Spas with day pass

Santa Cruz, California

A communal hot-tub and sauna garden in Santa Cruz, modeled on a Japanese bathhouse, with day passes, private rooms, and massage add-ons.

Seattle, Washington

A Lower Queen Anne day spa centered on massage and contrast therapy, with private sauna-and-cold-plunge rooms, a rooftop cedar sauna, and a red light therapy

Los Angeles, California

A budget-friendly day spa inside the Commerce Casino complex near Los Angeles, with saunas, steam rooms, jacuzzis and massages from $68.

Tucson, Arizona

Hotel spa at Omni Tucson National Resort with 12 treatment rooms, a couples suite, salon services, and day passes open to both guests and locals.

Austin, Texas

Hotel spa at Omni Barton Creek with steam room, sauna, cold plunge and a rooftop pool overlooking Hill Country, open daily 9am-7pm.

Monroe, Utah

Natural hot spring pools fed by mineral water in rural Monroe, Utah, open 24/7 with day-pass soaking and funky bus and cabin lodging on site.

New York City, New York

A Flushing, Queens bathhouse open 8am-11pm daily, with wet and dry saunas, hot tubs, exfoliating treatments and a restaurant, $40 day pass.

Hobart, Tasmania

Upscale day spa in central Hobart with infrared sauna, magnesium spa, ice bath and in-house naturopathy, open daily except Mondays with walk-ins and day passes.

Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo

Adults-only spa inside the all-inclusive Ocean Riviera Paradise resort in Playa del Carmen, with sauna, Turkish bath and four treatment options via day pass.

Santa Fe, New Mexico

A 77-acre hot springs resort outside Santa Fe with spring-fed thermal pools, day-pass soaking packages from $175, and overnight lodging.

Los Angeles, California

Women-only Korean day spa in Koreatown, LA with saltwater, mineral and cold pools, a salt room, and walk-in day passes.

Seattle, Washington

Korean day spa in Lynnwood with hydrotherapy pools, FIR rooms and a Korean restaurant, open for walk-ins on a day-pass basis.

Nashville, Tennessee

A full-service hotel spa on the fourth floor of Omni Nashville, downtown, offering massages, facials, salon services and a rooftop pool, open to non-guests via

Pagosa Springs, Colorado

Victorian-style bathhouse in downtown Pagosa Springs with mineral soaking tubs, a rooftop tub, sauna, cold plunge and on-site massage.

Mornington Peninsula, Victoria

Geothermal hot springs and day spa in Fingal on the Mornington Peninsula, with a family-friendly Bath House and an adults-only Spa Dreaming Centre.

Hudson, New York

Adults-only communal thermal baths and steam room in downtown Hudson, NY, with day passes, memberships and treatment-plus-soak packages.

Shibu Onsen, Nagano

Reservation-only private hot spring and sauna suites at a Nagano brewery complex, built around a craft beer bathing plan for two to four guests.

Houston, Texas

A Central Business District day spa with a rooftop pool, offering facials, massages and body treatments, open daily with walk-in access.

Hot Springs, Arkansas

Thermal-water bathhouse on Central Ave in Hot Springs offering soaking pools, private mineral baths and eight spa treatments, minimum age 14.

Los Angeles, California

Women-only Korean spa and sauna in Koreatown with a $25 day pass, body-scrub massages and clothing-optional bathing areas.

Aspen, Colorado

Adults-only hotel spa at The St. Regis Aspen with Thai-inspired massage, 111Skin facials, an AI robotic massage, and a day pass covering pool, cold plunge, and

Denver, Colorado

A small European-style bathhouse in Denver where you rent a private sauna by the hour and share a cold plunge, cold waterfall bucket and steam room.

Chicago, Illinois

A Russian-style bathhouse in Chicago's West Town running since 1906, with steam room, sauna, a restaurant and full bar for day visitors.

Denver, Colorado

A 14,000-square-foot hotel spa inside Gaylord Rockies in Aurora, offering massages, facials, body treatments and a couples room, adults only.