saunas, steam and cold plunges, open daily with a day pass.

Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Hotel spa inside the Rusty Parrot Lodge in downtown Jackson Hole offering massage, facials and couples treatments with hot tub access, day passes welcome.

Buenos Aires

A hotel spa at the Four Seasons Buenos Aires with day passes, seven treatments including a tango-inspired massage, plus pool, sauna and steam room.

Portland, Oregon

An 18-and-up, clothing-optional spa in Portland's Kerns neighborhood with a salt hot tub, sauna, steam room and cold plunge, reservation required.

Atlanta, Georgia

A medical spa in Atlanta's Five Points district offering walk-in treatments, a private lounge, refreshments and luggage storage.

Seattle, Washington

A quiet, clothing-optional day spa in Greenwood with soaking pools, saunas and a steam room, women-owned and open to all genders on Wednesdays.

Miami, Florida

AVEDA hotel spa at The Palms in Mid-Beach Miami, offering Ayurvedic-inspired massages, facials and salon services with pool and beach access included.

Miami, Florida

A walk-in sauna and cold plunge studio in Miami built around contrast therapy, with day passes and split morning and evening hours.

Santa Barbara, California

A 42,000-square-foot hotel spa in Santa Barbara with an adults-only pool, redwood sauna, eucalyptus steam room, cold plunge and rooftop terrace.

Marana, Arizona

Adults-only hotel spa at Dove Mountain Resort in Marana with desert-themed treatments, an infinity-edge pool, sauna and steam room; facility access comes with

Lake Tahoe, California

A 17-room, adults-only hotel spa at Lake Tahoe's Ritz-Carlton with a heated lap pool, sauna and steam room; day pass access requires booking a treatment.

Los Angeles, California

Downtown LA hotel spa at the Ritz-Carlton with massages, facials, a couples suite, rooftop pool and gym; outside guests need to book a treatment to enter.

Portland, Oregon

Adults-only hotel spa in downtown Portland with a $50 day pass, infinity pool, sauna, steam room and cold plunge shower, booked in advance only.

New York City, New York

Korean jjimjilbang-style spa in Manhattan with saunas, steam room, soaking tub and body scrubs, open daily 8am-11:30pm on a day-pass basis.

Wanaka, Otago

A lakefront wood-fired sauna at The Outlet in Wānaka running guided or self-guided group sessions with cold dips in the lake between rounds.

Calistoga, California

Hotel spa in downtown Healdsburg with a garden patio, jacuzzi and pool access, open daily 9am-5pm for guests and day visitors.

Chicago, Illinois

A hotel spa inside Four Seasons Chicago, Streeterville, with an indoor infinity-edge pool, whirlpool and fitness centre, open on a day-pass basis.

Los Angeles, California

Four Seasons hotel spa in Beverly Hills with a steam room, rooftop pool, fitness center and eight treatments, open daily, day passes available.

Scottsdale, Arizona

Resort spa at Camelback Inn in Scottsdale with 20 treatment rooms, a thermal circuit and day-pass access open to non-guests.